Review: Effectiveness of mindfulness in improving mental health symptoms of children and adolescents: A meta-analysis

Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 182-194

  Kallapiran, Kannan ^a   Koo, Siew ^a   Kirubakaran, Richard ^b   Hancock, Karen ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b South Asian Cochrane Network   (India)

Author keywords

Meditation; Mindfulness interventions; RCTs; Therapy; Yoga

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; MINDFULNESS BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; YOGA;

EID: 84944512045     PISSN: 1475357X     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/camh.12113     Document Type: Review

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