Mindfulness-based stress reduction for patients with anxiety disorders: Evaluation in a randomized controlled trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-288

  Vøllestad, Jon ^a   Sivertsen, Børge ^a,b,c   Nielsen, Geir Høstmark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Division of Psychiatry   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; MBSR; Mindfulness; Mindfulness based stress reduction; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79952702156     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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