Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction

   • Stuart J. Eisendrath

   Pages 1-6

3. Distance Delivery of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

   • Nancy J. Thompson, Robin E. McGee, Elizabeth Reisinger Walker

   Pages 7-18

4. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Insomnia

   • Amanda J. Shallcross, Pallavi D. Visvanathan

   Pages 19-29

5. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Improves Depression Symptoms After Traumatic Brain Injury

   • Lana J. Ozen, Carrie Gibbons, Michel Bédard

   Pages 31-45

6. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Women with Breast and Gynecologic Cancers

   • Lesley Stafford, Naomi Thomas, Elizabeth Foley

   Pages 47-63

7. The Application of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Chronic Pain

   • Melissa A. Day

   Pages 65-74

8. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Medically Unexplained Symptoms

   • Hiske van Ravesteijn, Lone Fjorback

   Pages 75-81

9. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy application for People Living with Chronic Disease: the case of HIV

   • Marian González-García, Xavier Borràs, Javier González López, Kim Griffin McNeil

   Pages 83-103

10. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Severe Health Anxiety or Hypochondriasis

    • David Adam Lovas

    Pages 105-111

11. Self-Help Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

    • Fergal W. Jones, Clara Strauss, Kate Cavanagh

    Pages 113-121

12. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Couples

    • Kim Griffiths, Marcus Averbeck

    Pages 123-131

13. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Treatment-Resistant Depression

    • Serina Deen, Walter Sipe, Stuart J. Eisendrath

    Pages 133-144

14. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Generalized Anxiety Disorder

    • Susan Evans

    Pages 145-154

15. The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Bipolar Disorder

    • Victoria L. Ives-Deliperi, Fleur Howells, Neil Horn

    Pages 155-161

16. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

    • Anthony P. King, Todd K. Favorite

    Pages 163-191

17. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Patients with Suicidal Ideation and Behavior

    • Thomas Forkmann, Tobias Teismann, Johannes Michalak

    Pages 193-201

18. Mindfulness Intervention for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Theory and Action Mechanisms

    • Poppy L. A. Schoenberg

    Pages 203-213

19. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and Caregivers of Cancer Survivors

    • Andrew W. Wood, Jessica Gonzalez, Sejal M. Barden

    Pages 215-227

20. Mindfulness-Based Interventions as School-Based Mental Health Promoting Programs

    • Katleen Van der Gucht, Peter Kuppens, Edel Maex, Filip Raes

    Pages 229-235

This book brings together a cutting-edge selection of the most current applications of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), giving clinicians as well as researchers a concise guide to current and future directions. Each chapter begins with in illustrative case study to give readers an example of how MBCT would be used in the clinical setting, followed by an overview of the condition, the theoretical rationale for using MBCT, modifications of MBCT for that disorder, evidence for MBCT use.  Chapters also discuss practical considerations of MBCT, including patient selection, home practice, group size, format, and facilitator training. 


Written by some of the world’s leading physicians using MBCT, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Innovative Applications is of great value to psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and therapists.  

• MBCT for depression
• MBCT for medical illnesses
• MBCT for psychiatric conditions
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
• cognitive behavior therapy
• mindfulness meditation

“This book brings together an innovative selection of the most current applications of mindfulness-based treatments to consider the wide range of ailments for which it can be used. … The book is appropriate for all clinicians who are using or interested in this form of treatment. … This is an extensive look at the wide range of illnesses for which MBCT is now being used or investigated.” (Michael Easton, Doody's Book Reviews, October, 2016)

• The UCSF Dep.Cent.,Langley Porter Psy.In, University of California, San Franc, San Francisco, USA

  Stuart J. Eisendrath

Stuart J. Eisendrath, MD Professor of Clinical Psychiatry Director of the UCSF Depression Center University of California San Francisco 401 Parnassus Avenue San Francisco, CA USA

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