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People doing yoga together outdoors in Richmond USA in 2015

Reclaim ‘wellness’ from the rich and famous, and restore its political radicalism, new book argues

28 Mar 2024

A new cultural history of the 1970s wellness industry offers urgent lessons for today. It reveals that in the seventies, wellness was neither...

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Serene creative business people meditating in office

In-person mindfulness courses help improve mental health for at least six months

10 Jul 2023

Adults who voluntarily take part in mindfulness courses are less likely to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression for at least six months...

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School-based mindfulness training programme fails to improve young people’s mental health

13 Jul 2022

A standardised schools-based mindfulness training programme did not help young people’s mental health and well-being overall, but did improve school...

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Mindfulness can improve mental health and wellbeing – but unlikely to work for everyone

11 Jan 2021

Mindfulness courses can reduce anxiety, depression and stress and increase mental wellbeing within most but not all non-clinical settings, say a team...

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Mindfulness training reduces stress during exam time

18 Dec 2017

Mindfulness training can help support students at risk of mental health problems, concludes a randomised controlled trial carried out by researchers...

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Opinion: Feeling anxious about that first date? Here’s how science can help

11 Oct 2016

​Does anxiety keep getting in the way of you making connections with the people you’d like to spend more time with? Maybe you’ve just met someone...

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Opinion: Exam results: how mindfulness can help you make better life choices

16 Aug 2016

Julieta Galante (Department of Psychiatry) discusses how self-observation can help you choose a career path.

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Mindfulness study to look at benefits in helping build resilience to stress among university students

29 Sep 2015

Students at the University of Cambridge are to be offered free, eight-week mindfulness training to help build resilience against stress as part of a...

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