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PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PSYCHOSOMATICS
Volume 81, Issue 5, Pages 296-304Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000332755
Keywords
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy; Meditation; Sleep; Depression; Antidepressant medication
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- National Institutes of Health [T32-AT001287, MH067553-05]
- Mind and Life Institute
- American Association for University Women grant
- Philanthropic Educations Organization
- NIH Career Development Award [K23-AT006328-01A1]
- Lenz and Hershey Foundation
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Background: Many antidepressant medications (ADM) are associated with disruptions in sleep continuity that can compromise medication adherence and impede successful treatment. The present study investigated whether mindfulness meditation (MM) training could improve self-reported and objectively measured polysomnographic (PSG) sleep profiles in depressed individuals who had achieved at least partial remission with ADM, but still had residual sleep complaints. Methods: Twenty-three ADM users with sleep complaints were randomized into an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) course or a waitlist control condition. Pre-post measurements included PSG sleep studies and subjectively reported sleep, residual depression symptoms. Results: Compared to controls, the MBCT participants improved on both PSG and subjective measures of sleep. They showed a pattern of decreased wake time and increased sleep efficiency. Sleep depth, as measured by stage 1 and slow-wave sleep, did not change as a result of mindfulness training. Conclusions: MM is associated with increases in both objectively and subjectively measured sleep continuity in ADM users. MM training may serve as more desirable and cost-effective alternative to discontinuation or supplementation with hypnotics, and may contribute to a more sustainable recovery from depression. Copyright (c) 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel
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