TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
VL  - 151
Y1  - 2022/04//
TI  - Autobiographical memory style and clinical outcomes following mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT): An individual patient data meta-analysis
N1  - 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/).
PB  - Elsevier BV
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2022.104048
ID  - discovery10143484
N2  - 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.
KW  - Autobiographical memory
KW  -  Cogntive therapy
KW  -  Individual patient data meta-analysis
KW  -  Mindfulness
KW  -  Treatment response
A1  - Hitchcock, C
A1  - Rudokaite, J
A1  - Haag, C
A1  - Patel, SD
A1  - Smith, AJ
A1  - Kuhn, I
A1  - Jermann, F
A1  - Ma, SH
A1  - Kuyken, W
A1  - Williams, JMG
A1  - Watkins, E
A1  - Bockting, CLH
A1  - Crane, C
A1  - Fisher, D
A1  - Dalgleish, T
JF  - Behaviour Research and Therapy
ER  -