Combining emotion regulation and mindfulness skills for preventing depression relapse: a randomized-controlled study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) skills have become increasingly used to treat several psychiatric conditions, including major depressive disorder (MDD). The aim of the study was to investigate the efficacy of an intervention that combines emotion regulation and mindfulness skills of DBT to prevent depression relapse/recurrence.

Methods

A total of 75 individuals (79% females; mean age, 52 years) with a diagnosis of MDD in complete or partial remission were recruited. Participants were randomly allocated either to an intervention combining emotion regulation and mindfulness skills (ER + M group, n = 37) or to a psychoeducative program (n = 38). After the 10-week treatment period, participants were followed for 1 year. Analyses were run in per-prot

SUBMITTER: Elices M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5497384 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature