Full Catastrophe Living

1 About this book

Full Catastrophe Living: Using the Wisdom of Your Body and Mind to Face Stress, Pain, and Illness is a book by Jon Kabat-Zinn, first published in 1990, revised in 2013, which describes the mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center's Stress Reduction Clinic.

In addition to describing the content and background of MBSR, Kabat-Zinn describes scientific research showing the medical benefits of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), and lays out an approach to mind-body medicine emphasizing the depth of the interconnections between physical and mental health.

The book has been called "one of the great classics of mind/body medicine", and has been seen as a landmark in the development of the secular mindfulness movement in the United States and internationally.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: mental health, meditation, self-improvement, and a long read.

• Mental health
• Stress (Psychology)
• Meditation
• Mental healing
• Mind and body therapies
• Prevention & control
• Psychological Stress
• Self-help