Initiating and maintaining behavior change is key to the prevention and treatment of most
preventable chronic medical and psychiatric illnesses. The cultivation of mindfulness …

One in 4 Americans> 40 years of age takes a statin to reduce the risk of myocardial
infarction, ischemic stroke, and other complications of atherosclerotic disease. The most …

Research on the adverse effects of mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) has been sparse
and hindered by methodological imprecision. The 44-item Meditation Experiences Interview …

This chapter describes approaches that should be used in systematic reviews for collecting
data, including extraction of data directly from journal articles and other reports of studies …

Aim Chemotherapy side effects are often reported in clinical trials; however, there is little
evidence about their incidence in routine clinical care. The objective of this study was to …

Buddhist-derived meditation practices are currently being employed as a popular form of
health promotion. While meditation programs draw inspiration from Buddhist textual sources …

High quality protocols facilitate proper conduct, reporting, and external review of clinical
trials. However, the completeness of trial protocols is often inadequate. To help improve the …

Highlights•Few psychological or physiological processes are universally beneficial.•Most
positive phenomena reach inflection points where their effects turn negative.•Mindfulness is …

During the past two decades, mindfulness meditation has gone from being a fringe topic of
scientific investigation to being an occasional replacement for psychotherapy, tool of …

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