Mindfulness

Created by: Alice Tunley
Created on: 13-01-15 10:19

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Mindfulness
- It is about recognising how you think
  - Helps you realise that most of our thinking isn't actually true
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is about challenging negative thinking
  - Mindfulness CBT: Evidence based: Recurrent Depression
- Where as Mindfulness is about noticing that you are thinking negetively
  - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is about challenging negative thinking
    - Mindfulness CBT: Evidence based: Recurrent Depression
- Clinical Application: Not letting people get caught up in their thoughts and opening up possibilities to them
- Oak House
  - Many residents have troublesome mental experience which persists depsite medication
    - Residual Symptoms
  - Mindfulness incorporates an exposure technique, e.g. Stay with the voices don't ignore them
  - Enables calm but clear thinking, but is not a relaxation technique, because the mind is present
  - For both patients and staff it creates an awareness of self
- It helps you live an intentional life, to you own values, e.g. connecting with nature, getting a job outside.
  - Oak House
    - Many residents have troublesome mental experience which persists depsite medication
      - Residual Symptoms
    - Mindfulness incorporates an exposure technique, e.g. Stay with the voices don't ignore them
    - Enables calm but clear thinking, but is not a relaxation technique, because the mind is present
    - For both patients and staff it creates an awareness of self
- DBT: three characteristics of mindfulness: Dont judge, One minded; avoid divided attention, being wise.
- Acceptance Behavioural Therapy
  - ACCEPTANCE: right now, this is what is happening.
- Peter Chadwick: Parasympathetic Nervous System
Originates from Religion: Buddism

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