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• Baer R. (2003), 'Mindfulness Training as a Clinical Intervention: A Conceptual and Empirical Review' in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10, pp125-140
• Baer R.A., Smith G.T., Hopkins J., Krietemeyer J. & Toney L. (2006), 'Using Self-report Assessment Methods to Explore Facets of Mindfulness', in Assessment, 13, pp27-45
• Bernhard J., Kristeller J. & Kabat-Zinn J. (1988), 'Effectiveness of Relaxation and Visualization Techniques as an Adjunct to Phototherapy and Photochemotherapy of Psoriasis', Journal of American Academy of Dermatology, 19:572-73
• Bishop S., Lau M., & Shapiro S. et al (2004), 'Mindfulness: A Proposed Theoretical Operational Definition', in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 11, pp230-241
• Breslin F.C., Zack M. & McMain S. (2002), 'An Information-processing Analysis of Mindfulness: Implications for Relapse Prevention in the Treatment of Substance Abuse', in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 9, pp275-299
• Carson J.W., Carson K.M., Gil K.M. & Baucom D.H. (2004), 'Mindfulness-based Relationship Enhancement', in Behaviour Therapy, 35, pp471-494
• Chadwick P., Newman Taylor K. & Abba N. (2005), 'Mindfulness Groups for People With Psychosis', in Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, 33, pp351-359
• Davidson R., Kabat-Zinn J., & Schumacher J. et al. (2003), 'Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation', in Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, pp564-570
• Elliston P. (2001), 'Mindfulness in Medicine and Everyday Life', in British Medical Journal, 323, ppS2-7322
• Epstein R.M. (1999), 'Mindful Practice', Journal of the American Medical Association, 282, pp833-839
• Evans J. (2006), 'Mindfulness From a Cognitive Therapy Perspective: Theoretical and Clinical Implications', in Clinical Psychology Forum, 158, pp5-8
• Fennell M.J.V. (2004), 'Depression, Low Self-esteem and Mindfulness', in Behaviour Research & Therapy, 42, pp1053-1067
• Grossman P., Niemann M.A., Schmidt S., & Walach H., (2003), 'Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Health Benefits: A Meta-Analysis' (in Press), Journal of Psychosomatic Research
• Hayes S. (2002), 'Acceptance, Mindfulness and Science', in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 9, pp101-106
• Kabat-Zinn J. (1996), 'Mindfulness Meditation: What it is, What it isn’t, And Its Role in Health Care and Medicine', in Haruli Y., Ishii Y., and Suzuki M. Comparitive and Psychological Study on Meditation, Eburon, Netherlands, pp 161-169
• Kabat-Zinn J. (1982), 'An Out-patient Program in Behavioral Medicine for Chronic Pain Patients Based on the Practice of Mindfulness Meditation: Theoretical Considerations and Preliminary Results', in General Hospital Psychiatry, 4:33-47
• Kabat-Zinn J. (1990), Full Catastrophe Living: The Program of the Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Dell, New York
• Kabat-Zinn J. (2003), 'Mindfulness-based Interventions in Context: Past, Present and Future', in Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, 10, pp144-156
• Kabat-Zinn J. & Chapman-Waldrop A.(1988), 'Compliance With an Outpatient Stress Reduction Program: Rates and Predictors of Completion', in Journal of Behavioural Medicine, 11:333-352
• Kabat-Zinn J., Chapman A., & Salmon P. (1997), 'The Relationship of Cognitive and Somatic Components of Anxiety to Patient Preference for Alternative Relaxation Techniques', in Mind/Body Medicine 2:101-109
• Kabat-Zinn J., Lipworth L., Burney R. & Sellers W. (1986), 'Four Year Follow-up of a Meditation-based Program for the Self-regulation of Chronic Pain: Treatment Outcomes and Compliance', in Clinical Journal of Pain, 2:159-173
• Kabat-Zinn J., Massions A.O., Kristeller J., & Peterson et al. (1992), 'Effectiveness of a Meditation-based Stress Reduction Program in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders', in American Journal of Psychiatry, 149, pp936-943
• Kabat-Zinn J., Wheeler E., Light T., Skillings A., Scharf M.S., Cropley T. G., Hosmer D., & Bernhard J. (1998), 'Influence of a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Intervention on Rates of Skin Clearing in Patients With Moderate to Severe Psoriasis Undergoing Phototherapy (UVB) and Photochemotherapy (PUVA)', in Psychosomatic Medicine, 60: pp625-632
• Kenny M.A. & Williams J.M.G. (2007), 'Treatment-resistant Depressed Patients Show a Good Response to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy', in Behaviour Research & Therapy, 45, pp617-625
• Lau M.A., Segal Z.V. & Williams J.M.G. (2004), 'Teasdale’s Differential Activation Hypothesis: Implications for Mechanisms of Depressive Relapse and Suicidal Behaviour', in Behaviour Research & Therapy, 42, pp1001-1017
• Linehan M.M. (1993), Cognitive Behavioural Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder, Guilford, New York
• Linehan M.M., Armstrong H.E., Suarez A., Allmon D. & Heard H. (1991), 'Cognitive Behavioural Treatment of Chronically Parasuicidal Borderline Patients', in Archives of General Psychiatry, 48, pp1060-1064
• Lutz A., Greishar L.L., Roawlings M.B., Richard M. & Davidson R.J. (2004), 'Long-term Meditators Self-induce High Amplitude Gamma Synchrony During Mental Practice', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101, pp16369-16373
• Ma J. & Teasdale J.D. (2004), 'Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: Replication and Exploration of Differential Relapse Prevention Effects', Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 72, pp31-40
• Mason O. & Hargreaves I. (2001), 'A Qualitative Study of Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Depression', in British Journal of Medical Psychology, 74, pp197-212
• Massion A.O., Teas J., Hebert J.R., Wertheimer M.D., & Kabat-Zinn J. (1995), 'Meditation, Melatonin, and Breast/prostate Cancer: Hypothesis and Preliminary Data, in Medical Hypotheses 44:39-46
• Miller J., Fletcher K. & Kabat-Zinn J. (1995), 'Three Year Follow-up and Clinical Implications of a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction Intervention in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders', in General Hospital Psychiatry, 17, pp192-200
• Ockene J., Sorensen G., Kabat-Zinn J., Ockene I.S., & Donnelly G. (1988), 'Benefits and Costs of Lifestyle Change to Reduce Risk of Chronic Disease', in Preventive Medicine, 17:224-234
• Ockene J.K., Ockene I.S., Kabat-Zinn J., Greene H.L., and Frid D. (1990), 'Teaching Risk-factor Counseling Skills to Medical Students, House Staff, and Fellows', in American Journal of Preventative Medicine, 6 (#2), pp35-42
• Saxe G., Hebert J., Carmody J., Kabat-Zinn J., Rosenzweig P., Jarzobski D., Reed G., & Blute R. (2001), 'Can Diet, in Conjunction With Stress Reduction, Affect the Rate of Increase in Prostate-specific Antigen After Biochemical Recurrence of Prostate Cancer?', in Journal of Urology, In Press
• Segal Z.V, Teasdale J.D., & Williams J.M.G. (2004), 'Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy: Theoretical Rationale and Empirical Status, in Hayes S., Follette V., & Linehan M.M. (Eds) Mindfulness and acceptance: Expanding the Cognitive Behavioural Tradition, Guilford, New York
• Segal Z.V., Teasdale J.D., Williams J.M.G. & Gemar M.C. (2002), 'The Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Adherence Scale: Inter-rater Reliability, Adherence to Protocol and Treatment Distinctiveness' in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 9, pp131-138
• Smith A. (2004), 'Clinical Uses of Mindfulness Training for Older People, in Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, 32, pp432-430
• Surawy C., Roberts J. & Silver A. (2005), 'The Effect of Mindfulness Training on Mood and Measures of Fatigue, Activity, and Quality of Life in Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on a Hospital Waiting List: A Series of Exploratory Studies', in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 33, pp103-109
• Teasdale J., (1999), 'Emotional Processing, Three Modes of Mind and the Prevention of Relapse in Depression', in Behavior Research and Therapy, 37 s53-s77
• Teasdale J., (1999), 'Metacognition, Mindfulness and the Modification of Mood Disorders', in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 6, pp146-155
• Teasdale J.D., Segal Z.V., & Williams J.M.G, (2003), 'Mindfulness Training and Problem Formulation', in Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10(2): pp157-160.
• Teasdale J.D., Segal Z.V., & Williams J.M.G. et al. (2000), 'Prevention of Relapse/Recurrence in Major Depression by Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy', in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68(4): pp615-23
• Teasdale J.D., Segal Z.V., & Williams J.M.G., (1995), 'How Does Cognitive Therapy Prevent Depressive Relapse and Why Should Attentional Control (Mindfulness) Training Help?', in Behavioral Research and Therapy, 33, pp25-39
• Teasdale J.D. (2004), 'Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy', in Yiend J. (Ed.), Cognition, Emotion and Psychopathology, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Teasdale J.D., Moore R.G., Hayhurst H., Pope M., Williams S. & Segal Z.V. (2002), 'Metacognitive Awareness and Prevention of Relapse in Depression: Empirical Evidence', in Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 70, pp275-287
• Teasdale J.D., Segal Z.V., Williams J.M.G., Ridgeway V., Soulsby J. & Lau M. (2000), 'Reducing Risk of Recurrence of Major Depression Using Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy', in Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 68, pp615-23
• Urbanowski F.B. & Miller J.J. (1996), 'Trauma, Psychotherapy, and Meditation', in Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 28, pp31-48
• Williams J.M.G., Duggan D.S., Crane C. & Fennell M.J.V. (2006), 'Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for Prevention of Recurrence of Suicidal Behaviour', in Journal of Clinical Psychology, In Session (www.interscience.wiley.com)
• Williams J.M.G., Teasdale J.D., Segal Z.V. & Soulsby J. (2000), 'Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy Reduces Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory in Formerly Depressed Patients, in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109, pp150-155

Asperger’s Syndrome and Mindfulness

• Benson, B. A. (1992). Teaching anger management to persons with mental retardation. Worthington, OH: International Diagnostic Systems.
• Benson, B. A. (1994). Anger management training: A self-control program for people with mild mental retardation. In N. Bouras (Ed.), Mental health in mental retardation (pp. 224-232). Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.
• Benson, B. A., Rice, C. J., & Miranti, S.V. (1986). Effects of anger management training with mentally retarded adults in group treatment. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
• Kasari, C. & Rotheram-Fuller, E. (2005). Current trends in psychological research on children with high-functioning autism and Asperger’s disorder. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 18, 497-501.
• Kruer, A. The Application of Mindfulness Practice with Clients with Autism. PSY 717: Mindfulness in Clinical Practice. Summer 2009
• Mitchell, C. (2009). Asperger’s syndrome and mindfulness: Taking refuge in the Buddha. London, England: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• Singh, et al. (2008). Mindfulness training for adolescents with externalizing disorders and their parents. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. Vol 36(2) pp. 193-209.
• Singh, NN, Lancioni GE, Winton AS, Singh J., Curtis WJ, Wahler RG, and McAleavey KM .A Mindfulness-Based Health Wellness Program for an Adolescent With Prader-Willi Syndrome Behav Modif March 2008 32: 167-181
• Singh, N. S., Lancioni, Giulio., et. al., (2007). Mindfulness training assists individuals

with moderate mental retardation to maintain their community placements. Behavior Modification, 31, 800-814.

• Singh, NN, Lancioni GE, Winton ASW, Fisher BC, Wahler G., McAleavey K., Singh J., and Sabaawi M. Mindful Parenting Decreases Aggression, Noncompliance, and Self-Injury in Children with Autism. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2006

Children and young people

• Birnbaum L., 2005 Jun 23, Adolescent aggression and differentiation of self: guided mindfulness meditation in the service of individuation. The Scientific World Journal resource. Vol. 5, 478-489.
• Bootzin R. R. and Stevens S. J., 2005 Clinical Psychology Review, 25 (5), 629-644.
• Greco L. A., Blackledge J. T., Coyne L.W., and Ehrenreich J., 2005, Integrating Acceptance and Mindfulness into Treatments for Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as an Example. Susan M. Orsillo and Lizabeth Roemer (eds.) Acceptance and mindfulness-based approaches to anxiety: Conceptualization and treatment, (Series in anxiety and related disorders) New York: Springer Science + Business Media.
• Napoli M., 2005, Mindfulness Training for Elementary School Students: The Attention Academy. Journal of Applied School Psychology, 21 (1), 99-125.
• Semple R. J., Reid E.F.G. and Miller L., 2006, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy for children. Chapter 7 in Ruth Baer (ed.) Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician's Guide to Evidence Base and Applications (Practical Resources for the Mental Health Professional Series). New York: Elsevier Academic Press.
• Semple R. J., Reid E.F.G. and Miller L., 2005, Treating anxiety with mindfulness: An open trial of mindfulness training for anxious children. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 19 (4), 379-392.
• Singh N.N., Wechsler H. A., Curits W. J., Sabaawi M. et al., 2002, Effects of role-play and mindfulness training on enhancing the family friendliness of the admissions treatment team process. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 10 (2), 90-98.
• Wagner E. E., Rathus J.H., and Miller A.L., 2006, Mindfulness in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for adolescents. Chapter 8 in Ruth Baer (ed.) Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician's Guide to Evidence Base and Applications Practical

Eating Disorders and Mindfulness

• Albers, Susan. Eating Mindfully: how to end mindless eating & enjoy a balanced relationship with food. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, 2003.
• Altman, Donald. 12-Weeks to Mindful Eating: A Step-By-Step Guide to Creating a Healthy Relationship with Food, Weight, and Body. www.mindfulpractices.com: Moon Lake Media , 2006 .
• Altman, Donald. Art of the Inner Meal. 2nd edition. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1999.
• Altman, Donald. Meal By Meal: 365 Daily Meditations for Finding Balance Through Mindful Eating. Maui: Inner Ocean Pub., 2004.
• Baer, R. A., Fischer, S., & Huss, D. B. (2005). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy applied to binge eating: a case study. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 12,351–358.
• Baer, R. A., Fischer, S., & Huss, D. B. (in press, b). Mindfulness and acceptance in the treatment of disordered eating. Journal of Rational Emotive and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
• Bays, Jan Chozen. Mindful Eating: A guide to Rediscovering a healthy and Joyful Relationship with Food. Boston: Shambhala, 2009.
• Burggraf, Frederick and Megrette Hammond. Discover mindful eating: a resource of handouts for health professionals. Charlotte Hall, MD: DayOne Publishing, 2005.
• Campbell, Dawn L. The Tea Book. Louisiana: Pelican Books, 1995.

Cousens, Gabriel. Conscious Eating. North Atlantic Books, 2000. Curry, Brother Rick. The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking. New York: HarperCollins, 1995.

• Dogen, Eihei and Kosho Uchiyama. From the Zen Kitchen to Enlightenment. New York: Weatherhill, Inc., 1983.
• Garward N, McGrain L, Palmer B, Birchall H: The application of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to the treatment of eating disorders and co-morbid borderline personality disorder, in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Eating Disorders. McLean, Va, Academy for Eating Disorders, 2000, p 9
• Gerrard, Don. One Bowl: A Guide to Eating for Body and Spirit. Da Capo Press, 2001.
• Glassman, Bernard and Rick Fields. Instructions to the Cook. Boston & London: Bell Tower, 1996.
• Heschel, Abraham Joshua. The Sabbath. New York: The Noonday Press, 1996.
• Kabatznick, Ronna. The Zen of Eating. Perigee Trade, 1998 .
• Kay, Annie B. Every Bite Is Divine. Life Arts Press, 2007.
• Kristeller, J.L. (2003) Mindfulness, wisdom and eating: Applying a multi-domain model of meditation effects. Journal Of Constructivism In the Human Sciences. 8 (2), 107-118.
• Kristeller, J. L., Baer, R. A., & Quillian-Wolever, R. (2006). Mindfulness-based approaches to eating disorders. In R. Baer R (Ed.), Mindfulness and acceptance based interventions: conceptualization, application, and empirical support(pp. 75–91). San Diego, CA: Elsevier.
• Lavander, J. M., Jardin, B. F., & Anderson, D. A. (2009). Bulimic symptoms in undergraduate men and women: Contributions of Mindfulness and thought suppression. Eating Behaviors, 10, 228–231.
• Levitt, J., Sansone, R., & Cohn, L. (2004). Self-harm behavior and eating disorders: Dynamics, assessment and treatment. New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge.
• Paul, T., Schroeter, K., Dahme, B., & Nutzinger, D. O. (2002). Self-injurious behavior in women with eating disorders. American Journal of Psychiatry, 159, 408e411.
• Proulx, K. (2008). Experiences of women with bulimia nervosa in a mindfulnessbased eating disorder treatment group. Eating Disorders, 16, 52–72.
• Rocío Guardiola Wanden-Berghe, Javier Sanz-Valero & Carmina Wanden-Berghe (2010): The Application of Mindfulness to Eating Disorders Treatment: A Systematic Review, Eating Disorders, 19:1, 34-48
• Ross, S., Heath, N. L., & Toste, J. R. (2009). Non-suicidal self-injury and eating pathology in high school students. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 9(1), 83e92.
• Schatz, Hale Sofia and Shira Shaiman. If the Buddha Came to Dinner. Hyperion, 2007.

Schneider, Sarah. Eating as Tikun. Jerusalem: Friends of A Still Small Voice, 2001.

• Sen XV, Soshitsu. Tea Life, Tea Mind. New York & Tokyo: Weatherhill, Inc., 1995.
• Somov, Pavel. Eating the Moment. New Harbinger Publications, 2008.

Svirko, E., & Hawton, K. (2007). Self-injurious behavior and eating disorders: The extent and nature of the association.Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior, 37(4), 409e421.

• Tribole, Evelyn and Elyse Resch. Intuitive Eating. St. Martin’s Griffin, 2003.
• Wilson GT, Fairburn CG, Agras WS: Cognitive-behavioral therapy for bulimia nervosa, in Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders. Edited by Garner DM, Garfinkel PE. New York, Guilford Press, 1997, pp 67–93
• Wilson, K. G., & Dufrene, T. (2008). Mindfulness for two: An acceptance and commitment therapy approach to mindfulness in psychotherapy. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
• Zeckhausen, Dina. Full Mouse, Empty Mouse: A Tale of Food and Feelings. Magination Press—American Psychological Association, 2007.

Mindfulness and Psychotherapy Books

• Bien, T., 2006. Mindful Therapy. Wisdom Publications.
• Chadwick, P., 2006, Person Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressing Psychosis (includes chapter on the use of mindfulness), John Wiley and Sons Ltd.
• Epstein, M., 2002, Going on Being: Buddhism and the Way of Change. Broadway.
• Epstein, M., 1996, Thoughts without a thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective., Basic Books.
• Epstein, M., 1999, Going to pieces without falling apart: A Buddhist perspective on wholeness. Broadway, Reprint Edition.
• Germer,C.K., Siegel, R.D., Fulton, P.R., 2005, Mindfulness and Psychotherapy. New York: Guilford.
• Gilbert, P., 2005, Compassion: Conceptualisations, Research and Use in Psychotherapy. Brunner-Routledge.
• Hayes S., 2005. Get out of you mind and into your life (a self-help manual of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), New Harbinger.
• Kingerlee R. 2006. The Therapy Experience - how human kindness heals. PCCS Books.
• Orsillo S.M. (Ed), Roemer L. (Ed), 2005, Acceptance- and Mindfulness-Based Approaches to Anxiety: Conceptualization and Treatment (series in Anxiety & Related Disorders), Springer.
• Safran J.D., (Ed), 2003, Psychoanalysis and Buddhism: An unfolding dialogue. Wisdom Publications, Somerville, MA.
• Segall, S.R., (Ed) 2003, Encountering Buddhism, Western Psychology and Buddhist Teachings, State University of New York Press, Albany, NY.
• Wellings & McCormick, 2005, „Nothing to Lose, Psychotherapy, Buddhism and Living Life‟, Continuum

Journal articles

• Atwood, J.D., Maltin, L., 1991, „Putting Eastern Philosophies into Western Psychotherapies‟, American Journal of Psychotherapy, XLV(3), 368-382.
• Cohen, A., 2000, „Self-grasping, or...do you really have to be somebody before you can be nobody? – an interview with Jack Engler‟, What is Enlightenment?, Spring/Summer, 95-171.
• Deatherage, G., 1975, „The Clinical Use of „Mindfulness‟ Meditation Techniques in Short-Term Psychotherapy‟, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 7(2), 133-143.
• Engler, J., 1984, „Therapeutic Aims in Psychotherapy and Mediation: Developmental Stages in the Representation of Self‟, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 16(1), 25-61.
• Epstein, M., 1988, „The Deconstruction of the Self: Ego and “Egolessness” in Buddhist Insight Meditation‟, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 20(1), 61-69.
• Goleman, D., 1981, „Buddhist and Western Psychology: Some Commonalities and Differences‟, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 13(2), 125-136.
• Kelly, G.F., 1996, „Using Meditative Techniques in Psychotherapy‟, Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 36(3), 49-66.
• Speeth, K.R., 1982, „On Psychotherapeutic Attention‟, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 14(2), 96-159.
• Tart, C.T., Deikman, A.J., 1991, „Mindfulness, Spiritual Seeking and Psychotherapy‟, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 23(1), 29-52.
• Welwood, J., 1980. „Reflections on Psychotherapy, Focusing, and Meditation‟, Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 12(2), 127-141.

Mindfulness Based Approaches

• Baer R.E., 2005, Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches, First Edition: Clinician‟s Guide to Evidence Base and Applications (Practical Resources for the Mental health Professional); Academic Press.
• Crane R.S. 2008, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. Routledge.
• Kabat-Zinn J, 1990, Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain and Illness, Delta.
• Kabat-Zinn J. Mindfulness meditation for everyday life. Piatkus.
• Kabat-Zinn J. 2005, Coming to Our Senses: Healing Ourselves and the World Through Mindfulness. Piatkus.
• Santorelli S.1999, Heal Thyself: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine, Bell. Tower.
• Segal Z.V., Williams J.M.G. & Teasdale J.D, 2002, Mindfulness–based Cognitive Therapy for Depression. A New Approach to Preventing Relapse. Guilford Press.
• Williams J.M.G., Segal Z.V., Teasdale J.D. & Kabat-Zinn J., 2007, The Mindful Way through Depression. Guilford Press.

Neuroscience and Mindfulness

• Begley S. Train your Mind, Change your Brain.
• Britta K. Hölzel, James Carmody, Mark Vangel, Christina Congleton, Sita M. Yerramsetti, Tim Gard, Sara W. Lazar. Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 2011; 191 (1): 36 DOI
• Davidson RJ, Kabat-Zinn J, Schumacher J, Rosenkranz M, Muller D, Santorelli SF, Urbanowski F, Harrington A, Bonus K, Sheridan JF. Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation. Psychosom Med. 2003 Jul-Aug;65(4):564-70.
• Hölzel BK, Carmody J, Vangel M, Congleton C, Yerramsetti SM, Gard T, Lazar SW. Mindfulness practice leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density. Psychiatry Res. 2011 Jan 30;191(1):36-43. Epub 2010 Nov 10.
• Hölzel BK, Ott U, Gard T, Hempel H, Weygandt M, Morgen K, Vaitl D. Investigation of mindfulness meditation practitioners with voxel-based morphometry. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2008 Mar;3(1):55-61. Epub 2007 Dec 3.
• Hölzel BK, Carmody J, Evans KC, Hoge EA, Dusek JA, Morgan L, Pitman RK, Lazar SW. Stress reduction correlates with structural changes in the amygdala. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2010 Mar;5(1):11-7. Epub 2009 Sep 23.
• Jha AP, Krompinger J, Baime MJ. Mindfulness training modifies subsystems of attention. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2007 Jun;7(2):109-19.
• Kelley, W.M., Macrae, C.N., Wyland, C.L., Caglar, S., Inati, S., Heatherton, T.F. (2002). Finding the self? An event-related fMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 14, 785–94.
• Kilpatrick LA, Suyenobu BY, Smith SR, Bueller JA, Goodman T, Creswell JD, Tillisch K, Mayer EA, Naliboff BD. Impact of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction training on intrinsic brain connectivity. Neuroimage. 2011 May 1;56(1):290-8. Epub 2011 Feb 18.
• Lazar, S.W., Kerr, C.E., Wasserman, R.H., Gray, J.R., Greve, D.N., Treadway, M.T., et al. (2005). Meditation experience is associated with increased cortical thickness. Neuroreport, 16, 1893–7.
• Norman A. S. Farb, Zindel V. Segal, Helen Mayberg, Jim Bean, Deborah McKeon, Zainab Fatima, and Adam K. Anderson. Attending to the present: mindfulness meditation reveals distinct neural modes of self-reference. SCAN (2007) 2, 313–322
• Ruby, P., Decety, J. (2004). How would you feel versus how do you think she would feel? a neuroimaging study of perspective-taking with social emotions. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 16, 988–99.

Resources for the Mental Health Professional Series. New York: Elsevier Academic Press

• Baer R.A., 2003, „Mindfulness Training as a Clinical Intervention: A Conceptual and Empirical Review,‟ Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10(2): 125-143.
• Grossman P. Niemann M.A. Schmidt S. Walach H., 2003, „Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Health Benefits: A Meta-Analysis,‟ (In Press), Journal of Psychosomatic Research.
• Kabat-Zinn J. 2003, ‟Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Context:Past, Present and Future‟, Clinical Psychology Science and Practice, 10. 144-156.
• Ma S.H. Teasdale J.D. 2002, ‘Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for depression: replication and exploration of differential relapse prevention effects‟, Journal Consulting and Clinical Psychology
• Mason O.J. Hargreaves I. 2001. „A qualitative study of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for depression‟, British Journal Medical Psychology, 74, 197-212.
• Teasdale J. 1999, „Emotional Processing, three modes of mind and the prevention of relapse in depression‟, Behavior Research and Therapy, 37 s53-s77.
• Teasdale J. 1999, „Metacognition, mindfulness and the modification of mood disorders‟, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 6, 146-155.
• Teasdale, J.D., Segal, Z.V., Williams, J.M.G, 2003, „Mindfulness Training and Problem Formulation‟, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10(2): 157-160.
• Teasdale, J.D., Segal, Z.V., Williams J.M.G. et al., 2000, „Prevention of relapse/recurrence in major depression by Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy‟, Journal Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68(4): 615-23.
• Teasdale, J.D., Segal, Z.V., Williams, J.M.G., 1995, „How does cognitive therapy prevent depressive relapse and why should attentional control (mindfulness) training help?‟ Behavioral Research and Therapy, 33, 25-39.
• Williams, J.M.G., Teasdale, J.D, Segal, Z.V, Soulsby, J., 2000,„Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Reduces Overgeneral Autobiographical Memory in Formerly Depressed Patients‟, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 109(1), 150-155.

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