Impacts of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on the Psychological and Functional Wellbeing of Patients with Bipolar Disorders
OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine November 5, 2018 Nancy Poirier, Serge Beaulieu, Sybille Saury et al.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) strongly reduced psychic anxiety in people with bipolar disorder, especially those who were anxious or depressed before starting, but had no effect on somatic anxiety. Sleep quality and quality of life improved moderately. A slight increase in depressive, anxious, and manic symptoms was noted at week six of the eight-week program. Participants who completed at least half the sessions showed the benefits, and after treatment, initially anxious participants no longer differed from non-anxious ones.