A Controlled Evaluation of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and Depression

O’Doherty, Veronica; Carr, Alan; McGrann, Alison; O’Neill, James O.; Dinan, Siobhan; Graham, Ian; Maher, Vincent

doi:10.1007/s12671-013-0272-0

A Controlled Evaluation of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Patients with Coronary Heart Disease and Depression

This study evaluated the effectiveness of an eight-session mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) group intervention programme for treating depression in coronary heart disease (CHD) patients. Thirty-two depressed CHD patients were assigned to an MBCT treatment group, and a demographically an…