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Detached mindfulness reduced both depression and anxiety in elderly women with major depressive disorders

Ahmadpanah, Mohammad and Akbari, Tayebe and Akhondi, Amineh and Haghighi, Mohammad and Jahangard, Leila and Sadeghi Bahmani, Dena and Bajoghli, Hafez and Holsboer-Trachsler, Edith and Brand, Serge. (2017) Detached mindfulness reduced both depression and anxiety in elderly women with major depressive disorders. Psychiatry research, 257. pp. 87-94.

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Abstract

We investigated the influence of detached mindfulness (DM) in treating symptoms of depression and anxiety among elderly women. Thirty-four elderly females (mean age: 69.23 years) suffering from moderate major depressive disorders (MDD) and treated with a standard medication (citalopram) at therapeutic doses were randomly assigned either to an intervention condition (DM; group treatment, twice weekly) or to a control condition (with leisure activities, twice weekly). At baseline (BL), four weeks later at study completion (SC), and four weeks after that at follow-up (FU), participants completed ratings for symptoms of depression and anxiety; experts blind to patients' group assignments rated patients' symptoms of depression. Symptoms of depression (self and experts' ratings) and anxiety declined significantly over time in the DM, but not in the control condition. Effects remained stable at FU. The pattern of results suggests that, compared to a control condition, a specific psychotherapeutic intervention such as DM can have a beneficial effect in elderly female patients with MDD.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Psychiatrie (Klinik) > Erwachsenenpsychiatrie UPK > Klinische Stress- und Traumaforschung (Holsboer-Trachsler)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Psychiatrie (Klinik) > Erwachsenenpsychiatrie UPK > Klinische Stress- und Traumaforschung (Holsboer-Trachsler)
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Sport, Bewegung und Gesundheit > Bereich Sportwissenschaft > Sportwissenschaften (PĆ¼hse)
UniBasel Contributors:Brand, Serge
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Elsevier
ISSN:1872-7123
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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Last Modified:28 Apr 2020 06:32
Deposited On:23 Nov 2019 08:52

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