Effects of mindfulness-based intervention in preventing relapse in patients with remitted psychosis: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Stress is a key factor in psychotic relapse, and mindfulness offers stress resilience and well-being benefits. This study examined the effects of mindfulness-based intervention for psychosis (MBI-p) in preventing relapse at 1 year among patients with remitted psychosis in Hong Kong. MBI-p is a newly developed manual-based mindfulness protocol and was tested to have improved well-being and clinical outcomes in a pilot study with remitted psychosis patients. In this multisite, single-blind, 1-year randomized controlled trial (RCT), 152 fully remitted patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or non-affective psychosis were randomized to receive either a 7-week MBI-p or a 7-week psychoeducation program. Outcomes were assessed before and after the intervention, and then monthly for one year. Relap

SUBMITTER: Hui CLM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11659390 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature