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Article: Mindfulness training boosts CBT in social phobia.(Adult Psychiatry)(Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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BOSTON -- Mindfulness training was shown to enhance cognitive-behavioral task-concentration techniques used to treat social phobia, Susan M. Bogels, Ph.D., reported at the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
Dr. Bogels' findings are based on the preliminary results of a Dutch study involving 10 patients diagnosed with social phobia, as measured by the Social Phobia and Anxiety Inventory.
Patients were randomized to receive either combination therapy--mindfulness training plus task-concentration techniques--or task-concentration therapy alone.
Those who received combination therapy showed more significant ...