| Descriptor English: | Mindfulness | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | 
                                Atención Plena                                        
                                        
                                                                                                                            
                                            
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Atenção Plena | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Pleine conscience | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | 
                                    Meditation, Mindfulness Mindfulness Meditation Mindfulness Meditations  | 
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| Tree number(s): | 
                                        F02.463.551 F04.754.137.350.500  | 
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| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D064866 | ||||||
| Scope note: | A psychological state of awareness, the practices that promote this awareness, a mode of processing information and a character trait. As a therapy mindfulness is defined as a moment-to-moment awareness of one's experience without judgment and as a state and not a trait. | 
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| Allowable Qualifiers: | 
                                                                        CL                                                            classification EC economics ED education ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence MT methods OG organization & administration SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends  | 
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| Previous Indexing: | 
                                                Cognitive Therapy (2000-2013) | 
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| Public MeSH Note: | 2014 | 
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| History Note: | 2014 | 
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| DeCS ID: | 55384 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D064866 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2014/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2013/07/08 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2024/04/18 | 
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                                        PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
 
Psychological Phenomena [F02]Psychological Phenomena - 
                                    
PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Behavioral Disciplines and Activities [F04]Behavioral Disciplines and Activities 
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                        Mindfulness                                            
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                        Mindfulness Meditation                                            
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                | Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M0584477 | 
                                
| Scope note | A psychological state of awareness, the practices that promote this awareness, a mode of processing information and a character trait. As a therapy mindfulness is defined as a moment-to-moment awareness of one's experience without judgment and as a state and not a trait. | 
| Preferred term | Mindfulness | 
| Concept UI | 
                                        
                                        M000767772 | 
                                
| Preferred term | Mindfulness Meditation | 
| Entry term(s) | 
                                        
                                                                                            Meditation, Mindfulness                                                 Mindfulness Meditations  | 
                                
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