Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Volume 5, Issue 5 , Pages 265-271 , September 2009

Mindfulness and Rumination: Does Mindfulness Training Lead to Reductions in the Ruminative Thinking Associated With Depression?

  • Mary Deyo, PsyD

      Affiliations

    • Pacific Graduate School of Psychology–Stanford Consortium, Palo Alto, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding Author. Address: 405 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA 94063
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  • Kimberly A. Wilson, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences, Stanford University, CA
    • ,
  • Jason Ong, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Cheryl Koopman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences, Stanford University, CA

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PII: S1550-8307(09)00210-9

doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2009.06.005

Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing
Volume 5, Issue 5 , Pages 265-271 , September 2009

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