Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder

Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is commonly utilized as a psychotherapy approach for bipolar disorder, empirical findings do not always support the effectiveness of CBT on bipolar disorder. Therefore, the need for different psychotherapy approaches that can be applied to bipolar disorder...

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Main Authors: Burcu Ebru Aydoğdu, Gülay Dirik
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Language:English
Published: Psikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar 2020-03-01
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Online Access:http://psikguncel.org/archives/vol12/no1/cap_12_01_02_en.pdf
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description Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is commonly utilized as a psychotherapy approach for bipolar disorder, empirical findings do not always support the effectiveness of CBT on bipolar disorder. Therefore, the need for different psychotherapy approaches that can be applied to bipolar disorder has arisen. Recently, the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on bipolar disorder has begun to be investigated. In the present review, studies investigating the effects of MBCT on bipolar disorder were gathered to investigate whether the MBCT, which was examined for many disorders recent years, is also effective or not in bipolar disorder. Therefore, 12 studies reached via databases were examined in terms of sample characteristics, methodological backgrounds, and results. In the reviewed studies, it has been found that MBCT provides a reduction in anxiety, depression or mania/hypomania symptoms and an increase in mindfulness levels of people with bipolar disorder. Moreover, participants were tended to indicate that they benefited from MBCT. It was also observed increase in the participants’ attention, information processing, memory, emotion regulation, and positive affect. However, it was seen that these findings were not supported in all studies. Because these studies were mostly conducted with people who were in remission period, whether MBCT leads reduction in manic and hypomanic symptoms was not totally clear.
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spelling doaj.art-dc0160e311b54c5c96b8898be10cf4d92024-02-03T05:11:56ZengPsikiyatride Güncel YaklaşımlarPsikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar1309-06742020-03-01121163110.18863/pgy.544224496Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy in Bipolar DisorderBurcu Ebru AydoğduGülay DirikAlthough cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is commonly utilized as a psychotherapy approach for bipolar disorder, empirical findings do not always support the effectiveness of CBT on bipolar disorder. Therefore, the need for different psychotherapy approaches that can be applied to bipolar disorder has arisen. Recently, the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on bipolar disorder has begun to be investigated. In the present review, studies investigating the effects of MBCT on bipolar disorder were gathered to investigate whether the MBCT, which was examined for many disorders recent years, is also effective or not in bipolar disorder. Therefore, 12 studies reached via databases were examined in terms of sample characteristics, methodological backgrounds, and results. In the reviewed studies, it has been found that MBCT provides a reduction in anxiety, depression or mania/hypomania symptoms and an increase in mindfulness levels of people with bipolar disorder. Moreover, participants were tended to indicate that they benefited from MBCT. It was also observed increase in the participants’ attention, information processing, memory, emotion regulation, and positive affect. However, it was seen that these findings were not supported in all studies. Because these studies were mostly conducted with people who were in remission period, whether MBCT leads reduction in manic and hypomanic symptoms was not totally clear.http://psikguncel.org/archives/vol12/no1/cap_12_01_02_en.pdfbipolar disordermindfulness-based cognitive therapycognitive behavioral therapy
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mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
cognitive behavioral therapy
title Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder
title_full Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder
title_fullStr Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder
title_short Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder
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mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
cognitive behavioral therapy
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