Study of Effect of Vipassana on Anxiety and Depression

This study employed pretest- posttest experimental group design to study the impact of vipassana at Nepal Vipassana center(NVC) on anxiety and depression of students taking the course for the first time. Thirty one subjects (students) were studied. Vipassana is found to be effective to reduce the severity of depressive symptoms significantly (p=0.001). Vipassana could be the option for treating depression along or coupled with other methods.