Thomas Forkmann

A cross-sectional study on the influence of emotion regulation strategies on the association between trait mindfulness and suicidality

BMC Psychology April 5, 2025 Inken Höller, Judith Martens, Christina Fönschau et al. 2 citations

BACKGROUND: Several risk factors for suicidality, including dysfunctional emotion regulation strategies (ERS), have been identified. With regard to the high number of suicides worldwide, suicide prevention and identifying potentially protective factors is of high relevance. Mindfulness has been discussed to positively influence both suicidality and ERS (e.g., expressive suppression, thought...

DOI: 10.1186/s40359-025-02530-5 (opens in new tab) Mindfulness Cognitive reappraisal Expressive suppression Suicidal ideation +10

Waiting for pain: effect of a mindfulness intervention during a wait situation on pain intensity.

Frontiers in Pain Research 2025 Rebecca Stewing, Thomas Forkmann, Elisabeth Vögtle et al.

Research has shown substantial evidence for the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in the management of chronic pain. Less evidence is available whether a one-time mindfulness intervention may also be helpful in alleviating acute procedural pain. While anticipating a potentially painful procedure, people may worry about the upcoming pain. We investigated whether the time spent in...

DOI: 10.3389/fpain.2025.1653859 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Mindfulness Acute pain Pain intensity Pressure pain +1

The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy added to Treatment as Usual on suicidal ideation in chronic depression: Results of a randomized-clinical trial.

Journal of Affective Disorders August 2016 Thomas Forkmann, Eva‐lotta Brakemeier, Tobias Teismann et al.

Suicidal ideation (SI) is common in chronic depression, but only limited evidence exists for the assumption that psychological treatments for depression are effective for reducing SI. In the present study, the effects of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT; group version) plus treatment-as-usual (TAU: individual treatment by either a psychiatrist or a licensed psychotherapist, including...

DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.01.047 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Chronic depression Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy Persistent depression Rct +1

Exploring the relationship of decentering to health related concepts and cognitive and metacognitive processes in a student sample.

BMC Psychology March 8, 2016 Ramona Kessel, Judith Gecht, Thomas Forkmann et al.

Decentering, a central change strategy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, is a process of stepping outside of one's own mental events leading to an objective and non-judging stance towards the self. The study aimed at investigating associated mechanisms of decentering. The present study investigated the relation of decentering, operationalized by means of the German Version of the...

DOI: 10.1186/s40359-016-0115-6 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)

Effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on self-reported suicidal ideation: results from a randomised controlled trial in patients with residual depressive symptoms.

Comprehensive Psychiatry November 2014 Thomas Forkmann, Marieke Wichers, Nicole Geschwind et al.

The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on suicidal ideation in an open-label randomised controlled trial of patients with residual depressive symptoms. Furthermore, this study aimed at examining whether an effect of MBCT on suicidal ideation was dependent on a reduction in depression severity, worry and rumination, or an...

DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.08.043 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab)