A Feasibility Study of an Emotion-Focused Mindfulness Group

NCT02987582 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2021-10-20

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Summary

Living with symptoms of mental illness is associated with psychosocial impairment as it can affect someone's ability to work, their relationships and level of functioning. This also has high economic costs on a societal level. It has been shown that an increase in self-compassion may result in a secondary benefit of reducing psychological distress, which could offer substantial benefits. There is little empirical data on Emotion Focused Mindfulness (EFM) interventions for the population we are studying. This study aims to address this gap in the literature and practice, thus advancing the field.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Emotion-focused mindfulness group

Intervention The group will run for 8-weeks. Each group session is 2 and a half hours. Half way through the intervention there will be a 5 hour retreat on the weekend. A typical group format includes 20-40 minutes of meditation, followed by 10 minutes of independent journaling. Then group members will have time to report on recollections from meditation and facilitators will provide feedback. There is a break and the second part of the group focuses on a didactic teaching topic. Topics change each week; groups will run between October 2016 and June 2018.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada

    collaborator OTHER
  • University of Toronto Practice Based Research Network

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rodelyn Wisco, MSW · Mount Sinai Hospital, Sinai Health System

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-09-30
Primary Completion
2017-07-31
Completion
2017-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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