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Are online mindfulness courses effective?

Dr Peter Malinowski / Knowledge / / / /
Do online mindfulness-based interventions work? The most recent meta-analysis aggregates evidence from 97 randomised controlled trials. It concludes that mindfulness interventions can make a positive difference: Online programmes can be beneficial for improving mental health outcomes, yielding small to moderate effect sizes for symptoms of depression and anxiety, for stress, for wellbeing, and for mindfulness. […]
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Mindfulness in the workplace

Dr Peter Malinowski / Knowledge / / /
Mindfulness-based programmes  enhance attentional and cognitive functions, improve the self-regulation of emotions and behaviour and positively influence our physiology. Given the growing evidence for such benefits, mindfulness is increasingly applied in the workplace to reap benefits in terms of employee performance, health and wellbeing as well as improve work relationships. The science surrounding workplace mindfulness […]
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Mindfulness – History and Key Principles

Dr Peter Malinowski / Knowledge / / / / / / /
What is mindfulness meditation and how did it come about? The history of mindfulness-based stress reduction Mindfulness meditation entered public awareness through the pioneering work of Jon Kabat-Zinn (2007). In the late 1970s, he extracted a few basic meditation practices from their Buddhist framework to introduce them as universally applicable – non-spiritual – exercises. His […]
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Strengths-based mindfulness

Dr Peter Malinowski / Knowledge / / /
Mindfulness and Positive Psychology Positive psychology enriches the range of mindfulness-based programmes with an approach that does not limit itself to deficits that need to be alleviated. The recently established programme mindfulness-based strengths practice (MBSP), brings together the best from secular mindfulness practice and positive psychology, allowing the powers of mindfulness and of character strengths […]
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Mindfulness-based interventions for the treatment of eating disorders

Dr Kat Schneider / Knowledge / / / / /
Mindfulness-based approaches came to prominence because of holding promise for a variety of mental and physical health conditions, such as chronic pain, stress, recurrent depression, anxiety disorders etc. More recently, mindfulness also started to be used for treating eating disorders. There are several reasons why mindfulness may be beneficial for the treatment and management of […]
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Mindful Eating Programmes: Systematic Reviews

Dr Kat Schneider / Knowledge / / / / /
Several reviews have attempted to assess the overall effectiveness of existing mindful eating programmes for a wide range of eating-related health outcomes. Some key reviews are listed below. Mindfulness for binge eating Godfrey, K. M., Gallo, L. C., & Afari, N. (2015). Mindfulness-based interventions for binge eating: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Behavioral […]
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Mindful eating programmes

Dr Kat Schneider / Knowledge / / / /
Problematic food and eating behaviours, for example binge eating or emotional eating, have been linked to the increasing rates of overweight and obesity worldwide. It is widely known that many of existing weight loss interventions may reduce weight in the short term but tend not to have successful long-term outcomes. Individuals with obesity who lose […]
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