An Overview of the Research on Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Treating Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 935-963

  Banks, Kirsty ^a   Newman, Emily ^b   Saleem, Jannat ^a  

^a NHS FORTH VALLEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MINDFULNESS; PROCEDURES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

HUMANS; MINDFULNESS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84941880584     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22200     Document Type: Article

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