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

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) presents a significant public health concern with considerable impact on rates of disability and traumatic death. Residual symptoms comprise a host of cognitive, physical and/or psychological problems that may continue over an extended period. People with TBI are also at an increased risk for developing long-term psychiatric disorders, including depression, generalized anxiety disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. Mindfulness meditation training has resulted in positive physical and psychological outcomes in other clinical populations. With the strong evidence of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for recurrent depression and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for anxiety and depression symptoms in various populations, we sought to adapt MBCT for TBI. In three separate studies, we found that MBCT adapted for individuals with TBI resulted in significant improvements in depression symptoms to an extent that was clinically meaningful for half of those who took the interventions. Future research could benefit from exploring individual characteristics in people with TBI to help determine factors related to treatment response. Improving depression symptoms through MBCT may be the first step at targeting the complex emotional sequela after TBI.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the following funding agencies and organizations that supported this research: Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation, St. Joseph’s Care Group, Canada Research Chair program, and the Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network. Our thanks are also extended to Melissa Felteau, MAdEd, for adapting the MBCT curriculum for depression symptoms after TBI, for training and mentoring the MBCT facilitators and for facilitating some of the mindfulness interventions. In addition, we would like to recognize all of the clinicians who underwent extensive MBCT teacher training, cultivated their own personal meditation practice and facilitated MBCT for the RCT. We also appreciate the contributions of all of the co-authors who helped with the MBCT for TBI projects over the past decade (see original papers).

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  1. Department of Health Sciences, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Rd, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, P7B 5E1

    Lana J. Ozen Ph.D. & Michel Bédard Ph.D.

  2. Centre for Applied Health Research, St. Joseph’s Care Group, 580 Algoma St. N, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, P7B 5G4

    Lana J. Ozen Ph.D., Carrie Gibbons M.P.H. & Michel Bédard Ph.D.

  3. Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Rd, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, P7B 5E1

    Michel Bédard Ph.D.

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Ozen, L.J., Gibbons, C., Bédard, M. (2016). Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Improves Depression Symptoms After Traumatic Brain Injury. In: Eisendrath, S. (eds) Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29866-5_4

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