Mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) reduces depression-related self-referential processing in patients with bipolar disorder: an exploratory task-based study

Description

Negative self-referential processing has fruitfully been studied in unipolar depressed patients, but remarkably less in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). This exploratory study examines the relation between task-based self-referential processing and depressive symptoms in BD and their possible importance to the working mechanism of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for BD. The study population consisted of a subsample of patients with BD participating in the same RCT of MBCT for BD, who were assigned to MBCT + TAU (n = 23) or treatment as usual (TAU) (n = 26) and who completed the self-referential encoding task.

Principal Investigator

Jelle Lubbers

Other Collaborators

Anne E Speckens

Publication Details

  • Doi: 59q8-d216
  • Year Of Publication: 2024
  • Country: Netherlands

Study Info

  • Study Design: RCT,
  • Population Type: Clinical, Bipolar
  • Age Group: Adults (25-65)
  • Control Group: Passive control group
  • Total Sample Size: 49

Intervention Info

  • Intervention Type: MBCT
  • Intervention Length: 8
  • Cognitive Task: Self-referential encoding task (SRET)

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