Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improves emotional reactivity to social stress: results from a randomized controlled trial.
Behavior Therapy October 1, 2011 Willoughby B. Britton, Ben Shahar, Ohad Szepsenwol et al.
The high likelihood of recurrence in depression is linked to a progressive increase in emotional reactivity to stress (stress sensitization). Mindfulness-based therapies teach mindfulness skills designed to decrease emotional reactivity in the face of negative affect-producing stressors. The primary aim of the current study was to assess whether Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is...