Mindfulness Meditation and Relapse Prophylaxis in Mood Disorders with Professor Zindel Segal

​Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences hosts Grand Rounds, designed as scientific seminars for research communication. These sessions cover a wide range of topics related to mental health, featuring presentations by experts in the field followed by engaging discussions. The goal is to enhance knowledge, share best practices, and foster collaboration among mental health professionals.

​Mindfulness Meditation and Relapse Prophylaxis in Mood Disorders Learning Objectives:

​1. Review the evidence base for mindfulness meditation in the treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders.

​2. The role of sensory processing as an opponent process to cognitive elaboration.

​3. How increasing tolerance of negative affective states, rather than relaxation, is a central of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy.

​About the speaker:

​Zindel V. Segal, Ph.D., C.Psych, is a clinical psychologist whose research examines the use of mindfulness meditation in promoting affect regulation skills in people suffering from a depressive and anxiety based disorder. His research program has two broad thrusts involving 1) the use of brain imaging to identify neural markers of depressive relapse or resilience associated with long-term practice of mindfulness meditation and 2) evaluating the efficacy of mindfulness-based clinical interventions delivered via online or mobile platforms as a means of increasing access to care.