Anxious-Depressive Clinical Trial
Official title:
Mindfulness-based and Compassion-based Interventions in Anxious-Depressive Symptomatology in Mental Health Services: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The aim of this study is to assess and compare the benefits of twopsychological interventions
added to the usual treatment of patients whocome to mental health. Patients will be randomly
assigned to the followingconditions: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR),
Attachment-BasedCompassion Therapy (ABCT) and a Treatment As Usual (TAU) Group.
Theparticipants in the two psychological intervention groups will also receive
usualpsychological/psychiatric treatment managed by their specialist. Mindfulnessand
Compassion groups will be composed of 33 participants each, and TAU group will be composed of
64 participants (total sample n = 130).
The principal hypothesis is that 'ABCT + TAU' will be more effective than'MBSR + TAU' for
treating depressive and/or anxiety symptoms in patients attending mental health settings.
Secondary hypothesis are: 1) 'MBSR + TAU'and 'ABCT + TAU' will be more effective than 'TAU
alone' for treatinganxiety and/or depressive symptoms in patients attending mental health
settings; 2) mindfulness will be a mediator of the 'MBSR + TAU' program improvements, while
self-compassion will be a mediator of the corresponding'ABCT + TAU'; and 3) 'ABCT + TAU' will
present more cost-effectiveness than 'MBSR + TAU' and both ABCT + TAU' and 'MBSR + TAU'
programs will present more cost-effectiveness than TAU alone.
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