DEBATE: The inevitable decline of mindfulness
Following a few years of hype about the benefits of mindfulness, one of the largest school-based trials in the UK (MYRIAD) has shown that universal mindfulness-based interventions do not improve wellbeing, and that they can in fact worsen symptoms in those with emerging mental health problems. This editorial is clearly critical of the approach taken by the research team.
Farias, M. (2022). DEBATE: The inevitable decline of mindfulness. Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/camh.12600