Clinical medicine & research

PS2-43: Internet Delivered Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Reducing Residual Depressive Symptoms: An Open Trial and Quasi-experimental Comparison to Propensity Matched Controls

Clinical medicine & research September 1, 2014 Arne Beck, Sona Dimidjian, Jennifer M. Boggs et al.

Background/Aims: The persistence of residual depressive symptoms (RDS) among patients in clinical remission predicts a negative prognosis and is considered an important target for adjunctive treatment. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is effective in reducing RDS. Delivered in 8 in-person group sessions, MBCT teaches disengagement from depression-related ruminative thought patterns to...