Can mindfulness and acceptance be learnt by self-help?: A systematic review and meta-analysis of mindfulness and acceptance-based self-help interventions

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 118-129

  Cavanagh, Kate ^a,c   Strauss, Clara ^b,c   Forder, Lewis ^a   Jones, Fergal ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Sussex Education Consortium   (United Kingdom)

^d CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Mindfulness; Self help

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; REVIEW; SELF HELP; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ACCEPTANCE; MINDFULNESS; SELF-HELP;

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MINDFULNESS; SELF CARE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84893164734     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2014.01.001     Document Type: Review

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