Detached mindfulness as a stand-alone intervention: a Systematic Review and meta-analysis
Frontiers in Psychiatry April 15, 2026 Samuel G. Myers, Stian Solem
Background Detached Mindfulness (DM) is a central, transdiagnostic technique within Metacognitive Therapy (MCT). It involves increasing meta-awareness of intrusions while decentring from and disengaging with them, and is used to reduce the Cognitive Attentional Syndrome and dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs—key components of the metacognitive model of psychological disorders. Although DM is...