Gains were mostly in the first half of training but were maintained to the end and to follow-up. Results showed that staff reported a significant increase in mindfulness which had a positive impact upon their wellbeing and perceived ability to respond skilfully to challenging situations at work and at home. The trainer was the first author (C.M.), who is a cognitive behavioural therapist and mindfulness teacher at Newcastle Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies Centre, specializing in emotion regulation and stabilization. Participants in the training were nursing and occupational therapy staff. Workshops and interviews supported the investigation of staff experience and impact of MBCT training. Standardized and non-standardized measures were administered at pre-, mid-, post-, and 1-month follow-up points. A double baseline design was used with measures taken at 1 month before training and immediately before the programme started. The training delivered was an adapted 8-week MBCT programme. It was proposed that enhancing mindfulness through a Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) programme within the core staff team would enhance therapeutic milieu and therefore general outcomes associated with engagement and recovery.
This paper describes a service development which arose from an adult mental health inpatient ward team who wanted to be able to work more effectively to help patients who had major difficulties with emotion regulation.
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