Could mindfulness-based cognitive therapy prevent a lifelong recurrent course of depression or anxiety by addressing key mechanisms of vulnerability in high-risk adolescents?

Ford T., Richardson J., Wilkinson K., Smith P., Berry V., Barnhofer T., Fox J., Kuyken W.

We explore the potential of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, a skills-based intervention that provides participants with sustainable tools for adaptive responses to stress and negative mood, for the large group of young people with depression or anxiety who only partially or briefly respond to currently available first-line interventions.

DOI

10.1192/bjp.2019.183

Type

Journal article

Journal

Br J Psychiatry

Publication Date

04/2020

Volume

216

Pages

175 - 177

Keywords

MBCT, Mindfulness, anxiety, depression, young people, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depressive Disorder, Humans, Mindfulness, Recurrence, Risk

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