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Do mindfulness interventions cause harm? Findings from the Learning to Apply Mindfulness to Pain (LAMP) Pragmatic Clinical Trial.
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Burgess DJ, Calvert C, Bangerter A, Branson M, Cross LJS, Evans R, Ferguson JE, Friedman JK, Hagel Campbell EM, Haley AC, Hennessy S, Kraft C, Mahaffey M, Matthias MS, Meis LA, Serpa JG, Taylor SL, Taylor BCAbstract
Although mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are widely used in clinical and nonclinical settings, there has been little systematic study of their potential risks. To address this gap, we examined differences in psychological and physical worsening among participants in the usual care and intervention conditions of a 3-group, randomized pragmatic trial (Learning to Apply Mindfulness to Pain [LAMP]) that tested the effectiveness of 2 approaches to delivering MBIs to patients with chronic pain.