Mindfulness effectivness

Question 1

Evidence

Answer 1

• Mantsiod - 179 lose weight

- Reibel - mindfullness in hospital reduced depression and anxiety in 136 in hospital

Question 2

Maint points

Answer 2

• Pilot studies - no control
• Placebo effect
• Not fair to measure same as other therapies
• doesn’t address root cause - accept thoughts

Question 3

ethics main points

Answer 3

• more moral, cheating
• Accessible and inexpensive
• practitioners have little training (vulnerable)
• comparison to other therapies