Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Based Self Help Intervention for Mental Health of Caregivers of Individuals With Substance Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial

"Session 1: Introduction of CBT, Relationship between events, thoughts and behavior.~Session 2: Psychoeducation about the vicious circle of inactivity and depression, Ladder technique for task management.~Session 3: Problem solving techniques and discussion about them, Decision making techniques through Advantages/ Disadvantages chart.~Session 4: Identifying positive and negative emotions, Cognitive errors were explained.~Session 5: Identifying negative thoughts through Socratic questioning, Finding evidence for and against the thoughts, Challenging negative thought, Cracking firm irrational beliefs.~Session 6: Cognitive restructuring techniques, Finding alternative thoughts."

No intervention was provided to the control group, except for a few members who requested for the therapy, that too after the post assessment.