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- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is being explored for its effectiveness in preventing relapse in recurrent depression, yet there's a lack of understanding regarding participants' personal experiences with it.
- The study involved interviewing 20 individuals who completed MBCT classes, focusing on their insights about the program a year later, including what aspects they found beneficial and challenging.
- Four main themes emerged from participants' feedback: control, acceptance, relationships, and struggle, which provide important implications for future research and clinical practice.
Article Abstract
Background: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a promising approach to help people who suffer recurrent depression prevent depressive relapse. However, little is known about how MBCT works. Moreover, participants' subjective experiences of MBCT as a relapse prevention treatment remain largely unstudied.
Aim: This study examines participants' representations of their experience of MBCT and its value as a relapse-prevention program for recurrent depression.
Method: Twenty people who had participated in MBCT classes for recurrent depression within a primary care setting were interviewed 12 months after treatment. The focus of the interview was on participants' reflections on what they found helpful, meaningful and difficult about MBCT as a relapse prevention program. Thematic analysis was used to identify the key patterns and elements in participants' accounts.
Results And Conclusions: Four overarching themes were extracted: control, acceptance, relationships and struggle. The theoretical, clinical and research implications are discussed.
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