Treatment

BRIEF SUMMARY

• Basic premise: "Depression is associated with a network of negative modes of thinking and feeling. These modes can be reactivated during periods of remission leading to relapse."

• Essence of therapy: "Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) combines core concepts of cognitive therapy with training in mindfulness meditation as a means of decreasing cognitive reactivity. MBCT aims to cultivate mindfulness, encouraging patients to both become acquainted with depressive modes of thinking and feeling while at once developing a new (and less reactive) relationship with these experiences. This process involves meeting distressing internal experiences (i.e., thoughts, feelings) with patience, kindness, curiosity, and empathy. MBCT was originally designed to prevent relapse for patients in remission from depression, with an emphasis on detecting early signs of relapse through enhanced decentering. More recent work has investigated MBCT for reducing residual depressive symptoms and comorbid anxiety. A small body of evidence suggests MBCT may be effective for reducing current depressive symptoms."

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TREATMENT RESOURCES

TREATMENT MANUALS

La thérapie cognitive basée sur la pleine conscience pour la dépression (Segal et al., 2019)

Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression (Segal et al., 2018)

BOOKS

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness (Kabat-Zinn, 2013)

CRITICAL STUDIES

Detached mindfulness reduced both depression and anxiety in elderly women with major depressive disorders (Ahmadpanah et al., 2017)

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as a treatment for chronic depression: A preliminary study (Barnhofer et al., 2009)

Depression relapse prophylaxis with Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: replication and extension in the Swiss health care system (Bondolfi et al., 2010)

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs. psycho-education for patients with major depression who did not achieve remission following antidepressant treatment (Chiesa et al., 2015)

Group therapy for mood disorders: A meta-analysis (Janis et al., 2021)

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to prevent relapse in recurrent depression (Kuyken et al., 2008)

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for non-melancholic depression (Manicavasgar et al., 2011)

A randomized controlled trial on the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and a group version of cognitive behavioral analysis system of psychotherapy for chronically depressed patients (Michalak et al., 2015)

Mechanisms of change in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression: Preliminary evidence from a randomized controlled trial (Shahar et al., 2010)

The efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in recurrent depressed patients with and without a current depressive episode: A randomized controlled trial (van Aalderen et al., 2012)