Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living in Recurrent Depression — MBCL-RD  

Recurrent Depression Clinical Trial

Official title: The Effectiveness of Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living in Recurrent Depression

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Since a few years, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) has been used as treatment for patients suffering from recurrent depression. Though a number of studies show that MBCT is effective in this population and MBCT reduces the chances of relapse/recurrence in recurrent depressive patients, the chance of a new depression developing after end of treatment is still considerable. Ergo, there is room for improvement.

Especially the development of a non-judging or compassionate attitude towards all experience seems to mediate the treatment effect. It is therefore our expectation that a follow-up intervention that focuses specifically on self-compassion could prove very useful in elaborating on the effects of MBCT.

The research question of this research is therefore: what is the effect of compassion training in people suffering from recurrent depression who have already received MBCT training?

Clinical Trial Description

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Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Depression
• Depressive Disorder
• Recurrence
• Recurrent Depression

• NCT number: NCT02059200
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Radboud University Medical Center
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2013
• Completion date: November 2015