Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: A Review
Didar Karakaş İnce, Satı Demi̇r
Journal of Gazi University Health Sciences Institute August 8, 2023 DOI: 10.59124/guhes.1276584 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Citations | 3 |
| Key findings | Argues that mindfulness involves intentional, nonjudgmental attention to the present moment and that how individuals perceive and welcome events matters more than the events themselves. Notes that nursing students frequently face academic and clinical stressors that can lead to depression and anxiety when unmanaged, and aims to analyze mindfulness-based cognitive therapy programs. |
Abstract
Mindfulness, an ancient Buddhist practice, is not just recognizing and living in the present moment. It is a way of welcoming things by recognizing them right now. Mindfulness is an approach about gently bringing attention, which tends to go to the past and future, back to the present and accepting what is perceived. It includes intentional and nonjudgmental attention in the present moment. Before thought, which is always one step ahead or behind the present moment, there is awareness in the present moment. In fact, mentally healthy individuals who are able to distinguish between the real and the unreal think about the question of "Is this the case or am I perceiving it this way?". For this reason, how the person perceives is more important than events/situation. The most important determinant on the way to awareness is the way of welcoming individually perceived events/situations. Attitudes as a form of welcoming events and situations are staying in the moment, compassion, noticing judgments, acceptance, beginner’s mind, patience, letting things go. Many factors may cause students stress in nursing education. Academic and clinical stressors are experienced by many nursing students enrolled in a nursing education program. When these stressors are not managed well, mental problems such as depression and anxiety disorder may ocur. This review aimed to analyze the mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical populations | 2003 | Review | |
| Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects | 2007 | Review | |
| Mindfulness Interventions | 2016 | Review | |
| Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation | 2017 | Review | |
| Mindfulness and acceptance: expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition | 2005 | Review |
Citations in the library
Cites 2
- Distant delivery of a mindfulness-based intervention for people with Parkinson’s disease: the study protocol of a randomised pilot trial Pilot and Feasibility Studies January 16, 2017
- The Influence of Mindfulness on the Decreasing Anxiety in Nursing Students to Support Academic Learning: A Literature Review Holistic Nursing and Health Science July 10, 2018