Mindfulness-based interventions for psychiatric disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Clinical Psychology Review February 1, 2018 Simon B. Goldberg, Raymond P. Tucker, Preston A. Greene et al.
Mindfulness-based interventions are superior to no treatment, minimal treatment, non-specific active controls, and specific active controls for reducing disorder-specific symptoms in clinical populations at post-treatment, with effect sizes ranging from d=0.23 to d=0.55. At follow-up, mindfulness-based interventions remain superior to no treatment, non-specific active controls, and specific active controls (d=0.29 to d=0.52). They do not differ from evidence-based treatments at either post-treatment or follow-up. The most consistent evidence supports mindfulness for depression, pain conditions, smoking, and addictive disorders. These findings suggest mindfulness-based interventions are effective evidence-based treatments.