Abridged Mindfulness Intervention to Support Wellness in First-Year Medical Students

Teaching and Learning in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 350-356

  Erogul, Mert ^a   Singer, Gary ^b   McIntyre, Thomas ^a   Stefanov, Dimitre G ^c  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b and Group Therapy   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

balance; mindfulness; professionalism; stress; wellness

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL STRESS; MINDFULNESS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918569628     PISSN: 10401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2014.945025     Document Type: Article

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