Compassion and values-based mindfulness intervention: the mindfulness intervention programme by the University of Zaragoza, Spain, and the Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP, Brazil

García-Campayo, Javier (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Demarzo, Marcelo ; Navarro-Gil, Mayte (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Puebla-Guedea, Marta ; Herrera-Mercadal, Paola (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Alda, Marta (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Gasion, Virginia

Resumen: Mindfulness-based interventions, such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) originated in the United States in the 1970s. They were developed in the context of private health care, for patients with a high cultural and socio-economic level and who were highly motivated to practise them. Moreover, the use of mindfulness techniques has mainly been limited to English-speaking countries, and it is generally understood that the characteristics and types of therapist-patient relationships that are formed in those countries are very different from those occurring in Latin American and Southern European countries. Little use has been made to date of mindfulness in systems of public and universal health care. Aside from the cultural differences between our countries and English-speaking ones, clinical experience suggests that the main reason for this is the complexity of target patients, who commonly present with somatic and psychological comorbidity, and a general lack
of compliance with the practice of mindfulness. One of the consequences of this is that the philosophy governing the intervention requires modification, with the resulting changes in the structure and content of intervention programmes. This article presents the general programme for mindfulness interventions developed by our group for public and universal health care systems, with particular focus given to primary care. It consists of seven two-hour sessions, each of which is held on a weekly basis. The programme content is summarized in the article. This intervention is applicable to medical patients, psychiatric patients with minor disorders and healthy individuals.

Idioma: Español

Año: 2015

Publicado en: Actas españolas de psiquiatría 43(Supl.1), 1 (2015), 19-25
ISSN: 1139-9287

Factor impacto JCR: 0.813 (2015)

Categ. JCR: PSYCHIATRY rank: 124 / 142 = 0.873 (2015) - Q4 - T3
Categ. JCR: NEUROSCIENCES rank: 236 / 256 = 0.922 (2015) - Q4 - T3

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.437 - Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q3)

Tipo y forma: Comunicación congreso (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Area Psiquiatría (Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.)
Área (Departamento): Estudios Propios Dpto.M.Ps.y D (Estudios propios)
Área (Departamento): Área Person.Eval.Trat.Psicoló. (Dpto. Psicología y Sociología)