Issues in holistic management of schizophrenia | Possible effect of mindfulness | Related studies |
Emotional regulation | Mindfulness reduces depressive symptoms through greater emotion regulation. | [12-14] |
Less motivation in life | Mindfulness may improve motivation by reduction of negative thoughts. | [9-11] |
Feelings of lack of interest in others | Mindfulness enhances social skill. | [20] |
Lack of interest in people’s conversations | Mindfulness helps to improve relationship. | [20] |
Negative thoughts | Mindfulness helps to assess thoughts with detachment, thereby, lessening the impact of negative thoughts. | [16] |
Lack of self-awareness | Mindfulness contributes to increased clarity in thinking and perception. | [8] |
Anhedonia | Mindfulness improves focus and reduces negative emotional reaction for pleasurable activities. | [21] |
Behavioural inhibition | Mindfulness enhances experience of feeling connected. | [8,21] |
Dysfunctional attitudes | Mindfulness reduces fixation on negative emotions. | [22] |
Avolition, | Mindfulness initiates a change in mind, thereby, giving it a purpose. | [23] |
Rejection of life | Mindfulness enhances experience of being calm and internally still, thereby, embracing life. | |
Boredom | Mindfulness inspires to enjoy life, thereby, reducing boredom. | [24] |
Asociality | Mindfulness reduces being argumentative and defensive with friends and family, thereby, enhancing sociability. | [25] |
Apathy | Mindfulness gives a direction for life reducing apathy. | [19] |