Mindfulness-Based Therapy Regulates Brain Connectivity in Major Depression

Michael Lifshitz^{1

2}, Matthew D Sacchet³, Julia M Huntenburg^{4

5}, Thomas Thiery⁶, Yan Fan^{7

8}, Matti Gärtner⁸, Simone Grimm⁸, Emilia Winnebeck^{8

9}, Maria Fissler^{8

9}, Titus A Schroeter⁹, Daniel S Margulies¹⁰, Thorsten Barnhofer¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada, lifshitz@stanford.edu.
² Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA, lifshitz@stanford.edu.
³ Center for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Max Planck Research Group for Neuroanatomy & Connectivity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
⁵ Neurocomputation and Neuroimaging Unit, Department of Education and Psychology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
⁷ Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany.
⁸ Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁹ Dahlem Institute for Neuroimaging of Emotion, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁰ Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7225, Frontlab, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Paris, France.
¹¹ School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.

Randomized Controlled Trial

Michael Lifshitz et al. Psychother Psychosom. 2019.

. 2019;88(6):375-377.

doi: 10.1159/000501170. Epub 2019 Sep 11.

¹ Integrated Program in Neuroscience, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada, lifshitz@stanford.edu.
² Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA, lifshitz@stanford.edu.
³ Center for Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Research, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Max Planck Research Group for Neuroanatomy & Connectivity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.
⁵ Neurocomputation and Neuroimaging Unit, Department of Education and Psychology, Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
⁷ Department of Psychology and Neurosciences, Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund, Germany.
⁸ Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
⁹ Dahlem Institute for Neuroimaging of Emotion, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany.
¹⁰ Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR 7225, Frontlab, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle Épinière, Paris, France.
¹¹ School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom.

No abstract available

Keywords: Frontoparietal network; Functional connectivity; Major depression; Mindfulness-based therapy; Nonpharmacological intervention.

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