Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction as a Stress Management Intervention for Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review

Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 271-286

  Sharma, Manoj ^a   Rush, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; mindfulness based stress reduction; mind body interventions; stress

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MINDFULNESS; THERAPY;

ANXIETY; HUMANS; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; MINDFULNESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84907217924     PISSN: 21565872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2156587214543143     Document Type: Article

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