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Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) have been the focus of a number of recent Mental Elf blogs. Elves have discussed the use of this potential “panacea treatment” to treat anxiety disorders, depression, stress, psychosis, schizophrenia, breast cancer and most recently eating disorders. The evidence is mixed and not compelling for all of these conditions, but it’s clearly a very promising treatment that is getting a lot of coverage and research funding. In the UK, mindfulness is only recommended by NICE for the treatment of relapse prevention in recurrent depression, but that recommendation comes from a guideline now 5 years old (NICE, 2009). Mindfulness based interventions incorporate meditation practice and principles into a psychotherapeutic modality of treatment. The two most commonly examples of MBIs are:
MBSR has been used for nearly 40 years and reported to help alleviate stress and other physical and mental health presentations. MBCT was developed more recently and combines MBSR with CBT for depression. Although originally designed to prevent relapse in patients in remission from depression, it has also been mooted for people experiencing current episodes of both depression and anxiety disorders. A recent study carried out by researchers from the University of Sussex has assessed the scientific evidence in support of the use of MBIs for people experiencing a current episode of anxiety and depression.
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