The impact of mindfulness therapy combined with mentalization-based family therapy on suicidal ideation in adolescents with depressive disorder: randomized intervention study.
Annals of general psychiatry May 8, 2024 Xiao-Fen Fan, Ju-Yi Peng, Li Zhang et al. 13 citations
Adolescents with depression who self-harm often rely on negative coping strategies and may benefit from positive alternatives. A combination of mindfulness therapy and mentalization-based family therapy (MBFT) was tested against MBFT alone in 80 hospitalized adolescents with depressive disorder and suicidal ideation, randomly assigned to two groups of 40. After intervention, both groups showed lower scores on psychological health and suicidal ideation scales, but the group receiving both therapies had significantly greater improvements. The findings suggest that adding mindfulness therapy to MBFT can improve psychological condition and reduce suicidal thoughts in this population, supporting its clinical use.