Mindfulness-based stress reduction, abbreviated MBSR, is an educational program designed for learning mindfulness and discovering skillful ways to manage stress. It was developed in the late 1970s by Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and its eight-week course combines mindfulness meditation, body awareness and yoga to help individuals manage stress, pain and illness. Although widely applied in clinical settings and researched for its benefits on well-being, MBSR is classified as an educational intervention rather than a form of psychotherapy.
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Can mindfulness-based stress reduction cause harm?
About 8 percent of participants in meditation studies reported a negative effect, most often anxiety or depression, and three studies of this program found it no more harmful than no treatment.
The National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health reports that mindfulness practice is not free of negative experiences. A review of meditation studies concluded that about 8 percent of participants had a negative effect from practicing meditation, which is similar to the percentage reported for psychological therapies, and the most commonly reported negative effects were anxiety and depression. In an analysis limited to three studies of mindfulness-based stress reduction programs involving 521 participants, investigators found that the mindfulness practices were not more harmful than receiving no treatment. This is background on what has been studied, not medical advice, and a person with a health concern should speak with a clinician.
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction is used as a treatment for anxiety disorders.
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In 1979, Jon Kabat-Zinn founded the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an educational program designed for learning mindfulness and discovering skillful ways to manage stress.
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Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an educational program designed for learning mindfulness and discovering skillful ways to manage stress.
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