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Monday, March 14, 2011

Mindfulness Skills for Living with BPD

In the past decade, more and more psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals have incorporated mindfulness meditation training into their psychotherapy practice. Mindfulness meditation has many treatment applications, including major depressive disorder, chronic pain, generalized anxiety disorder, and borderline personality disorder (BPD).

Mindfulness meditation has been defined in many ways, but perhaps one of the most widely-used definitions comes from Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., (the creator of a treatment for stress and chronic pain called "Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction"), who defines mindfulness as "paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally." (MORE)

Source: about.com

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