“For the service gap gap for people with depression, they did not improve through NHS talk therapy.” Professor Barney Dunn University of Exeter. “These people are often not eligible for further professional mental care, so there is no other option. We show that providing MBCT to the group can be effective and cost-effective delivery, and we hope this will lead to widespread implementation. We need to invest in this area of this service gap, ultimately saving NHS funds.”
The cost-benefit analysis of this trial showed strong results. Professor Barbara Barrett“Our findings are strongly encouraged, which suggest that MBCT treatment provides a strong dual benefit to this group: excellent patient outcomes and significant cost savings for the NHS,” said King’s College, London.
Discuss why the treatment works so well. Professor Clara Strauss The University of Sussex points out:
“It helps people recognize that negative, self-critical thoughts are thoughts, not as facts, and therefore helps mitigate their emotional impact. It can help people to accept their hard experiences more and be kind to themselves. MBCT can also help people avoid falling into a bike that is boring, unwelcome negative thinking. Repeated negative thinking. Our experiments can encourage people to work harder on other people, thus making others more likely to be effective, ””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””
Provide a wider perspective, Professor Kevin MonroeDirector of the Patient Welfare Research Program at NIHR commented: “This NIHR-funded study shows that mindfulness-based treatment has the potential to make it possible for patients with difficulty in treating depression as well as the NHS and NHS and the broader economy. This is a great example of practical research that can quickly help improve people’s quality of life.”
