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Center for Mindfulness
With the year anniversary of the publication of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression nearly upon us, it is a good time to perhaps stop and reflect on where the field stands at this juncture.
For the past decade John, Mark and I have been largely concerned with reaching the first milestone of treatment development – reliable evidence for MBCT’s effectiveness.
Zindel segal biography of michael
Data from 6 Randomized Controlled Trials and 2 meta-analyses (Hoffman, ; Piet & Hoogard, ) now indicate that Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy is associated with a 50% reduction in depressive relapse risk as well producing symptom relief in anxiety disorders for both adults (Kim et al., ) and children (Semple & Lee, ).
Having addressed the efficacy question, we are still left to ponder how exactly this multi-modal treatment achieves its benefits.
For example, what is the relative contribution of cognitive therapy principles versus mindfulness practice to outcome? What abou