FRHD 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Buddhist Philosophy, Borderline Personality Disorder

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Family Relations and Human Development
• Course: FRHD 3150
• Professor: Christopher Quinn

Document Summary

Despite the shared name, the western conceptualization of mindfulness is remarkably distant from the buddhist conceptualization. The word roughly shifts between translating to memory and paying attention . Uses self-regulation training through meditation to assist in the treatment of medical illness: improves stress and emotion management. Teaches one to be mindful when approaching stressful situations, instead of automatically reacting to it. The meditation teaches patients that thoughts are merely events they aren"t an aspect of your self nor are they necessarily accurate reflections of reality. The participant typically will sit down told to focus on their breath. When attention wanders, as it inevitably does, the participant will accept those thoughts, and let them go, turning their attention back to the breathing. Body scan : focusing attention single parts of your body: i. e. your big toe. Participants are provided with meditation homework, education about stress. Effective in helping mood and stress symptoms among patients with cancer.