Major depressive disorder is highly recurrent over the lifespan, even following successful pharmacological and/or psychological intervention. Here we investigate whether predictive modeling can be used to optimize treatment recommendations, when choosing between continuing antidepressant medication (ADM) or switching Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) with support for tapering ADM.

Metacognitive awareness is a cognitive set in which negative thoughts/feelings are experienced as mental events, rather than as the self. The authors hypothesized that (a) reduced metacognitive awareness would be associated with vulnerability to depression and (b) cognitive therapy (CT) and mindfulness-based CT (MBCT) would reduce depressive relapse by increasing metacognitive awareness. They f...

Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have a growing body of support in the literature and are increasingly popular for treating variety mental health disorders. The two most investigated MBIs include Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). We provide comprehensive up-to-date review reducing anxiety depression broad range clinical populations. outperformed passive c...

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an effective depression prevention programme for people with a history of recurrent depression. In the UK, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has suggested that MBCT is a priority for implementation. This paper explores the exchange, synthesis and application of evidence and guidance on MBCT between the academic settings generatin...

Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a class-based programme designed for use in the prevention of relapse of major depression. Its aim is to teach participants to disengage from those cognitive processes that may render them vulnerable to future episodes. These same cognitive processes are also known to maintain depression once established, hence a clinical audit was conducted to expl...

Saat menghadapi kematian seseorang terutama anggota keluarga yang dekat, seringkali keyakinan individu terhadap dunia menjadi berubah. Untuk melewati perubahan tersebut, harus mampu membangun kembali dan pandangannya dunia. Kematian inti atau dicintai dalam kondisi pandemi Covid-19 suatu beban krisis bisa berbeda dari biasanya. Proses berduka merupakan sesuatu wajar untuk dilalui, namun sebuah ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The article reviews the recent evidence for mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for patients with residual depressive symptoms or in remitted patients at increased risk for relapse. RECENT FINDINGS Randomized controlled trials have shifted focus from comparing MBCT with treatment-as-usual to comparing MBCT against interventions. These studies have provided evidence fo...

Recovered recurrently depressed patients were randomized to treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU plus mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). Replicating previous findings, MBCT reduced relapse from 78% to 36% in 55 patients with 3 or more previous episodes; but in 18 patients with only 2 (recent) episodes corresponding figures were 20% and 50%. MBCT was most effective in preventing relapses not...