Monday, October 23, 2006

Mindfulness - Resources

Books
Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2001) Full Catastrophe Living.
Gives a comprehensive account of the approach in a self-help format. Particularly focussed on chronic medical conditions but also has a useful section on stress.

Brantley, Jeffrey (2003) Calming Your Anxious Mind.
A digestible self-help introduction to mindfulness, focussing particularly on anxiety.

Kabat-Zinn, Jon (2004) Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life (also called Wherever You Go, There You Are).
A series of short chapters describing the use of mindfulness in everyday situations.

Segal Z.W., Williams J.M.G., & Teasdale J.D. (2002) Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression.
Describes how the mindfulness approach was developed out of CBT and gives detailed guidance on running a mindfulness course for depression.

Research
Grossman P., Niemann L., Schmidt S. & Walach H. (2004)
Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits: A meta-analysis.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57, 35-43.

Kabat-Zinn J., Lipworth L. & Burney R. (1984)
The clinical use of mindfulness meditation for the self-regulation of chronic pain.
Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 8, 163-190.

Kabat-Zinn J., Lipworth L., Burney R. & Sellers W. (1987)
Four-year follow-up of a meditation-based program for the self-regulation of chronic pain: treatment outcomes and compliance.
Clinical Journal of Pain, 2, 159-173.

Internet
http://www.bangor.ac.uk/mindfulness/
The University of Bangor's mindfulness website. Provides courses (including distance learning), and e-group and other resources.

CD
Jon Kabat-Zinn Mindfulness for Beginners
A 2 CD set with talk on mindfulness on CD1 and guided meditations on CD2.