Mindfulness-Enhanced Parenting Programs Improve the Psychosocial Outcomes of Children up to 18 Years and Their Parents

DUSTIN K. SMITH, DO,

Naval Hospital Jacksonville Family Medicine Residency, Florida, and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland

HAILEY A. MURRAY, MS, MD,

Naval Hospital Jacksonville Family Medicine Residency

JANET M. WEST, MD,

Naval Hospital Jacksonville, and Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

American Family Physician. 2024;110(5):465-466.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

This clinical content conforms to AAFP criteria for CME.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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