Mindfulness-based (non-contact) boxing therapy (MBBT) for depression and anxiety: A feasibility study

Johny Bozdarov; Brett D.M. Jones; Madeha Umer; Daniel M. Blumberger; Ishrat M. Husain

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0318364

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Mindfulness-based (non-contact) boxing therapy (MBBT) for depression and anxiety: A feasibility study

Johny Bozdarov ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: johny.bozdarov@camh.ca (JB)

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3962-7471

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Brett D.M. Jones,

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Madeha Umer,

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Institute of Medical Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Daniel M. Blumberger,

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, CAMH, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ishrat M. Husain

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention, CAMH, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Mindfulness-based (non-contact) boxing therapy (MBBT) for depression and anxiety: A feasibility study

Johny Bozdarov,
Brett D.M. Jones,
Madeha Umer,
Daniel M. Blumberger,
Ishrat M. Husain

Published: February 6, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318364

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