Mindfulness-based interventions for anxiety and depression

Mindfulness-based interventions: Eff ective for depression and anxiety

Vol. 8, No. 12 39 Mr. A, age 45, reports irritability, loss of interest, sleep disturbance, increased self-criticism, and decreased self care during the last month after a promotion at work. He has a history of 3 major depressive episodes, 1 of which required hospitalization. For the last 2 years his depressive symptoms had been successfully managed with escitalopram, 10 mg/d, plus bupropion, 1...

Mindfulness-based Interventions for Antenatal Depression or Anxiety: Perspectives of Midwives

Mindfulness based interventions for children

Kabat-Zinn et al introduced mindfulness, a concept and technique borrowed from Buddhist meditation practices, to the field of psychotherapy. It is defined as the " the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment to moment " (1). Unlike other forms of meditation that emphasize distancing oneself fro...

Acceptance and Mindfulness - Based Interventions

Acceptance and mindfulness-based interventions are part of the most recent generation of cognitive-behavioral therapies (Hayes, 2004). Among these approaches, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and mindfulness-based cognitive (MBCT) therapy enjoy the greatest empirical support in the treatment and prevention of depression. Despite some similarities in their development as alternatives to t...

Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions for anxiety disorders: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

PURPOSE Mindfulness- and acceptance-based interventions (MABIs) are receiving increasing attention in the treatment of mental disorders. These interventions might be beneficial for patients with anxiety disorders, but no prior reviews have comprehensively investigated the effects of this family of interventions on clinical samples. The aim of this study was to review and synthesize extant resea...