Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety and Depression.


Author: Hofmann SG1, Gómez AF2

Affiliation: <sup>1</sup>Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Electronic address: shofmann@bu.edu.

<sup>2</sup>Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, 648 Beacon Street, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA.
Conference/Journal: Psychiatr Clin North Am.
Date published: 2017 Dec
Other:
 Volume ID: 40   ,  Issue ID: 4   ,  Pages: 739-749   ,  Special Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2017.08.008. Epub  2017 Sep 18.   ,  Word Count: 118  
    This article reviews the ways in which mindfulness practices have contributed to cognitive and behavioral treatments for depression and anxiety. Research on mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) has increased rapidly in the past decade. The most common include mindfulness-based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. MBIs are effective in reducing anxiety and depression symptom severity in a range of individuals. MBIs consistently outperform non-evidence-based treatments and active control conditions, such as health education, relaxation training, and supportive psychotherapy. MBIs also perform comparably with cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). The treatment principles of MBIs for anxiety and depression are compatible with standard CBT.



Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.



KEYWORDS: Anxiety; Cognitive behavior therapy; Depression; Mindfulness; Mindfulness-based interventions



PMID: 29080597  DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2017.08.008