Willem Kuyken

Sep 24, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Frederick M. Hecht |Rebecca Crane |Patricia Moran |Willem Kuyken

Mindfulness-based approaches such as Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) have gained significant empirical support, showing benefits for the treatment of chronic pain,1 substance use disorders,2,3 anxiety disorders,4 and depression.5 Teacher skill is likely critical to the quality of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs).

Oct 8, 2023 | tes.com | Willem Kuyken

Managing the mental health of young people is one of the major challenges of modern times. More than 65 million young people worldwide aged 10-19 are suffering from a common mental health problem, and rates of self-injury and suicide have risen in the past decade. Meanwhile, only a relatively small minority of young people could be said to be “flourishing”. This matters because mental health in young people tends to be associated with school attendance and learning.