Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Psychiatry.
Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ) January 24, 2018 Benjamin G. Shapero, Jonathan Greenberg, Paola Pedrelli et al. 165 citations
Mindfulness meditation, a practice with deep roots in eastern traditions, has gained widespread public and scientific interest. Mindfulness is a natural state of present-moment awareness, and interventions have been developed to train this skill. This review discusses the concept of mindfulness and its use in treating psychiatric disorders. It identifies which patients benefit from mindfulness-based interventions and summarizes how they work, including cognitive, psychological, and neural mechanisms that drive clinical improvements. The review offers a foundation for incorporating these interventions into clinical practice.