In CPE, as in MBCT, participants are taught about the psychological processes in relapse to depression, and engage in mood monitoring and homework to prevent relapse.
None of the other psychological variables predicted relapse risk.
Finally, the link between basic science findings of biological and psychological markers of relapse vulnerability and treatment design needs to be strengthened.
Studies suggest that the addition of non-pharmacological strategies helps not only in adherence to pharmacological treatment but can also improve patient's psychological functioning in relapse prevention (Scott et al. 2007; Salcedo et al. 2016).
Specific psychological interventions for relapse prevention or for chronically depressed patients were not available.
To address the need for psychological interventions targeting relapse prevention, Segal, Williams and Teasdale developed Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) [ 11].
Collaboration with secondary mental healthcare was virtually non-existent, and specific psychological interventions for relapse prevention or for chronically depressed patients were not available.
The aim of this review is to meta-analytically examine the effectiveness of psychological interventions to reduce relapse or recurrence rates of depressive disorder.
Measures of subjective drug craving — often defined as the experience of an intense or compelling urge or desire — may be used to predict relapse, evaluate psychological and pharmacological treatments, and test theories of addiction and craving.
That's HealthRight Service Center referred her to UNICEF funded project for drug using pregnant women, where she received psychological support to prevent relapse, counseling of drug abuse specialist, and free of charge medicine and hygiene kit for the delivery.
