Mindfulness meditation training and self-referential processing in social anxiety disorder: Behavioral and neural effects

Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-256

  Goldin, Philippe ^a   Ramel, Wiveka ^a   Gross, James ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical intervention; fMRI; Mindfulness; Self; Social anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDITATION; MODULATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; STRESS; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAINING;

EID: 68249096972     PISSN: 08898391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0889-8391.23.3.242     Document Type: Article

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