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Implementing a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program in the Community: Lessons Learned and Suggestions for the Future
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- 자료유형학술지논문
- 저자명Edwards, A.R.,Evans, S.,Aldao, A.,Haglin, D.,Ferrando, S.J.
- 학회/출판사/기관명ASSOCIATION OF ADVANCEMENT OF BEHAVIOR THERAPY
- 출판년도2014
- 언어영어
- 학술지명/학위논문주기BEHAVIOR THERAPIST
- 발행사항Vol.37No.1[2014]_x000D_
- ISBN/ISSN0278-8403
- 소개/요약The last several years have witnessed an increase in the utilization of mindfulness techniques in psychological interventions (e.g., Hofmann et al., 2010). While much of the extant literature espouses the therapeutic aspects of mindfulness therapies, the challenges of delivering a mindfulness-based program have not been well documented. We discuss some of the barriers to effective delivery of a mindfulness based treatment program to the community and outline useful strategies to target these challenges. We draw upon anecdotal experience of implementing an MBSR program in an academic medical center over the past decade and academic literature to illustrate pitfalls and offer potential solutions. We delineate and offer strategies for resolution of four major challenges to implementing MBSR: 1) misconceptions about mindfulness; 2) difficulties maintaining a regular practice; 3) potential interference of medical conditions on practice; and 4) the role of comorbid psychiatric disorders. It is our hope that practitioners seeking to implement group-based mindfulness interventions will be able to incorporate these suggestions into their practice and that our identified future research questions may enable further dissemination.
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