MBCT programme

Compared in the reviewR9 · 24 full-text papers, 10 abstract-only

At least one paper behind this review states what this option was measured against. That is not a ranking, and this option carries no evidence profile of its own.

Requirements it fills

open monitoring
Contemplative Practice · 2 papers put it here
compassion / loving-kindness
Contemplative Practice · 1 paper put it here

How it is performed

8-week programs with 2 hours of practice per week and an intensive day midway.
C. Behan (2020) · Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine · 10.1017/ipm.2020.38
The benefits of meditation and mindfulness practices during times of crisis such as COVID-19
Involves cognitive exercises to overcome negative thought patterns.
S. Horowitz (2010) · Mayo Clinic women's healthsource · 10.1089/act.2010.16402
Health Benefits of Meditation: What the Newest Research Shows

Dose

Measured in duration — derived from the review's own dose_and_time prose.

Dose and time, as the papers state it

8 weeks, 1 session/week, 2 hours/session (range: 4-11 weeks)
Dawn Querstret, L. Morison, Sophie Dickinson, M. Cropley, M. John (2020) · International Journal of Stress Management · 10.1037/str0000165
Mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for psychological health and well-being in nonclinical samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Equipment

Equipment is a property of the movement and is authored, never derived from the evidence corpus (docs/research/round2/ROUND2_KNOWN_CORRECTIONS.md §1). This option resolves to no catalogue exercise, so nothing has authored it yet.

Level and prerequisites

No row states a level or a prerequisite for this option.

Progression and regression

No row states how to make this option harder or easier.

Who should not do this

The papers behind this option report nothing on contraindications, which is not the same as saying there are none.

Setting, as the studies used it

No row describes the setting.

What the papers compared it with

MBSR programme — a paper measured this option against it
“MBSR and MBCT are compared in terms of their effects on anxiety” · C. Behan (2020) · 10.1017/ipm.2020.38
MBSR programme — a paper called these interchangeable
“The paper compares MBSR to traditional long-term meditation practices” · R. Gotink, R. Meijboom, M. Vernooij, Marion Smits, M. M. Hunink (2016) · 10.1016/j.bandc.2016.07.001
Transcendental Meditation — a paper measured this option against it
“Transcendental Meditation (TM) compared against control procedures” · S. Horowitz (2010) · 10.1089/act.2010.16402
Progressive muscle relaxation — a paper measured this option against it
“Mindfulness meditation compared against progressive muscle relaxation” · S. Horowitz (2010) · 10.1089/act.2010.16402

A paper measuring one option against another does not make the two interchangeable, and it does not say which to choose. These are listed as what the papers did, and nothing here proposes a substitution.