Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Mindful walking in psychologically distressed individuals: a randomized controlled trial

Michael Teut, E. J. Roesner, Miriam Ortiz, Frauke Reese, Sylvia Binting, Stephanie Roll, et al.
PubMed Summary & key facts 2013 50 citations

This randomized trial put 74 adults with moderate-to-high perceived stress into either an 8-session mindful walking program over 4 weeks or a waiting-list control. After 4 weeks, the mindful walking group had a much larger drop in perceived stress scores than the control group. The study also reported better quality-of-life…

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