چکیده:
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on depressive and ruminative symptoms in individuals with a history of a previous major depressive episode. Method: MBCT was implemented for 4 patients with major depressive disorder in the form of a single-case study design with multiple baselines for 8 one-hour sessions with a 1-month follow-up period. To evaluate changes, the Beck Depression Inventory and the Ruminative Response Scale were used. // Findings: The results of the study showed that the clinical improvement rate for depressive and ruminative symptoms for all participants was 78% and 47%, respectively. These results were clinically significant for three patients. Conclusion: It appears that MBCT in the form of individual sessions is an effective treatment for patients with major depressive disorder.
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Furthermore, in recent studies, this approach has been used in the treatment of treatment-resistant depressed patients (Kenny 6 and Williams, 2007) and the treatment of residual depressive symptoms (Kingston 7, Dooly 8, Bates 9, Lawlor 10, and Malone 11, 2007).
Some other criticisms have questioned the positive results of the first MBCT clinical trial, stating that the combination of two methods, cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based therapy, can never explain the pure effect of mindfulness in reducing relapse and the obtained results (Bishop 13, Lau 14, Shapiro 15, Carlson 1, Anderson 2, and Carmody, 3 1.
Accordingly, in this research, the effect of MBCT has been investigated in the form of a single-case study design on depressive symptoms and rumination in patients with major depression.
The independent variable in this study was mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and the dependent variables were the therapeutic changes resulting from the application of this therapeutic method in depression and rumination scales.
improved / / Discussion and Conclusion The results of the present research showed that MBCT is effective in reducing the severity of depressive symptoms and the level of rumination, and in more than half of the cases, these changes remained stable until the follow-up period (in this study, the effect of treatment was clinically significant for three out of four patients).
Treatment resistant depressed patients show a good response to mindfulness based cognitive therapy.
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