Psychiatry and Psychology

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

A therapeutic intervention designed to improve PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING through reduced ANXIETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; DISTRESS and improved mood by increased mindfulness.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A therapeutic intervention designed to improve PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING through reduced ANXIETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS; DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS; DISTRESS and improved mood by increased mindfulness.

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Synonyms

8 entry terms
  • MBSR Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Therapy
  • MBSR Therapies
  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction
  • Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reductions
  • Stress Reduction, Mindfulness-Based
  • Therapy, MBSR

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

Indexers: Do not use. Use MINDFULNESS and STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL instead.

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History Note

2025

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Previous Indexing

  • Mindfulness (2013-2024)
  • Stress, Psychological (1998-2024)

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  1. F02w.463w.551w.250w
  2. F04.754w.137w.350w.500w.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000099024. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000099024
  2. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindfulness-based_stress_reduction
  3. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q341036