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Oct 2018
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Mindfulness Instead of Medication with D...

Dr Rangan Chatterjee: GP & Author
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“Mindfulness has been proven to be at least as good as antidepressants”   What is mindfulness? And what really are the benefits? Author and expert in mindfulness and meditation, Dr Danny Penman explains it all.  We discuss how numerous clinical trials have proven that mindfulness is as good as medication for depression and in some cases, even better.  We a ... Show More
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