Depression
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for residual depressive symptoms. | Print |  E-mail
Friday, 14 December 2007

A small pilot study by researchers from the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Research at the Cluain Mhuire Family Centre in Dublin, Ireland looked at the impact of group-based mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on reducing residual depressive symptoms in psychiatric outpatients with recurrent depression, and to especially explore the effects of these techniques on the symptom of rumination.

 
Does mindfulness meditation improve anxiety and mood symptoms? | Print |  E-mail
Friday, 02 November 2007

In a surprising conclusion, a meta-analysis of the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on depression and anxiety concludes that results are equivocal and MBSR does not have a reliable effect on depression and anxiety.

Researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto did a review of the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on symptoms of anxiety and depression in a range of clinical populations.

 
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for recurring depression in older people. | Print |  E-mail
Friday, 24 August 2007

Researchers from the Lancashire Care National Health Service Trust in the UK looked at the efficacy of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for older people suffering from depression.

Thirty-eight participants were recruited, 65 or older, to undergo an eight session course of MBCT. Thirty completed the course, and a pre- and post-test design was used. Measures were taken at the initial assessment, post-course and at one-year follow-up. Additionally, responses from interviews, plus comments at three-monthly ''reunion'' meetings provided data for thematic analysis.

 
Cognitive-behavioural therapy for severe and recurrent bipolar disorders: randomised trials | Print |  E-mail
Friday, 03 November 2006

Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry in London, UK compared the effectiveness of treatment as usual with an additional 22 sessions of cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) in 253 individuals with bipolar disorders, to see if recurrence rates of major mood episodes could be reduced. . Patients were assessed every 8 weeks for 18 months.


 
Attempts to control unwanted thoughts in the night: development of the thought control questionnaire | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 30 January 2006
Researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford’s Warneford Hospital in the UK, studied people with insomnia and "good sleepers", to see if various ways of managing unwanted thoughts affected sleep quality, anxiety and depression.

Analysis of the data revealed that with the exception of cognitive distraction, the people suffering from insomnia, relative to good sleepers, more frequently used thought control strategies. More specifically, strategies of aggressive suppression and worry appeared to be entirely unhelpful, and in fact, the use of these strategies were predictors of sleep impairment, anxiety and depression.

 
Mindfulness meditation to reduce symptoms after organ transplant: a pilot study. | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 10 October 2005
Researchers from The College of Pharmacy and School of Nursing at The University of Minnesota evaluated the potential of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and sleep disturbance and improved quality of life after solid organ transplantation.

Subjects consisted of 20 kidney, lung, or pancreas transplant recipients, aged 35 to 59 years, living in the community who participated in an MBSR class (2.5 hours weekly, for 8 weeks, plus home practice for 45 minutes, 5 days weekly), modeled after the program of Jon Kabat-Zinn. The outcome measures used were self-report scales for depression (CES-D), anxiety (STAI-Y1), and sleep dysfunction (PSQI).
 
Computerized cognitive behavioural therapy at work: a randomized controlled trial in employees with | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 01 August 2005
Researchers at the Occupational Health & Safety Unit at Royal Free Hospital in London conducted a randomized, controlled, clinical trial to evaluate the effect of an 8 week computerized cognitive behavioural therapy programme, ''Beating The Blues'', on emotional distress in employees with recent stress-related absenteeism, and to explore the reasons for non-participation.

Forty-eight public sector employees, with 10 or more cumulative days of stress-related absenteeism in the previous 6 months, were randomized equally to ''Beating The Blues'' plus conventional care, or conventional care alone. The main outcomes, measured at the end of treatment and at one, three and six months post-treatment, were scores from the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and the Attributional Style Questionnaire.
 
Prevention of relapse following cognitive therapy vs medications in moderate to severe depression. | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 25 April 2005
Researchers from the Department of Psychology, Vanderbilt University, investigated whether cognitive therapy (CT) has an enduring effect in preventing the return of depressive symptoms, and compared this to the effect produced by continued antidepressant medication.

One hundred four patients (57.8% of those initially assigned) with moderate to severe depression, from outpatient clinics at the University of Pennsylvania and Vanderbilt University who responded to cognitive therapy in a randomized, controlled trial were withdrawn from treatment and compared to medication responders during a 12-month post-treatment period. These subjects were randomly assigned to either continuation medication or placebo withdrawal. Patients were allowed no more than 3 booster sessions during continuation; patients assigned to continuation medication were kept at full dosage levels.
 
Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS) Team. Fluoxetine, | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 06 December 2004

Adolescents suffering from Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) do well with a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Prozac, in a randomized, controlled, multicenter, partially blinded study at Duke University Medical Center.

This multi-center, controlled, randomized, partially blinded study out of Duke University compares the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) fluoxetine (Prozac) and their combination for 439 adolescents between 12 and 17 years old suffering from major depressive disorder.

 
Six-year outcome of cognitive behavior therapy for prevention of recurrent depression. | Print |  E-mail
Monday, 22 November 2004

A study at the University of Bologna suggests that using Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy allows a significant proportion of people with recurrent depression to withdraw from medication successfully and to stay well for at least 6 years.

Researchers from the Department of Psychology at The University of Bologna, in multi-center, randomized, controlled clinical trials, looked at the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy for replacing medication at reducing recurrence in depression. Cognitive behavior treatment had been found earlier to yield a significantly lower relapse rate than clinical management in recurrent depression at a 2-year follow-up. This study looked at a 6-year follow-up of cognitive behavior treatment versus clinical management.

 
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