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Acknowledgements

Dr. Jerome Sarris is supported by a CR Roper Fellowship.

The authors would like to thank the leadership and staff of Health Solutions (formerly the Spanish Peaks Behavioral Health Centers) for their support and assistance. Special thanks go to James Hill RN and Chantelle Santistevan RN for their skillful co-facilitation of the groups and for their work in data collection.

The authors would also like to thank Travis Heermann, M.A., of the University of Nebraska at Omaha, College of Arts and Sciences, for his assistance in editing this manuscript.

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  1. College of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences, Saybrook University, Oakland, California, USA

    Chanel Heermann & Werner Absenger

  2. Absenger Cancer Education Foundation, Spring Lake, Michigan, USA

    Werner Absenger

  3. Deputy Director of the National Institute of Complementary Medicine, Campbelltown NSW, 2560, Australia

    Jerome Sarris

  4. Professor of Integrative Mental Health at Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW, 2751, Australia

    Jerome Sarris

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JS has received either presentation honoraria, travel support, clinical trial grants or book royalties from Integria Healthcare & MediHerb, Pfizer, Taki Mai, Bioceuticals & Blackmores, Soho-Flordis, Healthworld, HealthEd, Elsevier, Chaminade University, International Society for Affective Disorders, Complementary Medicines Australia, ANS, Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research, Omega-3 Centre the National Health and Medical Research Council, CR Roper Fellowship.

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Heermann, C., Absenger, W. & Sarris, J. Videoconference mind-body group therapy in a public mental health setting: a pilot study. J. technol. behav. sci. 1, 37–42 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41347-016-0001-3

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