Neural Function Before and After Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in Anxious Adolescents at Risk for Developing Bipolar Disorder

Autor: Christina M. Luberto, Lauren Stahl, Jeffrey R. Strawn, Wade Weber, Sian Cotton, Richard W. Sears, James C. Eliassen, Melissa P. DelBello, L. Rodrigo Patino
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology. 26:372-379
ISSN: 1557-8992
1044-5463
Popis: We sought to evaluate the neurophysiology of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children (MBCT-C) in youth with generalized, social, and/or separation anxiety disorder who were at risk for developing bipolar disorder.Nine youth (mean age: 13 ± 2 years) with a generalized, social, and/or separation anxiety disorder and a parent with bipolar disorder completed functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while performing a continuous processing task with emotional and neutral distractors (CPT-END) prior to and following 12 weeks of MBCT-C.MBCT-C was associated with increases in activation of the bilateral insula, lentiform nucleus, and thalamus, as well as the left anterior cingulate while viewing emotional stimuli during the CPT-END, and decreases in anxiety were correlated with change in activation in the bilateral insula and anterior cingulate during the viewing of emotional stimuli (p 0.05, uncorrected; p 0.005 corrected; cluster size, 37 voxels).MBCT-C treatment in anxious youth with a familial history of bipolar disorder is associated with increased activation of brain structures that subserve interoception and the processing of internal stimuli-functions that are ostensibly improved by this treatment.
Databáze: OpenAIRE