Background: Due to the clinical challenges of treatment-resistant depression (TRD), we
evaluated the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) relative to a structurally …

We found significantly decreased depression and anxiety levels as measured by the BDI
and Beck Anxiety Inventory for individuals with TRD who completed MBCT. Increased …

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) incorporates elements of cognitive-behavioural
therapy with mindfulness-based stress reduction into an 8-session group program. Initially …

Tobacco Dependence among smokers with psychiatric disorders has been under-addressed
by the mental health, addictions, and tobacco control communities. This study examined …

Background Recently, the application of meditative practices to the treatment of depressive
disorders has met with increasing clinical and scientific interest, owing to a lower side-effect …

Chronic pain complaints often reflect or are influenced by psychiatric factors.Physicians
commonly encounter "illness-affirming behaviors'' in which patient complaints or symptoms go …

… Consistent with results from the RCT investigating the effects of MBCT versus HEP on
depression outcomes (Eisendrath et al., 2016), the MBCT participants in the present study …

Factitious disorder presents one of the most challenging variants of psychopathology in
medicine. The Spectrum of Factitious Disorders is the first book for professionals to offer a …

… Eisendrath, Box 34-C, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, 401 Parnassus Ave., San
Francisco, CA 94143. … Miller RR, Hershel J.: Clinical effects of meperidine in hospitalized …

Much of the psychiatric literature advocates vigorous confrontation of patients with factitious
physical disorder. Believing that such a strategy often drives the patient to a new physician, …