Mindfulness based treatment approaches clinician's guide to evidence base and applications
Eastern spiritual traditions have long maintained that mindfulness meditation can improve well being. More recently, mindfulness based treatment approaches have been successfully utilized to treat anxiety, depressive relapse, eating disorders, psychosis, and borderline personality disorder. This book discusses the conceptual foundation, implementation, and evidence base for the four best researched mindfulness treatments: mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) All chapters were written by researchers with extensive clinical experience. Each chapter includes the conceptual rationale for using a mindfulness based treatment and a review of the relevant evidence base. A detailed case study illustrates how the intervention is implemented in 'real life' exploring the clinical and practical issues that may arise and how they can be managed. This book will be of use to clinicians and researchers interested in understanding and implementing mindfulness based treatments. It offers a comprehensive introduction to the best researched mindfulness based treatments. It covers wide range of problems disorders (anxiety, depression, eating, psychosis, personality disorders, stress, pain, relationship problems, etc) It discusses a wide range of populations (children, adolescents, older adults, couples) It includes wide range of settings (outpatient, inpatient, medical, mental health, workplace) It also includes clinically rich, illustrative case study in every chapter. International perspectives are represented (authors from US, Canada, Britain, Sweden)