%0 Journal Article
%A Hitchcock, C
%A Rudokaite, J
%A Haag, C
%A Patel, SD
%A Smith, AJ
%A Kuhn, I
%A Jermann, F
%A Ma, SH
%A Kuyken, W
%A Williams, JMG
%A Watkins, E
%A Bockting, CLH
%A Crane, C
%A Fisher, D
%A Dalgleish, T
%D 2022
%F discovery:10143484
%I Elsevier BV
%J Behaviour Research and Therapy
%K Autobiographical memory, Cogntive therapy, Individual patient data meta-analysis, Mindfulness, Treatment response
%T Autobiographical memory style and clinical outcomes following mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT): An individual patient data meta-analysis
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10143484/
%V 151
%X The ability to retrieve specific, single-incident autobiographical memories has been consistently posited as a predictor of recurrent depression. Elucidating the role of autobiographical memory specificity in patient-response to depressive treatments may improve treatment efficacy and facilitate use of science-driven interventions. We used recent methodological advances in individual patient data meta-analysis to determine a) whether memory specificity is improved following mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), relative to control interventions, and b) whether pre-treatment memory specificity moderates treatment response. All bar one study evaluated MBCT for relapse prevention for depression. Our initial analysis therefore focussed on MBCT datasets only(n = 708), then were repeated including the additional dataset(n = 880). Memory specificity did not significantly differ from baseline to post-treatment for either MBCT and Control interventions. There was no evidence that baseline memory specificity predicted treatment response in terms of symptom-levels, or risk of relapse. Findings raise important questions regarding the role of memory specificity in depressive treatments.
%Z Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).