Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces clinical symptoms, but do not change frontal alpha asymmetry in people with major depression disorder

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabela Szumska ◽  
Mateusz Gola ◽  
Marzena Rusanowska ◽  
Martyna Krajewska ◽  
Jarosław Żygierewicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Major Depression Disorder ◽  
Alpha Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Alpha Asymmetry ◽  
Depression Disorder

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy reduces clinical symptoms, but do not change frontal alpha asymmetry in people with major depression disorder

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izabela Szumska ◽  
Mateusz Gola ◽  
Marzena Rusanowska ◽  
Martyna Łempicka ◽  
Jarosław Żygierewicz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Alpha Asymmetry ◽  
Frontal Alpha Asymmetry ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Recurrent Major Depressive Disorder ◽  
Change In Mean

Objectives. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has demonstrated to be successful in the reduction of relapse rates in patients with recurrent major depressive disorder (MDD). Little is known if MBCT is effective for treating individuals with current MDD episode and about underlying psychophysiological mechanisms of symptoms reduction. The aim of the present study was to assess effects of MBCT on depressed individuals in terms of reduction of depressive and anxiety symptoms and to evaluate if this therapeutic improvement would be reflected on neurophysiological level by shift in frontal alpha asymmetry (FAA).Participants. We studied 20 individuals with current MDD.Design. Participants were randomly assigned either to waiting list or 8-week MBCT. Before and after the treatment we have assessed depression, anxiety, and FAA in resting-state electroencephalogram (EEG) – an indicator of approach vs. withdrawal-related response dispositions and a vulnerability factor of MDD. Results. In line with previous findings, reduction of depressive and anxiety symptoms, but no change in mean values of FAA in MBCT group was found. Conclusions. These results provide a support for the beneficial effects of MBCT in current MDD treatment, however, they do not support the hypothesis on alpha asymmetry change as a neural correlate of MDD improvement.

Belastungen in der Kindheit und dissoziative Symptomatik bei Patienten mit psychischen Störungen

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johanna Fiess ◽  
Astrid Steffen ◽  
Christian Pietrek ◽  
Brigitte Rockstroh
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Major Depression Disorder ◽  
Dissoziative Symptome ◽  
Kindheit Und Jugend ◽  
Depression Disorder

Theoretischer Hintergrund: Dissoziative Symptome treten bei verschiedenen psychischen Störungen auf und werden bei einigen Störungen mit traumatischen Erfahrungen assoziiert. Fragestellung: Wird der Zusammenhang zwischen dissoziativer Symptomatik und belastenden Erfahrungen moduliert durch die Art der Erfahrung und das Alter zum Zeitpunkt der Belastung? Methode: Bei 82 Patienten (Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung, BPS; Major Depression Disorder, MDD) und 54 gesunden Kontrollpersonen wurden per Interview belastende Erfahrungen während Kindheit und Jugend (3 – 16 Jahre) ermittelt. Zusammenhänge zwischen Belastung und dissoziativer Symptomatik wurden regressionsanalytisch unter Berücksichtigung von Diagnose und komorbider Posttraumatischer Belastungsstörung (PTBS) untersucht. Ergebnisse: Dissoziative Symptomatik korreliert bei BPD und MDD (mit komorbider PTBS) positiv mit emotionalem (neben sexuellem) Missbrauch und mit Belastungen in der Pubertät. Schlussfolgerung: Therapeutische Berücksichtigung emotionaler und pubertärer Belastung könnte die (Behandlung erschwerende) dissoziative Symptomatik reduzieren.

Electrophysiological Correlates of Major Depression Disorder with Anxious Distress in Patients of Different Age Groups

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
T. F. Shamaeva ◽  
M. V. Pronina ◽  
G. Yu. Polyakova ◽  
Y. I. Polyakov ◽  
V. M. Klimenko
Keyword(s):  
Major Depression ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Major Depression Disorder ◽  
Depression Disorder

scholarly journals Mentally Sick or Not—(Bio)Markers of Psychiatric Disorders Needed

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 2375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Napoleon Waszkiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Bipolar Disorder ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Developmental Disorders ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Major Depression Disorder ◽  
Wide Group ◽  
Substance Related Disorders ◽  
Depression Disorder

Psychiatric disorders, also called mental illnesses or mental disorders, constitute a wide group of disorders including major depression disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BD), schizophrenia (SCZ) and other psychoses, anxiety disorders (ANX), substance-related disorders (SRD), dementia, developmental disorders e [...]

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