Altered self-reported resting state mediates the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on mental health: a longitudinal path model analysis within a community-based randomized trial with 6-months follow-up.

Background: A large body of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) has shown that mindfulness-based interventions are effective for improving mental health, but research is lacking in regards to the mechanisms of change. We aimed to investigate the mediating effects of self-reported altered resting state of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) on mental health, when provided as a universal intervention in a real-life context.

Methods: Autoregressive path models with three time points of measurement, and contemporaneous and constant paths were used in an RCT.

The impact of an organizational-level mindfulness-based intervention on workplace social capital and psychological safety: A qualitative content analysis.

Background: Through the past decades, the mental health of the European population has been continuously declining. Social relations in various spheres of life, including workplace settings, have been shown to impact mental health. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has been found effective in enhancing well-being, and reducing perceived stress, and symptoms of depression and anxiety.

The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction for school teachers: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.

Background: Teaching has been found to be one of the most stressful occupations. Hence, current interest in reducing stress and enhancing the well-being of teachers is strong. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is documented to be effective in reducing stress and increasing well-being.

[A lack of systematic in stress-reducing measures but documented effect of mindfullness-based stress reduction].

Long-term stress is a major and still rising public health problem, which is associated with increased risk of disease and mortality. In this review, we find that a systematic literature search of stress-reducing interventions tested in a randomised controlled trial (RCT)-design in Denmark showed, that interventions are only tested one or two times and only by the same research group. Furthermore, the international literature is not reviewed sufficiently before developing new interventions.