Awareness of the Body in Mental Health Care
Journal of Nursing & Healthcare December 6, 2018 DOI: 10.33140/jnh/03/04/00003 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Practical guide or manual Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Population | Cardiology patients with anxiety and mood complaints (in the reported group training) |
| Intervention | Mindfulness group training |
| Key points | Argues that the body should play a larger role in mental health care because bodily responses can test patients' dysfunctional beliefs, and proposes body-oriented counterconditioning techniques, grounded in Lang's emotion theory, for anxiety and mood disorders. Reports on a short mindfulness group training for cardiology patients with anxiety and mood complaints, without stating outcomes in the abstract. |
Abstract
In mental health care, the body takes an undeserved, modest place. It is precisely the body that you can use you to test the beliefs of patients on functionality. Dysfunctional beliefs lead to dysfunctional emotions and corresponding response representations in the body. This is entirely in line with the therapeutic elaboration of Lang’s emotion theory. That is, linking existing stimulus representations to incompatible response and meaning representations. This practical paper introduces readers to body-oriented counter conditioning techniques and how to apply the principles of counter conditioning in various anxiety and mood disorders. A report is done from a short mindfulness group training for cardiology patients with anxiety and mood complaints.