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The article I chose deals with one study done on the effect of mindfulness-based intervention on individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. This population deals with significant and persistent symptoms of anxiety. Although mindfulness has been widely used to help individuals without psychosis, the authors claim that theirs is the first study in adapting mindfulness to [...]

According to Carter, (2006), one cannot conclude that particular treatments are clearly better than other treatments or clearly better than treatment as usual in the community. The research literature thus supports clinicians’ experiential knowledge that psychotherapy works but does not offer them specific information about what to do when or with whom to provide effective [...]