Implementation and Evaluation of "Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy" in a Health Care Region in Flanders: a Randomized Clinical Trial

Exclusion Criteria

• •based on DSM-IV-TR: current diagnosis of any of the following psychiatric disorders: lifetime mood disorder, chronic depression, dysthymia, current substance abuse, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, acute psychosis, cognitive disorder, organic mental disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, mental retardation, primary diagnosis of axis-II-disorder, at risk for suicide
• •Extended experience with zen- or vipassana meditation (or mindfulness) in the past or
• •more than 1 hour practice of zen- or vipassana meditation (or mindfulness) per week during the last 8 weeks
• •other meditation practices except for MBCT during the training
• •more than 1 psychiatric consultation per 3-4 weeks during the training and follow-up
• •intensive psychotherapy during the training and follow-up
• •schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder in the anamnesis
• •physical problems which make it difficult to participate in the programme