Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy
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Behav Cogn Psychother · Oct 2010
The long-term effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as a relapse prevention treatment for major depressive disorder.
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a relapse prevention treatment for major depressive disorder. ⋯ It is suggested that ongoing MBCT skills and practice may be important for relapse prevention over the longer term. Larger randomized studies of the mechanisms of MBCT with longer follow-up periods are recommended.
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Behav Cogn Psychother · Oct 2010
Developing culturally sensitive cognitive behaviour therapy for psychosis for ethnic minority patients by exploration and incorporation of service users' and health professionals' views and opinions.
Studies of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for schizophrenia demonstrate that African-Caribbean and Black African patients have higher dropout rates and poor outcomes from treatment. ⋯ While individualization of therapy is generally accepted as a principle, in practice therapists require an understanding of patient-related factors that are culturally bound and influence the way the patient perceives or responds to therapy. The findings of this study have practical implications for therapists and mental health practitioners using CBT with people with psychosis from BME communities.