Zindel V. Segal
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Zindel V. Segal is a cognitive psychologist, a specialist on depression
and one of the founders of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
(MBCT). A professor of psychiatry at University of Toronto, Segal combines mindfulness with conventional cognitive behavioral therapy, which teaches patients to observe sadness or unhappiness without judgment.
Presently he is the Cameron Wilson Chair in Depression Studies in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
. He is Head of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Clinic of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program in the Clinical Research Department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
and is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
(MBCT) project, he was studying how depression alters a person's self-image. His research included measuring a depressed patient's self-image by calculating the time it took her to react to positive or negative information about her. David Kupfer, who was head of the Psychobiology of Depression Research Network of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, asked Segal to create a "maintenance" version of cognitive therapy
which could be used to fight depression relapse after one had recovered from an acute episode. This need for a new therapy became Zindel Segal's new passion. He is the author of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression.
He is a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He remains an active participant in convincing people there is a place for mindfulness in psychiatry and psychotherapy.
Zindel Segal is the Cameron Wilson Chair in Depression Studies in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
. He is Head of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Clinic of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program in the Clinical Research Department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
and is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. His research has helped to characterize psychological markers of relapse vulnerability to affective disorder. Among the books he has authored are Interpersonal Process in Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A new approach for preventing relapse. Awarded the Douglas Utting Prize for significant contributions to the understanding and treatment of depression and the Hope Award by the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario, he continues to advocate for the relevance of mindfulness-based clinical care in psychiatry and mental health.
Clinical depression
Major depressive disorder is a mental disorder characterized by an all-encompassing low mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and by loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities...
and one of the founders of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is psychological therapy which blends features of cognitive therapy with mindfulness techniques of Buddhism. MBCT involves accepting thoughts and feelings without judgement rather than trying to push them out of consciousness, with a goal of correcting...
(MBCT). A professor of psychiatry at University of Toronto, Segal combines mindfulness with conventional cognitive behavioral therapy, which teaches patients to observe sadness or unhappiness without judgment.
Presently he is the Cameron Wilson Chair in Depression Studies in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. He is Head of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Clinic of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program in the Clinical Research Department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is a consortium of mental health clinics at several sites in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its name in French is Centre de toxicomanie et de santé mentale...
and is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
Career
When he first started working on the Mindfulness-based cognitive therapyMindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy is psychological therapy which blends features of cognitive therapy with mindfulness techniques of Buddhism. MBCT involves accepting thoughts and feelings without judgement rather than trying to push them out of consciousness, with a goal of correcting...
(MBCT) project, he was studying how depression alters a person's self-image. His research included measuring a depressed patient's self-image by calculating the time it took her to react to positive or negative information about her. David Kupfer, who was head of the Psychobiology of Depression Research Network of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, asked Segal to create a "maintenance" version of cognitive therapy
Cognitive therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy is a psychotherapeutic approach: a talking therapy. CBT aims to solve problems concerning dysfunctional emotions, behaviors and cognitions through a goal-oriented, systematic procedure in the present...
which could be used to fight depression relapse after one had recovered from an acute episode. This need for a new therapy became Zindel Segal's new passion. He is the author of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression.
He is a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. He remains an active participant in convincing people there is a place for mindfulness in psychiatry and psychotherapy.
Zindel Segal is the Cameron Wilson Chair in Depression Studies in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. He is Head of the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Clinic of the Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program in the Clinical Research Department at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is a consortium of mental health clinics at several sites in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its name in French is Centre de toxicomanie et de santé mentale...
and is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. His research has helped to characterize psychological markers of relapse vulnerability to affective disorder. Among the books he has authored are Interpersonal Process in Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression, and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A new approach for preventing relapse. Awarded the Douglas Utting Prize for significant contributions to the understanding and treatment of depression and the Hope Award by the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario, he continues to advocate for the relevance of mindfulness-based clinical care in psychiatry and mental health.
Works
- The Self in emotional distress: cognitive and psychodynamic perspectives, by Zindel V. Segal, Sidney Jules Blatt. Guilford Press, 1993. ISBN 0898622565.
- Interpersonal process in cognitive therapy, by Jeremy D. Safran, Zindel V. Segal. Pub. Jason Aronson, 1996. ISBN 1568218583.
- Depression and the self, by Sidney Jules Blatt, Zindel V. Segal. Wiley, 1997.
- Abnormal Psychology, by Zindel V. Segal, Christopher D. Webster. Canadian Scholars Pr, 1998. ISBN 0921627483.
- Cognitive vulnerability to depression, by Rick E. Ingram, Jeanne Miranda, Zindel V. Segal. Guilford Press, 1998. ISBN 1572303042.
- Cognitive-behavioral treatment of irritable bowel syndrome: the brain-gut connection, by Brenda B. Toner, Zindel V. Segal, Shelagh D. Emmott. Guilford Press, 2000. ISBN 157230135X.
- Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression: a new approach to preventing relapse, by Zindel V. Segal, J. Mark G. Williams, John D. Teasdale. Guilford Press, 2002. ISBN 1572307064.
- Peaceful mind: using mindfulness & cognitive behavioral psychology to overcome depression, by John R. McQuaid, Paula E. Carmona, Zindel V. Segal. New Harbinger Publications, 2004. ISBN 157224366X.
- The mindful way through depression: freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness, by J. Mark G. Williams, John D. Teasdale, Zindel V. Segal, Jon Kabat-Zinn. Guilford Press, 2007. ISBN 1593851286.