Mindfulness

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 27 November 2012.

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Photo of Norman Lamb Norman Lamb The Minister of State, Department of Health 11:30, 27 November 2012

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has evaluated and recommended the use of mindfulness-based therapies as a psychological Intervention for the prevention of relapse, within its guideline, “Depression: the treatment and management of depression in adults”. Drug treatment is also useful in the management of enduring depression.

intervention

An intervention is when the MP making a speech is interrupted by another MP and asked to 'give way' to allow the other MP to intervene on the speech to ask a question or comment on what has just been said.