The excitement about the application of mindfulness meditation in mental health settings has
led to the proliferation of a literature pervaded by a lack of conceptual and methodological …

Mindfulness has emerged as an important construct in the mental health field. Although
evidence suggests benefits, it also appears that excitement over the clinical applications of …

Interest in the clinical use of mindfulness practices has expanded rapidly in recent years. To
provide a direction for future research in this area, this article identifies the primary scientific …

Interventions based on training in mindfulness skills are becoming increasingly popular.
Mindfulness involves intentionally bringing one's attention to the internal and external …

Mindfulness meditation has a long-standing history in Eastern practices that has received
considerable public interest in recent decades. Indeed, the science, practice, and …

This chapter provides an overview of scientific work related to mindfulness and meditation. It
is divided into four parts:(1) an inside look at meditation and its putative mechanisms,(2) …

Objectives Mindfulness-based approaches to meditation usually rely on not one but several
specific techniques or elements, but what elements are responsible for which of the …

Previous meta-analyses on the effects of mindfulness meditation were predominantly
concerned with clinical research. In contrast, the present study aims at giving a …

Abstract Baer (see record 2003-03824-007) has provided a thoughtful conceptual and
empirical review of mindfulness-based clinical interventions, emphasizing the need for …

Objective: This paper, composed by an interest group of clinicians and researchers based in
Melbourne, presents some background to the practice of mindfulness-based therapies as …