“We need silence, not to escape from ourselves but to know the foundation, the roots, tendencies.”
Mdme. Lannes
research
There is an impressive body of mindfulness research that proves mindfulness-based approaches to be highly effective for a wide range of physical and psychological problems. Completed studies have found that pain-related drug utilization was decreased, and activity levels and feelings of self esteem increased, for a majority of participants. More information on these studies can be found on the University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Mindfulness.
The MBSR program started in the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in 1979 and is now offered in over 200 medical centers, hospitals, and clinics around the world, including some of the leading integrative medical centers such as the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, the Duke Center for Integrative Medicine, and the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center for Integrative Medicine.
Many of the MBSR classes are taught by physicians, nurses, social workers, and psychologists, as well as other health professionals who are seeking to reclaim and deepen some of the sacred reciprocity inherent in the doctor-caregiver/patient-client relationship. Their work is based on a need for an active partnership in a participatory medicine, one in which patient/clients take on significant responsibility for doing a certain kind of interior work in order to tap into their own deepest inner resources for learning, growing, healing, and transformation.
RESEARCH ARTICLES
Baer R.E. ed. 2005 Mindfulness-based treatment approaches: Clinician’s guide to evidence base and applications. Amsterdam: Elsevier, Academic Press.
Rebecca Crane: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Distinctive Features
Routledge, 2009
Dr Andrew McCulloch, Chief Executive, Mental Health Foundation: Mindfulness Report
Kabat-Zinn: Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Context. Past, Present, and Future. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Vol. 10 N2 Summer 2003, 144-156
Teasdale, J.D. Segal, Z.V. Williams, J.J.G. (2003) Mindfulness Training and Problem Formulation, Clinical Psychology. Science and Practice 10 (2), 157-160
