Mindfulness‐Based Cognitive Therapy for Cancer

Mindfulness and metacognition in facing with fear of recurrence: A proof‐of‐concept study with breast‐cancer women

“…The program, Metacognitive Awareness in Cancer Setting (MACS), represents a novel mindfulness‐ and metacognition‐based intervention for survivors. The first version included an individual intervention mainly based on MCT and a group intervention mainly based on MBIs . In order to better support patients in dealing with post‐traumatic and interpersonal concerns, we have included in the present revised version a narrative exposure therapy (NET) and metacognitive interpersonal therapy (MIT) module, respectively.…”

“…The first version 10 included an individual intervention mainly based on MCT 11 and a group intervention mainly based on MBIs. 12,13 In order to better support patients in dealing with post-traumatic and interpersonal concerns, we have included in the present revised version a narrative exposure therapy (NET) 14 and metacognitive interpersonal therapy 15 (MIT) module, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study aimed at integrating mindfulness-and metacognition-based interventions for cancer patients.…”

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for psycho-oncology patients: an exploratory study

“…However, in recent years, there has been interest in the potential of MBCT to alleviate distress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in cancer. Two books now describe its application in the oncology setting (Bartley, 2011;Speca & Carlson, 2011) and there is a nascent evidence base supporting its use (Foley et al 2010;Sharplin et al 2010;van der Lee, 2012). This study adds to the small number of existing studies examining the usefulness of application of MBCT to mental health problems in cancer.…”

Mindfulness and the myth of mental illness: implications for theory and practice

“…On further inspection, however, it could be argued that MBIs are aiding and abetting the re-medicalization process described above simply by using such labels in describing their programmes. Many mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) courses set out to attract specifically people who may be suffering from stress, anxiety or low mood (Crane 2009: Hyland 2011; Kabat-Zinn 1990) and general texts on MB strategies refer to applications for people with generalized anxiety disorders, eating disorders, chronic pain sufferers, cancer patients (Baer 2006;Bartley 2012) and-most commonly-mention the efficacy of MBIs in preventing relapse amongst people with anxiety and depression (Williams et al 2007). Self-help books on mindfulness also make large claims about alleviating insecurity, anxiety and unhappiness (Brach 2003;Germer 2009;Neff 2011).…”