This study provides preliminary evidence that a brief sleep-focused MBB could be a promising intervention for sleep and potentially other comorbid symptoms (e.g., PTSD). MBB could help patients develop awareness skills to deal with sleep-related symptoms. Integration of MBB into primary care settings may enhance care of patients with sleep disturbance and co-morbid symptoms.
In a 2006 report by the Global Burden of Disease study, mental health disorders were estimated to account for 13.5% of the total global disease burden as measured by disability-adjusted life-years (Mathers & Loncar, 2006). According to this study, mental disorders contribute more to the global disease burden than any other noncommunicable disease, including cardiovascular disease and cancer (Prince et al., 2007). Some researchers, however, have argued that this is an underestimate, as the report does not account for the bidirectional relationship between mental health disorders and other diseases (Prince et al., 2007). Recent studies have found that mental health disorders play a significant role in both the onset and severity of a wide variety of communicable and noncommunicable diseases (
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