Improve Depression in International Students with Positive Coping with Mindfulness “with practice, meditation can help many people control how they react to the stress and anxiety that often leads to depression,” – John Denninger By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. Depression affects over 6% of the population. It is common in college […]
Reduce Depression in Vindictive/Self‐Centered Depressed Patients with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “there are a handful of key areas — including depression, chronic pain, and anxiety — in which well-designed, well-run studies have shown benefits for patients engaging in a mindfulness meditation program, with effects similar to other existing treatments.” – […]
Reduce the Risk of Major Depression Relapse with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “a growing body of research is pointing to an intervention that appears to help prevent relapse by altering thought patterns without side effects: mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, or MBCT.” – Stacy Lu Clinically diagnosed depression is the most […]
Mindfulness is Associated with Lower Functional Impairment and Avoidance in Major Depressive Disorder By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “People at risk for depression are dealing with a lot of negative thoughts, feelings and beliefs about themselves and this can easily slide into a depressive relapse. MBCT helps them to recognize that’s happening, […]
Improve Depression During the Perinatal Period with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Pregnancy is a challenging terrain for everyone to navigate. And if you are entering that space with some history of depression, it can be particularly challenging.” – Sona Dimidjian The period of pregnancy is a time of intense […]
Mindfulness Improves Depression in Real-World Healthcare Applications By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Rather than try to avoid or eliminate sadness or other negative emotions, one learns to change their relationship with these emotions by practicing meditation and other mindfulness exercises.” – Psychology Today Clinically diagnosed depression is the most common mental […]
Mindfulness Training Improves Anxiety and Depression in Japanese Patients By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “meditation was never conceived of as a treatment for any health problem. Rather, it is a path one travels on to increase our awareness and gain insight into our lives.” – Madhav Goyal Many of the symptoms […]
Mindfulness Training Improves Major Depression after One but Not Two Years By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Depression is not only the most common mental illness, it’s also one of the most tenacious. Up to 80 percent of people who experience a major depressive episode may relapse. Drugs may lose their effectiveness over […]
Prevent Depression Relapse with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is designed to help people who suffer repeated bouts of depression and chronic unhappiness. It combines the ideas of cognitive therapy with meditative practices and attitudes based on the cultivation of mindfulness. The heart of this work lies […]
Improve Major Depressive Disorder with Mindfulness and Cognitive Therapy By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “mindfulness meditation may help to prevent major depressive disorder in people with subclinical depression.” – Jasmin Collier Clinically diagnosed depression is the most common mental illness, affecting over 6% of the population. Major depression can be quite […]