S4 - Evaluation of components

• Effectiveness

  • Teasdale - evaluated MCBT on 145 depressed individuals (relapse and reoccurance assessed over 60 weeks)
  • Patients had Treatment As Usual (TAU) or TAU and 8 MCBT sessions
  • MCBT Great help with reoccuring episodes
  • Did not affect those with only 1-2 episodes but reduced risk of relapse
  • MCBR (6-10 week course) of structured guided meditation
  • Reibel: reduced anxiety in 136 patients who had an 8 week course and meditated 20 minutes a day

  THEREFORE:

  beneficial in assisting physical and mental disorders
• Dependent on the type

  • Some psychological problems more effective in group environment
  • Mantzios + Giannou - studied group vs individual mindfulness on a weight loss goal, 170 participants in a 6 week mindfulness group
  • Group condition lost more weight and reduced social avoidance

  
  

  • Benefits of individual mindfulness must be taken with caution
• Integrarion with other therapies

  • Mindfulness offers a new altenate therapy
  • Incoporated to other therapies like psychotherapy an CBT
  • eg: Mindfulness CBT is a 4 stage aporach to help change thinking processes (modify unrealistic perceptions)
• Positive applications

  • Mindfulness can be used in neuroscience:

  Hoizel: meditating 30 minutes a day improves density of grey matter (memory, stress, empathy)

  • Use in schools:

  Kuyken: Compared children taking part in mindfulness and normal cirriculum

  result found those doing mindfulness were less stressed and had better well-being
• Ethics

  • Reduced psychological harm :)

  Does not involve the past (reduces anxiety)

  encourages acceptance

  THEREFORE: less frustrating

  • Psychological harm :(

  Delivered to vunerable people (depressed individuals)

  risk to depersonalisation “dark night”, buddhists experience traumatic memories during meditation

  Caution must be taken

  • Valid consent :(

  Cilent must be aware of intentions and need to consider religious backgrounds (buddhist principles)

  need to be aware of background to make informed choices

  • Morality/empathy :)

  essential to maintain morality as teaches leadership and organisation

  reudy: mindfulness means less likely to cheat on a task