Mental health and mindfulness meditation: Brain and neuroscience perspectives. สุขภาพจิตกับการเจริญสติ : มุมมองด้านสมองและปราสาทวิทยา

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The concept of mindfulness meditation was often studied by being integrated with the cognitive behavioral therapy under the labeled “the third wave CBT”. The change appeared to be focusing less on cognitive use for logic and more on accepting existential fact. There is, however, commentaries from experts in the field1 that mindfulness meditation can also be applied in consistent with dynamic psychotherapy. This notion brings out new scholastic questions as how is current knowledge of brain and neuroscience on mindfulness consistent with psychological concepts?  The current article presents recent knowledge showing association between psychological theories and neuroscience on mindfulness. This understanding will enable mental health personnel to integrate mind and body care into holistic perspectives.