Depression: 'Mindfulness-based therapy shows promise'
Posted: 21 Apr 2015, 07:41A mindfulness-based therapy could offer a "new choice for millions of people" with recurrent depression, a Lancet report suggests.
Scientists tested it against anti-depressant pills for people at risk of relapse and found it worked just as well.
The therapy trains people to focus their minds and understand that negative thoughts may come and go.
In England and Wales doctors are already encouraged to offer it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-32380183
Scientists tested it against anti-depressant pills for people at risk of relapse and found it worked just as well.
The therapy trains people to focus their minds and understand that negative thoughts may come and go.
In England and Wales doctors are already encouraged to offer it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-32380183