Mindfulness-based stress reduction for older adults with worry symptoms and co-occurring cognitive dysfunction

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 991-1000

  Lenze, Eric J ^a   Hickman, Steven ^b   Hershey, Tamara ^a   Wendleton, Leah ^a   Ly, Khanh ^b   Dixon, David ^a   Doré, Peter ^a   Wetherell, Julie Loebach ^b,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Meditation; Memory; Mindfulness; Older adults; Stress; Yoga

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT WORRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANXIETY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MEDITATION; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOGA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOGA;

EID: 84908670460     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4086     Document Type: Article

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