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Mindfulness and anxiety disorders
developing a wise relationship with the inner experience of fear
pp. 171-188
Abstract
Perhaps no condition better illustrates the intimate relationship between brain and behavior – mind and body – as the inner experience of fear. In this chapter, we present an integrative scientific view of anxiety and clinical anxiety disorders, with an emphasis on awareness and acceptance as a foundation for mind/body health. Whereas anxiety-related psychopathology is characterized by a desire to avoid the inner experience of fear, we postulate that practicing mindfulness can promote a wise and accepting relationship with one's internal cognitive, emotional, and physical experience, even during times of intense fear or worry.
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Published in:
Didonna Fabrizio (2009) Clinical handbook of mindfulness. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 171-188
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09593-6_11
Full citation:
Greeson Jeffrey, Brantley Jeffrey (2009) „Mindfulness and anxiety disorders: developing a wise relationship with the inner experience of fear“, In: F. Didonna (ed.), Clinical handbook of mindfulness, Dordrecht, Springer, 171–188.