naa a22 4500 510729878 CHVBK 20180411082948.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20131201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12671-012-0127-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12671-012-0127-0 Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Mental Health Professionals—a Pilot Study [Elektronische Daten] [Florian Ruths, Nicole de Zoysa, Sonya Frearson, Jane Hutton, J. Williams, James Walsh] We investigated the adherence of mental health professionals to a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) programme as well as the impact of MBCT on mindful awareness and attention, psychological well-being and distress, state and trait anxiety, worry and satisfaction with life. The design comprised of a prospective uncontrolled intervention study with pre- and post-measurements of meditation adherence and measures of psychological well-being. Twenty-seven mental health professionals participated in an 8-week MBCT programme for relapse prevention of depression, modified for healthy individuals. Their homework, mindful awareness and attention (Mindful Awareness and Attention Scale), general psychological well-being (General Health Questionnaire), state and trait anxiety (State-Trait Anxiety Inventory), satisfaction with life (Satisfaction with Life Scale), general psychopathology (Brief Symptom Inventory) as well as worry (Penn State Worry Questionnaire) were measured at week1 and 8 during the intervention and at week20 as follow-up. Twenty four of 27 (88%) mental health professionals completed the course and were included in the analysis. Of these, 75% (18 of 24) were female with a mean age of 36years and a mean experience in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) of 6years. Sixty-three per cent (15 of 24) reported continued practice at 20-week follow-up. A statistically significant improvement of mindful awareness and psychological well-being, with significant reduction in worry, trait anxiety and general psychopathology, was observed in participants who continued some form of meditation practice during the follow-up period. The majority of mental health professionals adhered to the MBCT meditation practice, and the more they practised mindfulness meditation, the more they experienced an increase in mindful awareness and attention, general psychological well-being and a decrease in general psychopathology, trait anxiety and worry. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2012 Mindfulness nationallicence Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) nationallicence Mental health professionals nationallicence Meditation nationallicence Training nationallicence Ruths Florian Maudsley Psychotherapy Department, Denmark Hill, SE5 8AF, London, UK aut de Zoysa Nicole Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College Hospital, 1st Floor, Cheyne Wing, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS, London, UK aut Frearson Sonya Barts Health NHS Trust, Diabetes Centre, Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, E1 4DG, London, UK aut Hutton Jane Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College Hospital, 1st Floor, Cheyne Wing, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS, London, UK aut Williams J. Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK aut Walsh James School of Psychology, University of East London, E15 4LZ, London, UK aut Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/4(2013-12-01), 289-295 1868-8527 4:4<289 2013 4 12671 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0127-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-012-0127-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ruths Florian Maudsley Psychotherapy Department, Denmark Hill, SE5 8AF, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- de Zoysa Nicole Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College Hospital, 1st Floor, Cheyne Wing, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Frearson Sonya Barts Health NHS Trust, Diabetes Centre, Mile End Hospital, Bancroft Road, E1 4DG, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hutton Jane Department of Psychological Medicine, King's College Hospital, 1st Floor, Cheyne Wing, Denmark Hill, SE5 9RS, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Williams J. Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Walsh James School of Psychology, University of East London, E15 4LZ, London, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Mindfulness Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 4/4(2013-12-01), 289-295 1868-8527 4:4<289 2013 4 12671 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer