Depressive Illnesses
(asked on 7th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the uptake of mindfulness-based interventions in the treatment of repeat-episode depression.
This question was answered on 14th January 2015
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence approved treatment for recurrent depression and is available through a number of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services.
No assessment has been made of the uptake of mindfulness-based interventions in the treatment of repeat-episode depression.