General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 192-200 , May 1995

Three-year follow-up and clinical implications of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction intervention in the treatment of anxiety disorders

  • John J. Miller, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Ken Fletcher, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
    • ,
  • Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Jon Kabat-Zinn, Ph.D., Stress Reduction Clinic, Department of Medicine-Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Central, Worcester, MA 01655.
    • the Stress Reduction Clinic, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

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☆ Presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA, March 11–13, 1993.

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General Hospital Psychiatry
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