7 Clinical Applications of Mindfulness

Dec 18, 2019

Medicine and psychology have integrated the basic principles of mindfulness into many diverse treatment modalities. Seven are listed here.

Medicine and psychology have integrated the basic principles of mindfulness into many diverse treatment modalities. Seven are listed here.

1. Mindfulness based stress reduction

2. Pain management clinics

3. Mindfulness based cognitive behavioral therapy

4. Dialectical behavior therapy

5. Addiction treatment

6. Acceptance and commitment therapy

7. Augmentation of individual psychotherapy

For more on this topic, see Dr Miller's article Mindfulness, which appeared in the December 2019 issue of Psychiatric Times.