He advocates a secular form of meditation known as mindfulness-based stress reduction, which has become popular in some forms of behavioral therapy.

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The most common type of meditation recommended by doctors and used in hospital programs is called Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, which was devised at the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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