Prospective Associations Between Home Practice and Depressive Symptoms in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Recurrent Depression: A 15 Months Follow-Up Study

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to prevent relapse in recurrent depression.

For people at risk of depressive relapse, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has an additive benefit to usual care (H. F. Coelho, P. H. Canter, & E. Ernst, 2007). This study asked if, among patients with recurrent depression who are treated with antidepressant medication (ADM), MBCT is comparable to treatment with maintenance ADM (m-ADM) in (a) depressive relapse prevention, (b) key sec...

Salivary cortisol profiles in patients remitted from recurrent depression: one-year follow-up of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy trial.

Few studies have examined changes of diurnal cortisol profiles prospectively, in relation to non-pharmacological interventions such as mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). Fifty-six patients remitted from recurrent depression (≥3 episodes) were included in an 8-week randomized controlled trial comparing MBCT plus treatment as usual (TAU) with TAU for depression relapse prophylaxis. Saliv...

A qualitative study of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression.

Psychotherapeutic interventions containing training in mindfulness meditation have been shown to help participants with a variety of somatic and psychological conditions. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a meditation-based psychotherapeutic intervention designed to help reduce the risk of relapse of recurrent depression. There is encouraging early evidence from multi-centre randomi...

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression.

The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression and Stress in Renal Patients under Hemodialysis

  Introduction:Psychological factors play an important role in developing and maintaining health in hemodialysis patients, so this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress in hemodialysis patients. Methods: The present study was a semi-experimental design with pretest-posttest and follow-up with control grou...