How Buddhism Could Help Prevent Depression

TECHNIQUES founded in Buddhism could help patients recover from suicidal thoughts and long-term depression, a conference will hear today.

AlistairWilson, a consultant psychiatrist at Gartnavel Royal Hospital, in Glasgow, is leading a workshop at the event, which is funded by Choose Life, Scotland’s national strategy to prevent suicide.

The event at the Glasgow Science Centre will be the largest ever suicide prevention conference in the UK.

Wilson’s workshop on Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy will explain the technique’s use in medicine, and how it has been clinically proven to reduce the recurrence of depression.

Almost 300 frontline workers and researchers are expected to attend the conference, which will be opened by Shona Robison, Minister for Public Health.

Other speakers include Professor Brian Mishara, president of the International Association of Suicide Prevention, Professor Louis Appleby, national director for Mental Health in England, and Dr Rory O’Connor, of Stirling University.

Originally published by Newsquest Media Group.

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