Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
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Acta Psychiatr Scand · Aug 2011
ReviewMindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.
Fjorback LO, Arendt M, Ørnbøl E, Fink P, Walach H. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy - a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. ⋯ Evidence supports that MBSR improves mental health and MBCT prevents depressive relapse. Future RCTs should apply optimal design including active treatment for comparison, properly trained instructors and at least one-year follow-up. Future research should primarily tackle the question of whether mindfulness itself is a decisive ingredient by controlling against other active control conditions or true treatments.
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Acta Psychiatr Scand · Aug 2011
The involvement of distinct neural systems in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder with autogenous and reactive obsessions.
To investigate the regional metabolite abnormalities and changes after treatment in patients with OCD with autogenous and reactive obsessions. ⋯ While disturbed energy metabolism in ACC might reflect a common pathology in patients with OCD regardless of symptom dimension, alterations in mesiotemporal lobe are more likely for autogenous obsessions.