based on the German version "Achtsamkeitsübungen, Achtsamkeitstraining"
Description
a skill one develops through meditation or other training. Mindfulness derives from sati, a significant element of Buddhist traditions
Form
Individual or group therapy
- Stationary during a DBT
- Health courses at the health insurance company
- A technique in outpatient behavioral therapy
Clinical applications
- Borderline
- Depressionen
Time
Costs
- Health courses are fully or partially covered by health insurance companies
- During a therapy is fully covered by health insurance companies
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free instructions via websites, books and videos, example: https://www.mindful.org/meditation/mindfulness-getting-started
Benefits
- Decreased Depression
- Increased Emotional Regulation
- Reduced Anxiety and Stress ·
- Better Memory ·
- Cognitive Improvements
Potential adverse
- Can mindfulness be too much of a good thing?: https://www.brown.edu
- The problem with mindfulness: https://theconversation.com/the-problem-with-mindfulness-115648
- Making mindfulness meditation more helpful starts with understanding how it can be harmful: https://www.brown.edu/news/2021-05-18/adverse-effects