Verhaltenstherapie
April 1, 2024
Elisabeth A. Arens, Lucas Donnerstag, Stefan G Hofmann et al.
1 citation
In the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, it has become clear what relevance non-contact psychotherapeutic online interventions in mental health care could possibly have in the future. The present pilot study aims to test whether a Metta-based group program is also an acceptable and feasible treatment when conducted as video-based intervention. Metta meditations aim at showing unconditional...
June 30, 2022
Ulrich Stangier, Elisabeth A. Arens, A. Frick
Das Manual integriert verschiedene Methoden zur Behandlung chronischer Depression unter einer prozessbasierten Perspektive. Zentraler Ansatzpunkt ist Wohlwollen als eine prosoziale Motivation, für sich selbst und anderen gegenüber Wohlbefinden und Glück anzustreben. Der Therapieansatz verbindet Metta-Meditation (Loving-Kindness-Meditation) und achtsamkeitsbasierte kognitive Therapie mit...
Mindfulness
October 8, 2021
Ulrich Stangier, Artjom Frick, Isabel Thinnes et al.
11 citations
Objectives: Current treatments for chronic depression have focused on reducing interpersonal problems and negative affect, but paid little attention to promoting prosocial motivation and positive affect. Following this treatment focus, the objective of the present study was to examine whether the combination of metta (Loving Kindness) group meditation and subsequent tailored individual therapy...
Trials
January 6, 2020
Artjom Frick, Isabel Thinnes, Ulrich Stangier
Depression is a widespread disorder with severe impacts for individuals and society, especially in its chronic form. Current treatment approaches for persistent depression have focused primarily on reducing negative affect and have paid little attention to promoting positive affect. Previous studies have shown that metta meditation increases positive affect in chronically depressed patients....
Harvard Review of Psychiatry
July 1, 2018
Johannes Graser, Ulrich Stangier
67 citations
OBJECTIVES: This article presents a brief overview of the empirical evidence of well-established mindfulness interventions and an in-depth review of less-established compassion-based interventions (CBIs) and loving-kindness meditation (LKM). Definitions, cognitive and physiological mechanisms, and methods of assessment are discussed. METHOD: A literature review using the databases Google...
Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie
July 1, 2018
Viola N. L. S. Schilling, W. Lutz, Stefan G Hofmann et al.
Zusammenfassung. Theoretischer Hintergrund: Chronische Depressionen gehen mit einer langwierigen Belastung einher und verursachen hohe Krankheitskosten. Ein möglicher Ansatz zur Behandlung könnte die Loving Kindness Meditation (LKM) sein. Methode: In dieser Pilot-Studie wurde ein LKM-Gruppenprogramm eingesetzt und bezüglich der Effektivität untersucht. N = 2207 Fälle aus Wartelistendaten wurden...
BMC Medicine
February 1, 2018
J. Jesuthasan, E. Sönmez, I. Abels et al.
68 citations
BackgroundThe year 2016 has marked the highest number of displaced people worldwide on record. A large number of these refugees are women, yet little is known about their specific situation and the hurdles they have to face during their journey. Herein, we investigated whether sociodemographic characteristics and traumatic experiences in the home country and during the flight affected the...
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
2016
Johannes Graser, Volkmar Höfling, Charlotte Weβlau et al.
In this pilot study, N = 11 patients suffering from chronic depression were treated in a 12-week group program consisting of basic mindfulness exercises from Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and compassion exercises from Compassion Focused Therapy and Loving Kindness Meditation. In a 3-month waiting period prior to treatment, depression symptoms both in self-report and clinician rating did...
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2015
Stefan G Hofmann, Nicola Petrocchi, James Steinberg et al.
70 citations
Conventional treatments for mood disorders primarily focus on reducing negative affect, but little on enhancing positive affect. Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) is a traditional meditation practice directly oriented toward enhancing unconditional and positive emotional states of kindness towards oneself and others. We report here two independent and uncontrolled studies carried out at...