Anthony P. King

University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

2 papers in the library · 260 citations · publishing 2013-2024

Papers

A PILOT STUDY OF GROUP MINDFULNESS-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY (MBCT) FOR COMBAT VETERANS WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

Depression and Anxiety April 17, 2013 Anthony P. King, Thane M. Erickson, Nicholas D. Giardino et al. 258 citations

Group mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) adapted for combat posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is feasible, acceptable, and associated with clinically meaningful reductions in PTSD symptom severity, particularly avoidance and numbing symptoms, and trauma-related cognitions such as self-blame. In an outpatient VA clinic, veterans with chronic PTSD who completed an 8-week MBCT group showed significant improvement on clinician-rated PTSD symptoms, whereas those in brief treatment-as-usual did not. Homework compliance was good, and drop-out rates were modest. The findings suggest MBCT as a brief adjunctive therapy for combat PTSD, but randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm efficacy.

DOI: 10.1002/da.22104 Anxiety disorder Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy Psychological intervention Cognitive processing therapy +6

ENIGMA-Meditation: Worldwide consortium for neuroscientific investigations of meditation practices

April 8, 2024 Saampras Ganesan, Aki Tsuchiyagaito, Greg J. Siegle et al. 2 citations preprint

Meditation practices, which have been adapted into manualized interventions for conditions like depression, pain, addiction, and anxiety, show therapeutic promise, but their neuroscientific basis remains unclear. Current neuroimaging studies rely on small, heterogeneous datasets that vary in practice types, participant experience, clinical targets, and imaging methods, limiting generalizability and replicability. To address this, the ENIGMA-Meditation consortium was formed as a global collaboration to conduct systematic meta- and mega-analyses of distributed neuroimaging data using standardized methods. This framework aims to improve statistical power and rigorously characterize the neural mechanisms underlying meditation's effects on psychological and cognitive attributes, advancing the field of contemplative neuroscience.

DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/f2rvx Meditation Psychology Psychotherapist Philosophy +1