@article{ref1,
title="Effects of mindfulness on meta-awareness and specificity of describing prodromal symptoms in suicidal depression",
journal="Emotion",
year="2010",
author="Hargus, Emily and Crane, Catherine and Barnhofer, Thorsten and Williams, J. Mark G.",
volume="10",
number="1",
pages="34-42",
abstract="The authors examined the effects of mindfulness training on 2 aspects of mode of processing in depressed participants: degree of meta-awareness and specificity of memory. Each of these has been suggested as a maladaptive aspect of a mode of processing linked to persistence and recurrence of symptoms. Twenty-seven depressed participants, all of whom had experienced suicidal crises, described warning signs for their last crisis. These descriptions were blind-rated independently for meta-awareness and specificity. Participants were then randomly allocated to receive mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) plus treatment as usual (TAU) or TAU alone, and retested after 3 months. <br><br>RESULTS showed that, although comparable at baseline, patients randomized to MBCT displayed significant posttreatment differences in meta-awareness and specificity compared with TAU patients. These results suggest that mindfulness training may enable patients to reflect on memories of previous crises in a detailed and decentered way, allowing them to relate to such experiences in a way that is likely to be helpful in preventing future relapses.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1528-3542",
doi="10.1037/a0016825",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0016825"
}