This secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial assesses patient-reported anxiety, depression, and quality of life among patients receiving mindfulness-based stress reduction vs escitalopram for the treatment of anxiety disorders.
In this article, we consider the use of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) (Kabat-Zinn, 1991) as a community-based intervention to reduce health disparities for low-income, predominantly African American women with a history of intimate partner violence (IPV) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This article presents our rationale for using MBSR as an intervention with this...