The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
2025
Ryan Askey-Jones, Chris Gaskell, Olga Karagiorgou Johnstone
Abstract Depression is a highly common condition (World Health Organisation, 2022). Although many people demonstrate recovery there are marked levels of relapse. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is effective in preventing relapse. To date, the majority of studies do not primarily focus on the cost-effectiveness of MBCT within health care utilisation and workplace absenteeism. This...
The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
2025
Hillary Maxwell, Sacha Dubois, Dwight Mazmanian et al.
Abstract Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can alter day-to-day life. While changes in cognition and physical function are most often cited, emotional disturbances, notably depression, are also common. For individuals who experience depression symptoms, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) may afford the opportunity to address these symptoms by teaching skills to mitigate negative thought...
The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
2023
Robert Marx, Pippa Menzies, Richard Symon et al.
Abstract This paper reports on the experience of the first cohort of cognitive behaviour therapists completing the first delivery of a UK government-funded mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) teacher-training. Trainees completed a new curriculum approved by NHS England and commissioned by Health Education England (HEE) that enabled them to teach MBCT in Improving Access to Psychological...
The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
2016
Jonathan Hutchins, John Rhodes, Saskia Keville
10 citations
AbstractTraditionally studies have neglected emotion in psychosis, possibly as a consequence of psychiatry's emphasis on psychotic symptoms rather than individuals’ lived experience of emotions before, during and after psychotic episodes. This study sought to investigate how individuals experienced their emotions and delusions in the context of psychosis. A qualitative Interpretative...
The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
2016
Kamila Hortynska, Ciara Masterson, Lesley Connors et al.
Abstract: There is growing evidence regarding the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions offered to diagnostically diverse groups of participants. This study examined the feasibility and effectiveness of adapted Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) groups offered to NHS patients in a secondary-care Psychology and Psychotherapy Service. The group was run as an adjunct to...
The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
2015
Bryony Sheaves, Juliana Onwumere, Nadine Keen et al.
AbstractPrevious research has indicated that nightmares might be a common problem for people with psychotic symptoms. Furthermore, more distressing nightmares have been associated with higher levels of delusional severity, depression, anxiety, stress and working memory. However no known research has investigated the use of nightmare treatments in those with symptoms of psychosis. This study...
The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
December 1, 2014
Robert Marx, Clara Strauss, Cleo Williamson
AbstractA feasibility study evaluated five adapted Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) groups that were delivered to staff in a National Health Service (NHS) mental health Trust as part of a staff health and wellbeing initiative. Using an uncontrolled design typical of a feasibility study, recruitment, retention and acceptability of the groups were assessed. Effectiveness was also...
The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
December 1, 2009
Trevor G. Mazzucchelli, Clare Samantha Rees, Robert Thomas Kane
21 citations
Abstract Using 16 non-clinical adults from the community, this study examined the effects on well-being of a group intervention consisting of a 4-week behavioural activation component followed by a 3-week mindfulness component, finishing with an integrating closure session. Results from intention-to-treat analyses showed moderate and significant improvements in psychological distress and...