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Mindfulness‐based and mindfulness‐informed interventions in bipolar disorder: A meta‐analysis based on Becker's method

Year: 2022

Type: review

Study designs: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis

Abstract: Bipolar disorder is a highly disruptive and debilitating problem. Mindfulness-based and mindfulness-informed interventions have exponentially emerged as third-generation therapies, applied to a wide spectrum of disorders, including bipolar disorder. However, the reviews and meta-analyses published to date are limited in their conclusions, as they are based on single-group pretest-posttest cohort designs and mostly focused on mindfulness-based interventions. The present review and meta-analysis try to address these limitations, including studies on informed mindfulness, controlled and single-group designs. It used a specific meta-analytical procedure that allows an imputation procedure in those designs lacking a comparison group, by means of separate omnibus tests for the experimental and control group. A total of 13 studies (N = 331) were selected. The results showed an absence of effects on depression (g = 0.21) and mania (g = -0.13), but significant moderate effect on anxiety (g = 0.53). In conclusion, both mindfulness interventions showed robust evidence on anxiety symptoms in pretest-posttest periods compared to control groups. Few studies and lack of evidence of follow-up periods were the main limitations found.

Source: Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy

DOI: 10.1002/cpp.2717

Authors: Francisco A. Burgos‐Julián, Raquel Ruiz‐Íñiguez, Fernando Peña‐Ibáñez, Ana Carralero Montero, Miguel Angel Santed‐Germán

Institutions: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Universidad de Alcalá

Language: English

Topic: Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,700