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• What are 3 ways effectiveness could be shown in Mindfulness?

  MiCBT, MBCT, MBSR
• What are the successes of Mindfulness?

  Practices are becoming incorporated into other therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy
• What does it offer?

  A new and alternative perspective in therapy
• What does traditional CBT help to change?

  Maladaptive behaviour by modifying people's unrealistic thoughts and beliefs.
• How does MiCBT compared to this?

  Help people learn to develop control over processes that maintain the unrealistic thoughts and beliefs through mindfulness training.
• Overall, what does MiCBT help?

  Change the process of thinking, not just the content of our thoughts.
• What is an ethical advantage of mindfulness?

  It is essential in maintaining moral and ethical standards.
• How is this domne?

  Mindfulness is taught in organisations to enhance leadership skills
• Why?

  The heart of mindfulness lies in decision making
• Who proposed the example?

  Ruedy and Schweitzer (2010)
• What was the study?

  Individuals who were high in mindfulness were less likely to cheat on a task and more likely to uphold ethical standards.
• What can this result in?

  Mindfulness becoming more morals in many areas of life.
• What does MBCT stand for?

  Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
• What is the primary purpose of MBCT?

  To help prevent relapse in recurrent depression
• Who evaluated the effectiveness of MBCT?

  Teasdale et al (2000)
• How many patients were involved in the MBCT study?

  145 recurrently depressed patients
• How were patients allocated in the study?

  Randomly to TAU or TAU plus MBCT
• What does TAU stand for?

  Treatment as Usual
• How many classes of MBCT did patients receive?

  8 classes of MBCT
• Over what period was relapse assessed?

  60-week period
• What was the effect of MBCT on patients with two previous episodes of depression?

  It did not have an effect on them
• Who benefited the most from MBCT according to the study?

  Those with the greatest number of previous episodes
• How did MBCT affect patients with three or more previous episodes of depression?

  It substantially reduced their risk of relapse
• What psychological intervention is suggested to be more effective in group settings?

  Mindfulness meditation
• What did Mantzios and Giannou (2014) investigate?

  Group versus individual mindfulness for weight loss
• How many participants were involved in the study by Mantzios and Giannou?

  170 participants
• What was the duration of the meditation practice in the study?

  Six weeks
• What were the outcomes for participants in the group setting compared to individual practice?

  Lost more weight and reduced avoidance
• What conclusion did the researchers draw about individual mindfulness meditation?

  Its benefits need to be viewed with caution
• How does mindfulness therapy differ from psychoanalysis?

  It avoids discussing the past to explain behavior
• Why does mindfulness therapy help avoid client anxiety?

  It does not attribute issues to past events
• What philosophical stance does mindfulness therapy take regarding free will?

  It adopts a non-determinist stance
• How does mindfulness therapy approach the process of thinking?

  It encourages acceptance of the thinking process
• Why might mindfulness therapy be less frustrating for clients compared to CBT?

  It promotes acceptance rather than change in thinking
• What negative feeling can cognitive-based therapies induce in individuals?

  Feelings of guilt about their thought processes
• What does mindfulness therapy teach clients regarding their thoughts?

  It teaches them acceptance of their thoughts