Psychotherapeutic interventions containing training in mindfulness meditation have been shown to help @entity1 with a variety of somatic and psychological conditions. @entity73 ( @entity73 ) is a meditation-based psychotherapeutic intervention designed to help reduce the risk of @entity308 . There is encouraging early evidence from multi-centre randomized controlled trials. However, little is known of the process by which @entity73 may bring therapeutic benefits. This study set out to explore @entity1 ' accounts of @entity73 in the mental-health context. Seven @entity1 were interviewed in two phases. Interview data from four @entity1 were obtained in the weeks following @entity73 . Grounded theory techniques were used to identify several categories that combine to describe the ways in which mental-health difficulties arose as well as their experiences of @entity73 . Three further @entity1 who have continued to practise @entity73 were interviewed so as to further validate, elucidate and extend these categories. The theory suggested that the preconceptions and expectations of therapy are important influences on later experiences of @entity73 . Important areas of therapeutic change ('coming to terms') were identified, including the development of mindfulness skills, an attitude of acceptance and 'living in the moment'. The development of mindfulness skills was seen to hold a key role in the development of change. Generalization of these skills to everyday life was seen as important, and several ways in which this happened, including the use of breathing spaces, were discussed. The study emphasized the role of continued skills practice for @entity1 ' therapeutic gains. In addition, several of the concepts and categories offered support to cognitive accounts of @entity1316 and the role of @entity73 in reducing relapse.

A qualitative study of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['MBCT', 'Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['relapse of recurrent depression'] @entity1316 :: ('MESH:D019964', 'Disease') :: ['mood disorder']
@entity308 :: (MESH:D003866,Disease) :: ['depression']
