Localization

MINDCOG

Mechanisms of change of short therapeutic interventions to reduce perseverative cognition—a vulnerability for depression.

Purpose of the study

To investigate:

the psycho-physiological and cognitive mechanisms by which one-week App-based training of fantasizing vs. mindfulness affect perseverative cognitions (PC) and
if pre-therapeutic individual characteristics predict superior effectivity of one intervention over the other in reducing perseverative cognitions (PC).

Researchers

M.E. Besten, MSc
dr. M.J. van Tol
dr. M.K. van Vugt
prof. dr. A. Aleman
dr. H. Riese

Date

2019-10-01

till date

Participants

50 remitted Major Depressive Disorder patients and 50 health controls. Exclusion criteria: psychotic symptoms, manic symptoms, comorbid epilepsy, the use of tricyclic antidepressants.