Research has shown that psychological treatment focused on teaching the patient to be more tolerant of their distressing thoughts and feelings may have a higher success rate than all other treatments for GAD that have appeared in the literature.Which approach is at the core of this treatment?

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The approach at the core of this treatment is mindfulness, which involves teaching patients to be aware of and accept their thoughts and feelings without trying to suppress or control them. This approach has been found to be more effective than cognitive or emotive therapies, which focus on changing the content or intensity of thoughts and feelings, or conditioning, which involves pairing a stimuli with a response to reduce anxiety.

Research Has Shown That Psychological Treatment Focused on Teaching the Patient