Background High levels of stress have been identified in medical students and increasingly
in other health profession student population groups. As stress can affect psychological well …

Background The investigation of treatment mechanisms in randomized controlled trials has
considerable clinical and theoretical relevance. Despite the empirical support for the effect of …

A New York Times Bestseller What makes for a happy life, a fulfilling life? A good life? In
their “captivating”(The Wall Street Journal) book, the directors of the Harvard Study of Adult …

Mindfulness describes a state of consciousness in which individuals attend to ongoing
events and experiences in a receptive and non-judgmental way. The present research …

There is a growing body of research indicating that bodily sensation and behavior strongly
influences one's emotional reaction toward certain situations or objects. On this background …

Self-regulation is the control of aspects of the self to allow pursuit of long-term goals, and it is
proposed as a central pathway through which mindfulness may exert benefits on well-being …

Research into the beneficial effect of developing compassion has advanced enormously in
the last ten years, with the development of inner compassion being an important therapeutic …

Fjorback LO, Arendt M, Ørnbøl E, Fink P, Walach H. Mindfulness‐Based Stress Reduction
and Mindfulness‐Based Cognitive Therapy–a systematic review of randomized controlled …

Hundreds of thousands of clinicians and graduate students have relied on this text--now
significantly revised with more than 50% new material--to learn the fundamentals of …

Shame and self-criticism are transdiagnostic problems. People who experience them may
struggle to feel relieved, reassured or safe. Research suggests that a specialised affect …