Background: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) has been shown to be effective in preventing relapse of depression in adults, but has not previously been applied to adolescents who have residual symptoms of depression following treatment. Method: An 8-week MBCT group was adapted for adolescents, and evaluated using qualitative and quantitative measures. Results: Participants report high levels of satisfaction with the group intervention. Qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews provides areas for future development of this intervention. Pilot data indicate reductions in depressive symptoms, alongside positive change in mindfulness skills, quality of life and rumination. Conclusions: Preliminary evidence for the use of MBCT with this group of adolescents is provided.
Key Practitioner Message• It is known that the course of depression from childhood is characterized by relapse and continuity into adulthood.• There is a need to develop interventions that ameliorate the course of this disorder. • Mindfulness-based approaches have good evidence in adults in reducing symptoms of depression and in relapse reduction. They have also been seen to be acceptable to children and adolescents, though not yet with a clinically referred group of adolescents with symptoms of depression.• A group programme of MBCT for adolescents with symptoms of low mood is presented here. • This research demonstrates the feasibility of this approach.
Most research on human sexuality has focused on long-term pairbonds and one-night stands. However, growing evidence suggests there are relationships that do not fit cleanly into either of those categories. One of these relationships is a ''booty-call relationship.'' The purpose of this study was to describe the sexual and emotional nature of booty-call relationships by (a) examining the types of emotional and sexual acts involved in booty-call relationships and (b) comparing the frequency of those acts in booty-call relationships to one-night stands and serious long-term relationships. In addition, the manner in which sociosexuality is associated with the commission of these acts was also examined. Demonstrative of booty-call relationships' sexual nature was individuals' tendency to leave after sex and infrequent handholding. In contrast, the romantic nature of booty-call relationships was demonstrated through the frequency of acts like kissing. The results suggest the booty-call relationship is a distinct type of relationship situated between one-night stands and serious romantic relationships.
This study investigated the differential contribution of affect and cognition to behavioral intention formation during pursuit of future health-related goals. Cognitive evaluations, affective evaluations and behavioral intentions were measured for each of 32 health-related behaviors. The timeframes of the cognitive/affective measures and the behavioral intention measure were varied between current and future timeframes creating four different conditions. Within-participants correlations between affect and intentions and cognition and intentions were calculated to determine the contribution of each factor to behavioral intention formation in the different timeframes. Results did not support the hypothesis that a shift from a reliance on affect to a reliance on cognition would occur as temporal distance increased. Within-participants analyses revealed a decrease in the contribution of cognition to behavioral intention formation when forming attitudes in the future condition.
SummaryWe explore the potential of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, a skills-based intervention that provides participants with sustainable tools for adaptive responses to stress and negative mood, for the large group of young people with depression or anxiety who only partially or briefly respond to currently available first-line interventions.
BackgroundRecent national policy and strategic workforce commissioning has created quality-monitored low intensity working in children and young people’s mental health (CYP-MH), that follows a stepped care model seen in adult services. This study explored the experiences of members of this new workforce to better understand factors that might support the effectiveness and sustainability of the role from a practitioner perspective.MethodsInterpretive Phenomenological Analysis was used to analyse (N=12) semi-structured interview transcripts from CYP Wellbeing Practitioners (CWPs) in London and the Southeast.ResultsFive main themes emerged from analysis, suggesting practitioners value their role and its place within the workforce, but have concerns about the low intensity remit meeting high intensity demands, their professional identity and career progression within the speciality.ConclusionsLow-intensity services provide a welcome addition to CYP-MH services with encouraging outcomes so far. Themes that emerged from practitioner experience highlighted clearly defined service remits, careful integration into existing service provision, and professional recognition with career progression as factors that might support the sustainability of the low intensity CYP-MH workforce.
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