274EFFECTIVENESS OF BIBLIOTHERAPY ON ANXIETY AND SELFAWARENESS AMONG THE PATIENTS WITH ALCOHOL DEPENDENCEAlcohol abuse is one of the major public-health problems in both developed and developing countries. About 62.5 million were alcohol abusers in India, amongst 17% were dependent users. Anxiety and lack of self-awareness are prominent symptoms of patients with alcohol dependence. Aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of bibliotherapy on anxiety and self-awareness among the patients with alcohol dependence admitted in de-addiction centre. The research design adopted for this study was quasi experimental pretest and posttest design. The tools used for the study were Zung’s anxiety selfassessment scale and self-awareness assessment scale. Bibliotherapy was given to patients in the study group for a period of eight days and posttest was conducted. The study result showed that the mean value of anxiety in the study group decreased from 46.67 to 37.93 (p<0.001) and in the control group. The mean level of self-awareness in the study group increased from 32.70 to 47.93 (p<0.001) and in the control group there was no significant change in the mean scores of anxiety and selfawareness. Also there was a significant difference in the posttest mean scores of anxiety and self-awareness between the study and control group patients at p<0.000 level. So bibliotherapy was found to be effective in reducing the level of anxiety and improving the level of self-awareness among the patients with alcohol dependence. nkimdad@yahoo.comResearch572015Bibliotherapy,Anxiety,Self-awareness,Patient with alcohol dependenceImdadullah NK,Sujatha V,Santhi SStudent M.Sc (N), Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.,Reader, M.Sc (N), Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.,Professor, M.Sc (N), Ph.D, Faculty of Nursing, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.