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based cognitive therapy (MBCT),
which has helped many people
manage chronic, recurrent, relapsing
depression, often with less need for
anti-depressant medication. Even a
small reduction in medication use
can save money and reduce drug
side effects and the interactions
that can occur when multiple drugs
are taken together. Reducing drug
dependency can also increase feelings of self-control, empowerment
and hope. Specialized tailoring of
MBSR for those with anxiety is also
now available.
Mindfulness is clearly emerging
as one of the safest and most helpful
integrative mind-body approaches
for cancer survivors and their loved
ones.

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National Cancer Institute.
Psychological stress and cancer:
Questions and answers (www.cancer.
gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/
stress)
National Institute of Mental Health
fact sheet on stress (www.nimh.nih.
gov/health/publications/stress/factsheet-on-stress.shtml)
About the Author
Dr. Patterson is past president of
the Kentucky Academy of Family
Physicians and is board certified
in family medicine and integrative
holistic medicine. He is on the family practice faculty at the University
of Kentucky College of Medicine
and the University of Louisville
School of Medicine, Saybrook
University’s College of Integrative
Medicine and Health Sciences (San
Francisco) and the Center for Mind
Body Medicine (Washington, D.C.).
He operates the Mind Body Studio
in Lexington, where he offers integrative medicine consultations. He
can be reached through his Web site
at www.mindbodystudio.org.

Resources
A mindfulness-based stress reduction
workbook for anxiety. Stahl, MeleoMeyer, Koerbel (2014)
Mindfulness: An eight-week plan
for finding peace in a frantic world.
Williams and Penman (2012)
Mindfulness-based cancer recovery: A
step-by-step MBSR approach to help
you cope with treatment and reclaim
your life. Carlson and Speca (2011)

Lose the stress.
Love the savings.

Psychologists specializing
in psycho-oncology developed
MBCR by tailoring MBSR to cancer survivors and their families.
Like MBSR, MBCR is a therapeutic combination of gentle yoga,
body scan, sitting meditation,
walking meditation, lovingkindness and other meditative
practices. These practices can be
used during most stages of cancer
treatment as well as during recovery. Research suggests some cancer
survivors respond to stress management practices with improved
immune function and reduced
feelings of anxiety, depression,
confusion, fatigue and fears of cancer recurrence. Such psycho-edu-

cational programs can help some
cancer survivors more effectively
manage difficult symptoms and
treatment side effects. Some find
their internal capacity for healing
and strength for the first time and
learn to thrive despite the often
life-altering impact of cancer.
Anxiety and depression are two
of the most common mood disorders in people with or without
cancer. Research has shown mindfulness training, especially in a
structured, facilitated group experience, can significantly reduce
anxiety and depression. The
combination of MBSR and cognitive behavior therapy has led to
the development of mindfulness-

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