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Effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as an adjuvant to pharmacotherapy in patients with panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder

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Kim, Yong Woo, Lee, Sang-Hyuk, Choi, Tae Kyou, Suh, Shin Young, Kim, Borah, Kim, Chan Mo, Cho, Sung Joon, Kim, Myo Jung +4 more·2009·Depression and Anxiety

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BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has been widely used to treat patients with depressive disorder to prevent relapse. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of newly developed MBCT program as an adjuvant to pharmacotherapy in the treatment of patients with panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder. METHODS: Forty-six patients with panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder were assigned to either MBCT or an anxiety disorder education (ADE) program for a period of 8 weeks. The Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HAM-A), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Symptom Checklist-90-Revised (SCL-90-R) were used to assess the patients at 0 week and after the two programs had been running for 2, 4, and 8 weeks. RESULTS: The MBCT group demonstrated significantly more improvement than the ADE group according to all anxiety (HAM-A, p<0.01; BAI, p<0.01; anxiety subscale of SCL-90-R, p=0.01) and depression (HAM-D, p<0.01; BDI, p<0.01; depression subscale of SCL-90-R, p<0.01) scale scores. The obsessive-compulsive and phobic subscales of the SCL-90-R also showed significantly more improvement in the MBCT group. However, no significant improvement was observed in the MBCT group versus the ADE group in terms of the somatization, interpersonal sensitivity, paranoid ideation, or psychoticism subscale scores of the SCL-90-R. CONCLUSIONS: MBCT may be effective at relieving anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients with panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder. However, well-designed, randomized controlled trials are needed.

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  • Mindfulness-based interventions have been applied as acute treatment for GAD, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and depression.

    “mindfulness-based interventions have also been applied as an acute treatment for a variety of psychiatric disorders including generalized anxiety disorder [43, 44], panic disorder [45–47], social anxiety disorder [48, 49], and depression [50–53]”

    From The empirical status of the "new wave" of cognitive behavioral therapy (2010) · cites this paper as [46]

    The Assessments section describes an eight-week MBCT program for patients with panic disorder or generalized anxiety disorder, supporting its application as a treatment for those conditions. The Subjects section says participants had received more than six months of pharmacotherapy and that their acute symptoms had stabilized before MBCT began; this study therefore does not support calling it an acute treatment. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • High remission rates of anxiety symptoms in GAD were outlined following CBT interventions.

    “As reflected in our results, high remission rates of anxiety symptoms in GAD were outlined following CBT interventions (Borkovec and Costello, 1993; Kim et al., 2009).”

    From Standard CBT versus integrative and multimodal CBT assisted by virtual-reality for generalized anxiety disorder (2022) · cites this paper as Kim et al., 2009

    The Remission Rate section reports that 16 patients receiving mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) plus pharmacotherapy remitted after eight weeks, versus none in the education group. But the group included patients with both GAD and panic disorder, and the Discussion says the sample was too small for separate analyses by disorder. The paper therefore does not establish a high remission rate specifically for GAD following CBT interventions generally. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The four trials employing proper randomization procedures indicate that MABIs outperform waitlist and placebo controls, and either perform as well as or slightly poorer than established treatments.

    “However, the four trials employing proper randomization procedures indicate that MABIs outperform waitlist (Roemer et al ., 2008) and placebo controls (Kim et al ., 2009; Lee et al ., 2007), and either perform as well as (Piet et al ., 2010) or slightly poorer than established treatments (Koszycki, Benger, Shlik, &amp; Bradwejn, 2007).”

    From Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions for anxiety disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis (2012) · cites this paper as Kim et al., 2009

    The anxiety-scale Results report that MBCT outperformed the anxiety-disorder education group. But the Assessments section identifies the comparator as education, not placebo, and the Discussion explicitly says assignment was not properly randomized. Kim et al. is cited for the placebo-control comparison, not for the sentence’s comparisons with established treatments. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • MBCT has shown positive effects in panic, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety disorder.

    “MBCT has shown positive effects in panic (Kim et al. 2009), GAD (Craigie et al. 2008; Evans et al. 2008; Hoge et al. 2013; Majid et al. 2010), and in social anxiety disorder (Koszycki et al. 2007).”

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Kim, Y. W., Lee, S.-H., Choi, T. K., Suh, S. Y., Kim, B., Kim, C. M., Cho, S. J., Kim, M. J., Yook, K., Ryu, M., Song, S. K., & Yook, K.-H.
Affiliations
  • CHA University Bundang Medical Center (KR)
  • Pohang Iron and Steel (South Korea) (KR)
Corresponding author
Lee, Sang-Hyuk
Venue
Depression and Anxiety
Published
2009-07
Volume
26
Issue
7
Pages
601-606
ISSN
  • 1091-4269 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-6394
OpenAlex
W2105927830
Cited by
218
References
24
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FWCI
16.59
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Depression and Anxiety (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
Keywords
mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, pharmacotherapy, anxiety symptoms, depressive symptoms, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, phobic symptoms
MeSH terms
Adult, Anxiety Disorders, Combined Modality Therapy, Drug Therapy, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Surveys and Questionnaires, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Panic Disorder, Young Adult

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