Meditation-Based Stress Reduction Program

**Semantic type:** Mental Process

**Definition:** A clinical program that provides systematic training to promote stress reduction by self-regulating arousal to stress. The goal of training is to teach participants to become more aware of their thoughts and feelings, and through meditation practice, to have the ability to step back from thoughts and feelings during stressful situations that contribute to increased emotional distress.

**Synonyms:** - MBSR - MBSR(BC) - Meditation-Based Stress Reduction - Meditation-Based Stress Reduction (Breast Cancer) - Meditation-Based Stress Reduction for Breast Cancer