Introduction

Abstract

Zindel Segal, John Teasdale, and Mark Williams brought Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) into wide exposure with their 2002 treatment book [1]. MBCT was built on the infrastructure of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and it presented a radical departure in the approach to relapse prevention of major depressive disorder. This disorder, with an often chronic and relapsing course, called for a preventive approach in order to decrease the disability and suffering that were so often prevalent. Early studies demonstrated its efficacy in depression relapse prevention [2, 3]. Its utility in preventing relapse in major depressive disorder has demonstrated an efficacy that is not inferior to maintenance antidepressants, the gold standard of prophylactic treatment [4].