Nicole Geschwind

2 papers in the library · publishing 2016-2023

Papers

Increases in External Sensory Observing Cross-Sectionally Mediate the Repair of Positive Affect Following Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Individuals with Residual Depression Symptoms

Mindfulness January 1, 2023 Barnaby D. Dunn, Hanna Wiedemann, Merle Kock et al.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression (MBCT-D) appears to repair deficits in positive affect in people with residual depression by training them to attend to external sensory experiences. Secondary analyses of two randomized controlled trials found that increased external sensory observing mediated the superiority of MBCT-D over a waitlist control in one study and over maintenance antidepressants in a second study. The findings suggest that enhancing attention to external sensory input may be a key mechanism through which MBCT-D improves positive affect in this population.

DOI: 10.1007/s12671-022-02032-0

Putting a Hold on the Downward Spiral of Paranoia in the Social World: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Individuals with a History of Depression.

PLoS One June 10, 2016 Dina Collip, Nicole Geschwind, Frenk Peeters et al.

In a randomized controlled trial, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) reduced momentary paranoia and increased feelings of social acceptance in daily life among people with residual mood instability after major depression. Paranoia decreased significantly in the MBCT group and increased in the waiting-list control group, while social acceptance rose in the MBCT group and fell in controls. MBCT also weakened the link between paranoia and lower social acceptance. The findings suggest MBCT can interrupt social processes that maintain subclinical paranoia.

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066747 Full text