MBSR Reading List
A Collection of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Readings
The following list of readings is full of evidence-based articles and other documentation to support the benefits of MBSR in the treatment of a variety of conditions.
General Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Reading List
Kabat-Zinn, Jon. Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness. New York: Bantam Books, 1990, 2013
Khoo E-L, Small R, Cheng W, et al. Comparative evaluation of group-based mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment and management of chronic pain: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Evid Based Mental Health 2019; 22:26–35.
Vibe, Michael, et al. Mindfulness‐based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for Improving Health, Quality of Life and Social Functioning in Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta‐ analysis. Campbell Systematic Reviews, vol. 13, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 1–264
Querstret, D., Morison, L., Dickinson, S., Cropley, M., & John, M. (2020). Mindfulness- based stress reduction and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for psychological health and well-being in nonclinical samples: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Stress Management, 27(4), 394–411
Stein, E., Witkiewitz, K. Dismantling Mindfulness-Based Programs: a Systematic Review to Identify Active Components of Treatment. Mindfulness 11, 2470–2485 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01444-0
Goldberg, S. B., Riordan, K., Sun, S., & Davidson, R. J. (2021) The empirical status of mindfulness-based interventions: A systematic review of 44 meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials. Perspectives on Psychological Science. 17(1):108-130 doi: 10.1177/1745691620968771
Mindfulness & Chronic Pain
Hilton, Lara, et al. Mindfulness Meditation for Chronic Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 51, no. 2, Apr. 2017, pp. 199–213
Khoo E-L, Small R, Cheng W, et al. Comparative evaluation of group-based mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment and management of chronic pain: A systematic review and network meta-analysis. Evid Based Mental Health 2019;22:26–35
Potter J, et al (2022) Do Psychological Interventions Help Chronic Pain? CFPC Tools for Practice, #309 Feb 22, 2022
Garland EL, Brintz CE, Hanley AW, et al. Mind-Body Therapies for Opioid-Treated Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(1):91–105. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.4917
Garland EL, Hanley AW, Nakamura Y, et al. Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement vs Supportive Group Therapy for Co-occurring Opioid Misuse and Chronic Pain in Primary Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. Published online February 28, 2022. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.0033
Rozworska, K.A., Poulin, P.A., Carson, A. et al. Mediators and moderators of change in mindfulness-based stress reduction for painful diabetic peripheral neuropathy. J Behav Med 43, 297–307 (2020)
Resources for Depression, Anxiety & Emotional Regulation
Corcoran, K. M., Farb, N., Anderson, A., & Segal, Z. V. (2010). Mindfulness and emotion regulation: Outcomes and possible mediating mechanisms. In A. M. Kring & D. M. Sloan (Eds.), Emotion regulation and psychopathology: A transdiagnostic approach to etiology and treatment (pp. 339–355)
Farb, Norman, et al. Prevention of Relapse/Recurrence in Major Depressive Disorder with Either Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy or Cognitive Therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, vol. 86, no. 2, Feb. 2018, pp. 200–04
Eric L. Garland, Norman A. Farb, Philippe R. Goldin & Barbara L. Fredrickson (2015). Mindfulness Broadens Awareness and Builds Eudaimonic Meaning: A Process Model of Mindful Positive Emotion Regulation. Psychological Inquiry, 26:4, 293-314, DOI: 10.1080/1047840X.2015.1064294
Goldberg, S.B., Tucker, R.P., Greene, P.A., Davidson, R.J., Wampold, B.E., Kearney, D.J., & Simpson, T.L. (2018). Mindfulness-based interventions for psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Clinical Psychology Review, 59, 52-60. doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2017.10.011
Jauhar, S., Laws, K.R. and Young, A.H. (2021). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and depression relapse—evaluating evidence through a meta-analytic lens may indicate myopia. Acta Psychiatr Scand., 143: 3-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13270
Haller, H., Breilmann, P., Schröter, M. et al. A systematic review and meta-analysis of acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions for DSM-5 anxiety disorders. Sci Rep 11, 20385 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99882-w
Studies Exploring the Neuroscience of Mindfulness
Norman A. S. Farb, Zindel V. Segal, Helen Mayberg, et al. Attending to the present: mindfulness meditation reveals distinct neural modes of self-reference. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Volume 2, Issue 4, December 2007, Pages 313–322
Farb, N. A. S., Anderson, A. K., Mayberg, H., Bean, J., McKeon, D., & Segal, Z. V. (2010). Minding one’s emotions: Mindfulness training alters the neural expression of sadness. Emotion, 10(1), 25–33
Farb, Norman A. S., et al. The Mindful Brain and Emotion Regulation in Mood Disorders. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 57, no. 2, Feb. 2012, pp. 70–77
Tang, YY., Hölzel, B. & Posner, M. The neuroscience of mindfulness meditation. Nat Rev Neurosci 16, 213–225 (2015)
The Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2017
Hasenkamp W. & Barsalou L. Effects of Meditation Experience on Functional Connectivity of Distributed Brain Networks Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Vol 6, 1- 38. (2012) https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2012.00038
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