The empirical support for mindfulness-based interventions for common psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 13, 2018, Pages 2116-2129

  Hedman Lagerlöf, Maria ^a   Hedman Lagerlöf, Erik ^a   Öst, Lars Göran ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical efficacy; common psychiatric disorders; evidence status; meta analysis; mindfulness based interventions

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 85046028882     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291718000259     Document Type: Review

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