Eine SMS-unterstützte achtsamkeitsbasierte Intervention zur Rückfallprävention bei Depressionen (MIND-S)
Ansprechpartner: PD Dr. Stephanie Bauer (stephanie.bauer(at)med.uni-heidelberg.de)
Projektzeitraum: 2014-2015
Projektbeschreibung
Depression is associated with a high risk of relapse for affected individuals. The development and evaluation of sustainable strategies for relapse prevention are therefore increasingly becoming a focus of research and treatment. According to studies, mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to be promising interventions for relapse prevention in depressive disorders. Communication media can play an important supportive role in implementing this approach in everyday life.
Depression is associated with a high risk of relapse for affected individuals. The development and evaluation of sustainable strategies for relapse prevention are therefore increasingly becoming a focus of research and treatment. According to studies, mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to be promising interventions for relapse prevention in depressive disorders. Communication media can play an important supportive role in implementing this approach in everyday life.
As part of a cooperative project with the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II of the Ulm University, a minimal intervention was developed to help patients with depressive symptoms to implement mindfulness-based exercises using text messages following their psychiatric treatment. During their inpatient stay, participants receive an introduction to three brief mindfulness-based exercises as part of a regular group offering. Prior to discharge from the hospital, participants are randomly assigned to one of two intervention groups (SMS group, treatment-as-usual control group). All participants receive a recommendation to continue the exercises regularly after the end of inpatient psychotherapeutic-psychiatric treatment and to integrate them into their daily routine. Participants in the SMS group additionally receive positively reinforcing SMS messages over a period of four months when performing the previously learned mindfulness exercises.
The main objective of the conducted pilot study is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the SMS-based minimal intervention. The pilot study is funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts of Baden Württemberg within the framework of the "Competence Center Prevention of Mental and Psychosomatic Disorders in the World of Work and Education".
Cooperation partner
Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy II, Ulm University
Prof. Dr. Thomas Becker, PD Dr. Bernd Puschner (Project management), Dipl.-Psych. Susanne Kraft
Homepage
Central Institute for Mental Health, Mannheim
Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Salize
Literature
Wolf, M., Kraft, S., Tschauner, K., Bauer, S., Becker, T., & Puschner, B. (2016). User activity in a mobile phone intervention to assist mindfulness exercises in people with depressive symptoms. Mental Health and Prevention, 4(2), 57-62.