The effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in the perinatal period: A systematic review and meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Taylor, Billie Lever ^a   Cavanagh, Kate ^b   Strauss, Clara ^a,b  

^a NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; NARRATIVE; PERINATAL PERIOD; SKILL; STRESS; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEPRESSION; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLISHING;

ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PUBLICATION BIAS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84969761356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155720     Document Type: Review

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