The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) Subscales in a Naturalistic Sample of Patients with Past or Present Major Depression
Patients with different mindfulness profiles may vary in mental health status and might experience differential clinical outcomes of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). We therefore aimed to assess the relationship between...
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy v. treatment as usual in people with bipolar disorder: A multicentre, randomised controlled trial
The purpose of this multicentre, evaluator blinded RCT was to investigate the added value of MBCT to treatment as usual (TAU) in BD up to 15 months follow-up (NCT03507647). A...
Adverse or therapeutic? A mixed-methods study investigating adverse effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in bipolar disorder
The current mixed-methods study was conducted as part of a RCT on (cost-) effectiveness of MBCT in 144 patients with BD (Trial registered on 25th of April 2018, ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT03507647)....
Mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) reduces depression-related self-referential processing in patients with bipolar disorder: an exploratory task-based study
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...
The effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on rumination and a task-based measure of intrusive thoughts in patients with bipolar disorder
The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of MBCT on self-reported trait depressive rumination and an experimental state measure of negative intrusive thoughts in BD patients....
Change in Mindfulness Profiles after Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Major Depressive Disorder
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) reduces recurrence and current depressive symptoms in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). To understand how and for whom MBCT works, a person-centered approach focusing on...
Rumination and Self-Compassion Moderate Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Patients with Recurrent and Persistent Major Depressive Disorder: A Controlled-Trial
In this study, our aim was to investigate depressive rumination, content-independent perseverative thinking, mindfulness skills, and self-compassion as potential moderators and mediators of MBCT. In this non-randomized controlled trial, patients...
Online prenatal trial in mindfulness sleep management (OPTIMISM) (treatment of insomnia in pregnancy)
This is a two-arm, parallel-group randomized controlled trial. A total of 45 pregnant women between 12 and 28 weeks gestation were recruited from the community and randomly assigned to a...
Impact of mindfulness versus supportive sex education on stress in women with sexual interest/arousal disorder
We evaluated a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) group treatment versus a sex education comparison group treatment (STEP) on self-reported stress and on the physiological stress response measured via morning-to-evening cortisol...
Self-Determination as a Mediator Between Mindfulness and Perfectionism in Theory and Practice
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been surging as an alternative to cognitive-behavioural therapy for perfectionism. Despite promising results, there are practical and theoretical concerns regarding high resistance from perfectionists towards developing...