Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and the Prevention of Depressive Relapse

[ellenrr]

JAMA April 27.
The findings indicate that MBCT produced a reduced risk of depressive relapse within a 60-week follow-up period compared with other active treatments. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy was most effective for patients with greater depressive severity before treatment.

http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2517513


(My experience with mindfulness meditation (not MBCT) supports this finding.)

[irisblue]

1. thanks for this

I'm trying not to relapse, again .

[ellenrr]

2. good luck to you. I was talking to some people today,

one person called it 'the battlefield in your mind',
another described it as the 'yo-yo'ing'

I feel like I'm always having to be vigilant.
It's exhausting.

one person in the group I was talking to agreed it is exhausting,
but added that if we never knew the lows, we wouldn't be motivated to strive upward.

I like that thought, but sheesh, I wish the lows were not SO low.

wish you the best.