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Is Stress Reduction worth prioritizing?

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and related mind-body practices are supported by multiple meta-analyses, including one on physiological stress markers and another examining the psychological mechanisms behind MBSR's benefits, plus a randomized controlled trial showing improved sleep and emotion regulation in depressed elderly adults. Weighing that against the numbers, Stress Reduction is worth watching rather than prioritizing yet — the potential upside is rated high (55/100), but the evidence supporting it is only moderate (68/100).

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Stress Reduction

Moderate evidence

Evidence

68

Impact

55

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Key studies behind this answer

Effects of mind-body exercise on perimenopausal and postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Meta-Analysis · Menopause (New York, N.Y.) · 2024Yoga, mindfulness-based stress reduction and stress-related physiological measures: A meta-analysis.Meta-Analysis · Psychoneuroendocrinology · 2017How do mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction improve mental health and wellbeing? A systematic review and meta-analysis of mediation studies.Meta-Analysis · Clinical psychology review · 2015

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