Mindfulness
July 3, 2026
Eman AlBedah, Vuokko Wallace, Paul Chadwick
Abstract Objectives Muslims are diverse and growing populations across the world. There is a need, within these populations, for culturally attuned wellness and mental health services. Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) are evidence-based transdiagnostic and cost-effective services that may address such need. This study aimed to explore the experiences of Muslims with MBIs. It is an attempt...
Behavior therapy
2023
Lyn Ellett, Jessica Kingston, Eryna Tarant et al.
There is currently limited research examining self-structure in clinical groups and no current data on the extent to which self-structure is amendable to change following psychological therapy. We address this important gap by examining self-structure in individuals with persecutory delusions using the card sort task, an established paradigm measuring key self-structure indices, including the...
Behaviour Research and Therapy
December 1, 2017
Emilia Winnebeck, Maria Fißler, M. Gärtner et al.
BACKGROUND Training in mindfulness has been introduced to the treatment of depression as a means of relapse prevention. However, given its buffering effects on maladaptive responses to negative mood, mindfulness training would be expected to be particularly helpful in those who are currently suffering from symptoms. This study investigated whether a brief and targeted mindfulness-based...
PLoS One
May 6, 2015
Elena Antonova, Paul Chadwick, Veena Kumari
41 citations
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness as a mode of sustained and receptive attention promotes openness to each incoming stimulus, even if repetitive and/or aversive. Mindful attention has been shown to attenuate sensory habituation in expert meditators; however, others were not able to replicate this effect. The present study used acoustic startle reflex to investigate the effect of mindfulness practice...
Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research
May 2011
Paul Chadwick, Hardeep Kaur, Maged Swelam et al.
The aim of the study was to explore experiences of practising mindfulness and how this related to living with, and managing, bipolar disorder. Qualitative methodology was used to explore the experiences of 12 people with bipolar disorder who had been practising mindfulness for at least 18 weeks. Semi-structured interviews exploring how mindfulness practice related to living with bipolar...
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
July 1, 2009
Paul Chadwick, Stephanie Hughes, Daphne Russell et al.
The clinical literature cautions against use of meditation by people with psychosis. There is, however, evidence for acceptance-based therapy reducing relapse, and some evidence for clinical benefits of mindfulness groups for people with distressing psychosis, though no data on whether participants became more mindful. To assess feasibility of randomized evaluation of group mindfulness therapy...
Emilia Winnebeck, Maria Fißler, Matti Gärtner et al.
Background: Training in mindfulness has been introduced to the treatment of depression as a means of relapse prevention. However, from a stress-buffering perspective, mindfulness techniques would be expected to unfold their beneficial effects particularly in those who are currently suffering from symptoms. This study investigated whether a brief and targeted mindfulness-based intervention can...