The Treatment of Workaholism With Meditation Awareness Training: A Case Study

Shonin, Edo; Gordon, William Van; Griffiths, Mark D.

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“…that indicate mindfulness can reduce: (i) the risk of burnout and improve levels of clientcentered and empathic care (Krasner et al, 2009) Despite increasing prevalence rates for workaholism, there is a paucity of workaholism treatment studies, and clinical guidelines tend to be based on either theoretical propositions (Sussman, 2012) and/or anecdotal reports elicited during clinical practice (e.g., Robinson,8 1998). Indeed, the only published intervention study exploring the effectiveness of meditation for work addiction is a clinical case study conducted by Shonin et al (2014a). This study presented the case of a director of a blue-chip technology company that, based on scores on the Bergan Work Addiction Scale (Andreassen, Griffiths, Hetland, & Pallesen, 2012), demonstrated clinically significant improvements in levels of work addiction following completion of an eight-week secular mindfulness intervention called Meditation Awareness Training .…”

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“…Both WRS and work addiction can lead to serious detrimental health and socioeconomic consequences including somatic illness, (comorbid) psychopathology, (concurrent) addictive behavior (both chemical and behavioral), workrelated injury, mortality, reduced productivity, absenteeism, presenteeism, high staff turnover, unsafe driving, employee compensation claims, burnout, and work-family conflict (e.g., Cox & Griffiths, 2010;Frone, Barnes, & Farrell, 1994;Griffiths & Karanika-Murray, 2012;3 Manocha, Black, Sarris, & Stough, 2011;Wu, Fox, Stokes, & Adam, 2012;Shonin, Van Gordon, & Griffiths, 2014a;Sussman, 2012).…”

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Work-Related Mental Health and Job Performance: Can Mindfulness Help?

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Int J Ment Health Addiction

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Work-related mental health issues such as work-related stress and addiction to work impose a significant health and economic burden to the employee, the employing organization, and the country of work more generally. Interventions that can be empirically shown to improve levels of work-related mental health -especially those with the potential to concurrently improve employee levels of work performance -are of particular interest to occupational stakeholders. One such broad-application interventional approach currently of interest to occupational stakeholders in this respect is mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs).Following a brief explication of the mindfulness construct, this paper critically discusses current research directions in the utilization of mindfulness in workplace settings and assesses its suitability for operationalization as an organization-level work-related mental health intervention. By effecting a perceptual-shift in the mode of responding and relating to sensory and cognitive-affective stimuli, employees that undergo mindfulness training may be able to transfer the locus of control for stress from external work conditions to internal metacognitive and attentional resources. Therefore, MBIs may constitute cost-effective organization-level interventions due to not actually requiring any modifications to human resource management systems and practises. Based on preliminary empirical findings and on the outcomes of MBI studies with clinical populations, it is concluded that MBIs appear to be viable interventional options for organizations wishing to improve the mental health of their employees.

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Work-Related Mental Health and Job Performance: Can Mindfulness Help?

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Zangeneh

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Int J Ment Health Addiction

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“…10,11 The cultivation of mindfulness can create a significant change in the way individuals approach their experiences, allowing the development of greater stability, meaning, flexibility, and less reactivity. Examples of mindfulness-based interventions used in addictions include Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention, 12 Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, 13 Meditation Awareness Training, 14 MindfulnessBased Cognitive Therapy, 15 and Mindfulness-Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy. 16 Studies about the role of mindfulness in addictions have mainly focused on the treatment of pathological gambling.…”

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“…19 Several recent case studies have verified that mindfulness can lead to a clinically significant alteration in patients with gambling problems. 16,[19][20][21][22] Beyond gambling addiction, a single case study conducted by Shonin et al 14 have investigated workaholism, treated with a mindfulness approach, in which a patient was successfully treated using Meditation Awareness Training. 23 Important improvements after the training were also observed for relevant variables such as: psychological distress, sleep quality, work activities during free time, hours of work, and job performance.…”

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The Role of Mindfulness in Addictions: Can It Be An Effective Treatment Option?

Teixeira¹

2015

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Mindfulness meditation has gradually been included into a variety of health care programs to address issues such as mental health problems, physical diseases and addictions. However, precisely how mindfulness works, for whom, and for how long are not exactly outlined. Recent studies have investigated the mechanisms of action of mindfulness-based interventions in the prevention of relapse for substance use disorders. Other line of research focused on the assessment of mechanisms of action (physiological, cognitive and psychological) to customize more effective treatments for addictions. The purpose of this review was to underline some of the most recent literature (mainly cross-sectional) on the effects of mindfulness-based interventions for different kinds of addictions, offering a reflection about some of the mechanisms and processes underlying such interventions. Even though some promising results, more researches are needed in order to entail large, longitudinal, well controlled studies that examine the intentions, psychological, behavioral, and physiological characteristics of addicts participating in mindfulness-based treatments, to define mechanisms of action and help further the capacity to design mindfulness interventions for most effective application. Keywords: mindfulness, addictions, treatment MOJ Addiction Medicine & Therapy Editorial Open AccessThe role of mindfulness in addictions: can it be an effective treatment option? 28Copyright: ©2015 Teixeira Citation: Teixeira RJ. The role of mindfulness in addictions: can it be an effective treatment option?.

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“…Outside of gambling addiction, one study has investigated the applications of mindfulness for treating addiction to work (i.e., workaholism) [12]. In this single participant case study, a director of a blue-chip technology company in his late thirties was successfully treated for workaholism (based on scores on the Bergan Work Addiction Scale [13]) utilizing Meditation Awareness Training.…”

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Mindfulness as a Treatment for Behavioural Addiction

Gordon¹

2013

J Addict Res Ther

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The Treatment of Workaholism With Meditation Awareness Training: A Case Study

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Work-Related Mental Health and Job Performance: Can Mindfulness Help?

Work-Related Mental Health and Job Performance: Can Mindfulness Help?

The Role of Mindfulness in Addictions: Can It Be An Effective Treatment Option?

Mindfulness as a Treatment for Behavioural Addiction

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