Mindfulness in Academic Journals
Information courtesy of the American Mindfulness Resource Association.
International Mindfulness Integrity (IMI) Network
a) A Framework for the Integrity of Mindfulness-Based Programs, Ethics and Standards, revised June 2024, A Living Document, Authored by the Transitional Working Party for the International Integrity Network of Mindfulness-Based Programs and Colleagues.
b) Article: Tending the Field of Mindfulness-Based Programs: The Development of International Integrity Guidelines for Teachers and Teacher Training, Maura Kenny, MBChB, MRCPsych, Patricial Luck, MBChB, MPhil, MSc, and Lynn Koerbel, MPH, Global Advances in Health and Medicine Vol. 9: 1-10, Sage.com/journals-permissions, 2020
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs. Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults with Anxiety Disorders
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs. Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults with Anxiety Disorders, A Randomized Clinical Trial, Elizabeth A. Hoge, MD, Eric Bui, MD, PhD, Mihriye Mete, PhD, et al., JAMA Psychiatry, Vol. 80, No. 1, published online November 9, 2022.
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2798510
Article:
a) Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Is as Effective as an Antidepressant Drug for Treating Anxiety Disorders, Georgetown University Medical Center, Featured NeurosciencePsychology, November 9, 2022
“This Loving-Kindness Meditation is a Radical Act of Love” by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Article:
This Loving-Kindness Meditation is a Radical Act of Love, Jon Kabat-Zinn, February 10, 2023
Article in Mindful includes a link to Dr. Kabat-Zinn leading a full-length audio version of the practice.
Some Reflections on the Origins of MBSR, Skillful Means, and the Trouble With Maps (PDF)
The following article by Jon Kabat-Zinn explores the foundations of MBSR and the importance of meditation practice and retreat attendance.
“As I will recount a bit further along, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) was developed as one of a possibly infinite number of skillful means for bringing the dharma into mainstream settings.1 It has never been about MBSR for its own sake. It has always been about the M. And the M is a very big M, as I attempt to describe in this paper. That said, the quality of MBSR as an intervention is only as good as the MBSR instructor and his or her understanding of what is required to deliver a truly . . . . “
Download the original PDF article here: kabat-zinn-on-mbsr-origins.PDF
Contemporary Buddhism, Vol. 12, No. 1, May 2011 ISSN 1463-9947 print/1476-7953 online/11/010281-306 q 2011 Taylor & Francis DOI: 10.1080/14639947.2011.564844