Effectiveness of Nature- and Animal Assisted Mindfulness for Relapse Prevention in Depressed Patients With a History of Childhood Maltreatment
Frontiers in Psychiatry July 14, 2022 Elisabeth Schramm, Christoph Breuninger, Rainer Wohlfarth et al.
BackgroundFor relapse prevention in depression, conventional mindfulness programs such as the mindfulness-based cognitive therapy proved to be useful. However, early life trauma is a risk factor for having adverse experiences during meditation. Thus, for this patient group mindfulness skills are often difficult to learn and may be facilitated by using animals and a nature setting.MethodsThe aim...