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    CNS Spectr. 2008 Sep;13(9):752-6.

    Psychobiology of mindfulness.

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    Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

    Abstract

    There is controversy about whether mindfulness-based approaches to psychotherapy represent a new wave of cognitive-behavioral therapy or a core process in all psychotherapies. One way of conceptualizing mindfulness is in terms of emotion regulation; mindfulness is a strategy aimed at opposing suppression and avoidance. Dispositional mindfulness has been associated with greater activation in prefrontal cortex and greater deactivation of amygdala during affect labeling. A number of rigorous studies of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression have been positive. However, much remains to be discovered about the underlying mechanisms of and clinical indications for mindfulness-based approaches.

    PMID:
    18849893
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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