ERIC Number: EJ798573
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jun
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-006X
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Further Issues in Current Evidence and Future Research
Williams, J. Mark G.; Russell, Ian; Russell, Daphne
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v76 n3 p524-529 Jun 2008
The authors respond to the article by H. F. Coelho, P. H. Canter, and E. Ernst (2007), which reviewed the current status of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). First, they clarify the randomization procedures in the 2 main MBCT trials. Second, they report posttreatment and follow-up data to show that trial participants allocated to "treatment as usual" did not become worse. Third, they discuss which experimental designs are better for identification of the active component of treatment. Finally, they report reanalyses of the 2 main MBCT trials with multilevel modeling that corrected for intragroup correlations. These analyses reinforce the original findings: For patients with 3 or more previous episodes, MBCT significantly reduced the risk of a further episode of depression and significantly decreased mean scores on the Beck Depression Inventory (A. T. Beck, C. H. Ward, M. Mendelson, J. Mock, & J. Erbaugh, 1961) after treatment. (Contains 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Depression (Psychology), Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Outcomes of Treatment, Group Therapy, Behavior Modification, Reader Response, Rhetorical Criticism, Bayesian Statistics, Program Validation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Beck Depression Inventory
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