Mindfulness therapy for somatization disorder and functional somatic syndromes: randomized trial with one-year follow-up.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research January 2013 Lone Overby Fjorback, Mikkel Arendt, Eva Ørnbøl et al.
To conduct a feasibility and efficacy trial of mindfulness therapy in somatization disorder and functional somatic syndromes such as fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome, and chronic fatigue syndrome, defined as bodily distress syndrome (BDS). We randomized 119 patients to either mindfulness therapy (mindfulness-based stress reduction and some cognitive behavioral therapy elements for BDS) or...