Could mindfulness therapy be an alternative to antidepressants?

A new study examines the use of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in the treatment of recurrent clinical depressionSomehow, somewhere, across those six weeks, something happened inside me – in my head? my body? my soul? – and I began to understand. Sitting still became a boon and a comfort, even a luxury, rather than a threat or an irritation. And the present moment, right here, right now, began to seem a very comfortable (and comforting) place to be, bereft of dread and full of the possibility of peace and calm.Julie Myerson, ‘How mindfulness based cognitive therapy changed my life’ Continue reading...
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