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Mindfulness-based approaches: are they all the same?
Journal of Clinical Psychology
Short Title: Mindfulness-based approaches
Format: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2011
Pages: 404–424
Library/Archive: © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Sources ID: 22481
Visibility: Private
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Mindfulness-based approaches are increasingly employed as interventions for treating a variety of psychological, psychiatric and physical problems. Such approaches include ancient Buddhist mindfulness meditations such as Vipassana and Zen meditations, modern group-based standardized meditations, such as mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and further psychological interventions, such as dialectical behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy. We review commonalities and differences of these interventions regarding philosophical background, main techniques, aims, outcomes, neurobiology and psychological mechanisms. In sum, the currently applied mindfulness-based interventions show large differences in the way mindfulness is conceptualized and practiced. The decision to consider such practices as unitary or as distinct phenomena will probably influence the direction of future research. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol 67:1-21, 2011.

Subjects: 
Psychiatry and Contemplation
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction / Cognitive Therapy
Health Care and Contemplation
Psychotherapy and Contemplation
Interreligious Contemplation
Buddhist Contemplation
Contemplation by Applied Subject
Contemplation by Tradition