In Your Own Hands – Can mindfulness and acceptance be learnt by self-help?

Every Monday, my blog post “In Your Own Hands” is where I’ll be featuring articles I find interesting or that I think are a good resource to help you take charge of your health. What articles have you read recently that caught your attention? Leave a comment and let me know.

Can mindfulness and acceptance be learnt by self-help?
Evidence of meta-analyses indicates the beneficial potential of MASH interventions.

CBT Trumps Medications for Social Anxiety
Researchers have found that individual CBT may be more effective than pharmacotherapy for treating adult patients with social anxiety disorder.

Mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR(BC)) in breast cancer
This study investigates the action of mindfulness-based stress reduction interventions including fear of recurrence in cancer patients.

Contributions of psychology to the understanding and treatment of people with chronic pain
In this article, APA describes the primary alternative treatments that have been developed from principles and models of pain.

Acceptance, mindfulness, and cognitive reappraisal as longitudinal predictors of depression and quality of life in educators
A longitudinal study used ACT and CT models to prospectively predict depression and quality of life.