Metacognitive awareness and prevention of relapse in depression: Empirical evidence.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2002 John D. Teasdale, Richard G. Moore, Hazel Hayhurst et al. 966 citations
Metacognitive awareness is a cognitive set in which negative thoughts/feelings are experienced as mental events, rather than as the self. The authors hypothesized that (a) reduced metacognitive awareness would be associated with vulnerability to depression and (b) cognitive therapy (CT) and mindfulness-based CT (MBCT) would reduce depressive relapse by increasing metacognitive awareness. They...