Burgos-Julian, Francisco A.Díaz-Silveira, CintiaRuiz-Íñiguez, RaquelSanted-Germán, Miguel Angel2025-05-222025-05-222024-04-23Burgos-Julián, F. A., Díaz-Silveira, C., Ruiz-Íñiguez, R., & Santed-Germán, M. A. (2024). Analysis of the efficacy of mindfulness meditation in a mutual aid group for bipolar disorder. Clínica y Salud, 35(2), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.5093/clysa2024a41130-5274https://hdl.handle.net/10115/87097Background: The bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe, disabling mental disorder characterized by phases of mania, hypomania, or depression. The present quasi-experimental study of 21 BD patients (Mage = 44 years, SD = 11.45, 6% women) compared the efficacy of a mutual aid group (MAG) with a MAG that followed a mindfulness-based intervention (MAG+M) over 6 weeks. Method: Both groups were evaluated pre-test and post-test with the following variables: depression, mania, anxiety, mindfulness, and psychological acceptance. Results: Pretest and post-test intragroup analyses showed that MAG+M improved significantly in measures of depression (z = -2.31, p = .02) and trait anxiety (z = -2.43, p = .01), while MAG did not improve in any of the measures. There were no statistically significant differences between groups in the post-test. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that mindfulness meditation may improve symptoms of depression and anxiety in a MAG for BD patients.en-USAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Trastorno bipolarAtención plenaGrupo de ayuda mutuaDepresiónAnsiedadArticlehttps://doi.org/10.5093/clysa2024a4info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess