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11th
INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS and 16th NATIONAL
of CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
25-28
OCTOBER 2018, GRANADA
(SPAIN)
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Arnold van Emmerik University of Amsterdam President Dutch Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy, DABCT NETHERLANDS |
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Dr. ARNOLD VAN EMMERIK is a
researcher at the Department of Clinical
Psychology of the University of Amsterdam. His
main interests are the treatment of
post-traumatic stress and anxiety disorders, and
more recently the promotion of mindfulness using
mobile health applications (M-HEALTH APPS). He
is the president of the Dutch Association for
Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies and a
representative to the Ruropean Association for
Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies.
KEYNOTE ABSTRACT Recent developments in ‘Mobile Mindfulness’ Following the advance of e-health interventions in clinical psychology, recent years also saw an upsurge of mobile health applications (or: m-health apps) for smartphones and tablets. In a parallel development, interest in the study and practice of mindfulness has enormously increased. This keynote discusses the point where both developments meet: m-health apps for mindfulness practice, or more simply: mindfulness apps. Specifically, an overview and critical discussion of available mindfulness apps is presented, and a number of recent study findings are presented. These include a randomized controlled trial of a mindfulness app, findings on the efficacy of this app in specific subpopulations, and preliminary findings on the efficacy of mindfulness apps as an adjunct to face-to-face mindfulness courses. |
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