MINDFUL-PC for Portuguese Speakers Pilot Study 2020

Exclusion Criteria

• •Any cognitive impairment that precludes informed consent.
• •Patients who, in the opinion of the Principal Investigator, pose an imminent risk of suicide or danger to self or others.
• •Likelihood of potential incarceration such as a conviction or pending charges that may potentially result in imprisonment.
• •Behaviors that may cause disruption to a mindfulness group.
• •Patients with symptoms of psychosis, thought disorder, and/or severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective, bipolar disorder, or a current severe episode of major depressive disorder.
• •Refusal of insurance to cover group psychotherapy treatment may lead to exclusion from participation in groups.
• •Patients in their third trimester of pregnancy who foresee conflicts that preclude their commitment to completing all activities.
• •Patients with highly unstable medical problems that put them at a high risk of hospitalization.