Mindfulness and Mental Health: Therapy, Theory and Science

Being mindful can help people feel calmer and more fully alive. "Mindfulness and Mental Health" examines other effects it can also have and presents a significant new model of how mindful awareness may influence different forms of mental suffering, The book assesses current understandings of what mindfulness is, what it leads to, and how and when it can help. It looks at the roots and significance of mindfulness in Buddhist psychology and at the strengths and limitations of recent scientific investigations. As a cogent summary of the field that addresses many key questions, "Mindfulness and Mental Health" is likely to help therapists from all professional backgrounds in getting to grips with developments that are becoming too significant to ignore.