| ACT | Acceptance and Commitment Therapy |
| APA | American Psychological Association |
| BPS | Biopsychosocial |
| BPSD | Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia |
| CBT | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
| CRF | Cancer-Related Fatigue |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| DMN | Default Mode Network |
| DSM | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders |
| EEG | Electroencephalography |
| fMRI | Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| HPA | Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (axis) |
| HRV | Heart Rate Variability |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| IL-6 | Interleukin 6 |
| ITT | Intent-to-Treat |
| MBT | Mindfulness-Based Therapy |
| MBCT | Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy |
| MBI | Mindfulness-Based Interventions |
| MBSR | Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction |
| MCI | Mild Cognitive Impairment |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| MS | Multiple Sclerosis |
| OFC | Orbitofrontal Cortex |
| PFC | Prefrontal Cortex |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PTSD | Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| PwD | People with Dementia |
| QoL | Quality of Life |
| RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
| SRMA | Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis |
| UTs | Uncontrolled Trials |
| SR | Systematic Review |
| PilS | Pilot Studies |
| NRCTs | Non-Randomized Controlled Trials |
| QED | Quasi-Experimental Design |
| RPGST | Randomized Parallel-Group Superiority Trial |
| PPIDs | Pre-Post Intervention Designs |
| ES | Empirical Studies |
| QS | Qualitative Studies |
| CMA | Controlled Mediation Analyses |
| SC | Self-Compassion |
| SoC | State of Comparison |
| SMD | Standardized Mean Difference |
| SWB | Subjective Well-Being |