Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as an alternative to maintenance antidepressant medication to prevent relapse and recurrence in depression

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Marloes Huijbers et al. Evid Based Ment Health. 2015 Nov.

. 2015 Nov;18(4):126.

doi: 10.1136/eb-2015-102148. Epub 2015 Sep 3.

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy compared with maintenance antidepressant treatment in the prevention of depressive relapse or recurrence (PREVENT): a randomised controlled trial.
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