The Development of a MBCT Self-Assessment Scale

The World Health Organisation 2012 report estimates that by 2030 levels of depression will have risen to be the leading cause of disease burden globally. Mindfulness BasedCognitive Therapy (MBCT) has proven to be an effective psychosocial intervention for assisting clients who suffer from recurrent depression leading to a fifty percent decrease in relapse for patients who experience three or more depressive episodes, when compared to treatment as usual. 

 

MBCT combines mindfulness techniques from Kabat-Zinn’s Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Program with components of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. MBCT is a group-based program delivered over an eight-week period. Group sizes range from eight to fifteen patients per program. The adoption of a group based structure for treating depression is considered a cost effective treatment within the primary health care setting when compared to individual therapies. MBCT includes formal and informal practices. Activities include guided meditation exercises such as ‘breathing space’ and ‘body scan’ (simple practical exercises which use the breath and the body as objects of concentration. Read more>>>>>>>>>