BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic condition with an unpredictable disease course. Rates of anxiety and depression among IBD patients in relapse (active disease symptoms) as well as in remission are higher than in the general population. Previous studies suggest that the prolonged effect of pain, anxiety, distress and depression have a detrimental effect on patients'qualit...

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) may be helpful in preventing relapse in those with three or more depressive episodes. Recent research suggests it may also benefit those who have experienced fewer previous episodes of depression. If confirmed, this raises challenges of how MBCT is offered, accessed and supported.

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was developed as a psychological approach for people at risk for depressive relapse who wish to learn how to stay well in the long-term. In this article we set out the rationale for MBCT, outline the treatment approach, overview the efficacy research to date and look to future challenges.

OBJECTIVE Although there has been growing evidence for the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for different clinical populations, its effectiveness as a public mental health intervention has not been studied. The present study evaluates a community-based MBCT intervention for adults with mild to moderate depressive symptomatology in a large multi-site, pragmatic randomized c...

BACKGROUND It is recommended that Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) instructors should undertake MBCT themselves before teaching others. AIM To investigate the impact of MBCT (modified for stress not depression) on trainee clinical psychologists. METHOD Twenty trainees completed questionnaires pre- and post-MBCT. RESULTS There was a significant decrease in rumination, and increas...

Evidence is growing that vulnerability to depression may be characterized by strong negative feedback loops between mental states. It is unknown whether such dynamics between mental states can be altered by treatment. This study examined whether treatment with imipramine or treatment with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) reduces the connectivity within dynamic networks of mental state...

BACKGROUND Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with exposure and response prevention (ERP) is the first-line treatment for patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). However, not all of them achieve remission on a longterm basis. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) represents a new 8-week group therapy program whose effectiveness has been demonstrated in various mental disorders, ...

Acceptance and mindfulness-based interventions are part of the most recent generation of cognitive-behavioral therapies (Hayes, 2004). Among these approaches, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and mindfulness-based cognitive (MBCT) therapy enjoy the greatest empirical support in the treatment and prevention of depression. Despite some similarities in their development as alternatives to t...

CONTEXT Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a group-based psychosocial intervention designed to enhance self-management of prodromal symptoms associated with depressive relapse. OBJECTIVE To compare rates of relapse in depressed patients in remission receiving MBCT against maintenance antidepressant pharmacotherapy, the current standard of care. DESIGN Patients who met remission c...

Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) is one of the most common mental health problems in the primary care or community setting.1 Medication or cognitive behavioural therapy is the first-line treatment for GAD, but medication is associated with side-effects and costs, and individual cognitive behavioural therapy is expensive and timeconsuming. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is useful t...