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)