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Report of a feasibility study of a Mindfulness group for clients, carers and staff of an early intervention in psychosis service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2013

S. Moorhead
S. Moorhead*
Affiliation:
Northumberland Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust, Newcastle CBT Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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*Address for correspondence: Dr S. Moorhead, Northumberland Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust, Newcastle CBT Centre, Plummer Court, Carliol Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 6UR, UK (email: [email protected]).
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Abstract

Mindfulness meditation is developing momentum as a mental health promoting activity in clinical and non-clinical settings. Our Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) service wished to determine its acceptability and utility among a mixed group of participants. All clinical team members, their patients and their carers were offered an 8-week Mindfulness group. Participants rated acceptability before and after. They prospectively identified, then monitored, distress associated with areas of their lives they hoped might improve. Nineteen participants provided a mean attendance of 11.25 per group. The group was overwhelmingly positively perceived and distress associated with participants’ items significantly improved. Findings support further implementation. The goal of inclusion was achieved with some reservation about staff preparation.

Keywords

CBTcognitive behavioural interventionfirst-episode psychosisgroup psychotherapyhallucinationsmindfulness
Type
Practice article
Information
the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , December 2012 , pp. 93 - 101
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 2013 

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