Journal of affective disorders
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for non-melancholic depression.
To examine the comparative effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) as treatments for non-melancholic depression. ⋯ MBCT appears to be as effective as CBT in the treatment of current depression. However, CBT participants with four or more previous episodes of depression derived greater benefits at 8-week post-treatment than those with less than four episodes.
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Bipolar psychopathology has traditionally been defined by categorical diagnoses. However, these disorders may simply reflect the extremes of a broader spectrum of clinical and subclinical bipolar psychopathology. ⋯ The findings support a broader spectrum of bipolar psychopathology and the validity of the HPS as a measure of this construct.