Participants took part in 12 group MBCT sessions and then were assessed after treatment and again at a three month follow-up. The researchers found that participants showed increased mindfulness, lower residual depressive mood symptoms, less attentional difficulties, and increased emotion-regulation abilities, psychological well-being, positive affect, and psychosocial functioning at the end of the therapy sessions and at the three month follow-up. The findings suggest that treating residual mood symptoms with MBCT may be another avenue to improving mood, emotion regulation, well-being, and functioning in individuals with bipolar disorder, say the authors. For more information about the study, click here. To read about other mindfulness-based studies on Mindful.org, click here. 02/24/12
