Effects of online mindfulness-based stress reduction training on depression and anxiety symptoms among psychiatric healthcare workers in a randomized controlled trial: the mediating role of emotional suppression.
BMC psychiatry June 4, 2025 Yuekun Wu, Yue Ban, Guoliang Pan et al. 6 citations
An 8-week online mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety among psychiatric healthcare workers in Shenyang, China. In a randomized controlled trial with 135 participants who completed the intervention, those in the online MBSR group showed lower emotional suppression, fewer depression symptoms, and fewer anxiety symptoms compared with a waitlist control group. The reduction in emotional suppression partly explained the improvement in depression and anxiety symptoms, suggesting that online MBSR may work by decreasing emotional suppression.