MBSR

 

MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION

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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a well-defined and systematic people-centered educational approach which uses relatively intensive training in mindfulness meditation as the core of a programme to teach people how to take better care of themselves and live healthier and more adaptive lives. The prototype programme was developed at the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center by Jon Kabat-Zinn and his scientific team. This model has been successfully utilised with appropriate modifications in a number of other medical centers, as well as in non-medical settings such as schools, prisons, athletic training programmes, professional programmes, and the workplace. 

MBSR is taught, both, to groups and individuals.

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REFERENCES

 

Center for Mindfulness - UMass Medical School

MBSR: Standards of Practice

MBSR as an Adjunct to Outpatient Psychotherapy

Mindfulness-based stress reduction for low back pain. A systematic review

MBSR and health-related quality of life in a heterogeneous patient population

Efficacy of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) : A Brief Overview