Applying Mindfulness-Based Practices in Child Psychiatry.
Study Goal
The researchers aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and relevance of mindfulness-based interventions for clinical presentations such as anxiety, depression, ADHD, and addiction, as well as its potential to promote brain health.
Results Summary
The study found that mindfulness-based interventions show promise in improving attentional control and emotional regulation, with evidence supporting their use for various clinical conditions. Mindfulness may also serve as a universal strategy to enhance brain health in children and families.
Population
Adults, children, and families, including those presenting for psychiatric care.
Effective Dosage
Not specified
Duration
Not specified
Interactions
None mentioned
| Intervention | Direction | Endpoint | Population | Dosage | Impact | Claim # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mindfulness-based interventions | neutral | a range of clinical presentations, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, and addiction | adults, children, and families | - | supports use | #1 |
Mindfulness | increase | key brain-based functions including attentional control and emotional regulation | - | - | suggests improvements | #2 |
Mindfulness | increase | emotional and behavioral symptoms | children and families presenting for psychiatric care | - | may be relevant for improving | #3 |
Mindfulness | increase | brain health | - | - | may be an important universal strategy to promote | #4 |
Mindfulness-based interventions for adults, children, and families have grown considerably, and burgeoning evidence supports use of these approaches for a range of clinical presentations, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, and addiction. Research into the mechanisms of mindfulness suggests improvements in key brain-based functions including attentional control and emotional regulation. Mindfulness may be relevant for improving emotional and behavioral symptoms in children and families presenting for psychiatric care and also may be an important universal strategy to promote brain health. Child psychiatrists should be familiar with mindfulness-based clinical programs and also may seek to develop mindfulness-based strategies to use in clinical practice.