Depressed adults who were given a self-directed workbook focusing on mindfulness practices plus cognitive therapy saw greater improvement in their depression than peers who were given a self-help book focusing solely on cognitive therapy in a new study.
The cognitive behavior therapy, or CBT, self-help program used in the study is recommended in U.K. national treatment guidelines for mild to moderate depression. But some people don’t respond to it and many drop out.
Written by the pioneers of mindfulness-based CBT, the program helps people overcome depression, anxiety, and stress by simply learning new ways to respond to thoughts and feelings. It comes with guided audio meditations.a CBT program widely used in England that helps people self-assess and manage their depression.After about 4 months, the mindfulness group had significantly greater reductions in the severity of their depression symptoms and anxiety compared with the CBT group.
Segal is a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto in Scarborough and an author on the mindfulness workbook used in the study.
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