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Center for Healthy Minds Shares Crucial Findings of No Symptom Worsening Following Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy 

August 20, 2026

Researchers have released findings of no evidence that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) increased a risk of symptom worsening, in a... Learn More >

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Latest CHM Study Aims to End the Trial and Error of Mental Health Care

August 19, 2026

What if there were a more timely, nimble and accurate way to measure people’s mental wellbeing to understand when treatment starts working and for... Learn More >

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Community Wisdom is Transforming Wellbeing Initiatives and Research

June 24, 2026

Collaborations between Wisconsin community members and Center for Healthy Minds highlight the power of initiatives and research grounded in trust,... Learn More >

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Cool Class: This Course is Improving Students’ Mental Health

September 25, 2023

The Art & Science of Human Flourishing is a collaborative course that helps students develop their own mindfulness toolkit to navigate their first... Learn More >

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Cool Class: This Course is Improving Students’ Mental Health

September 25, 2023

The Art & Science of Human Flourishing is a collaborative course that helps students develop their own mindfulness toolkit to navigate their first... Learn More

UW NEWS

UW partnerships support rural and tribal communities

September 12, 2023

A new partnership project will support health care equity across the state among rural and tribal areas. We're excited to announce that, Larissa... Learn More

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Feeling like Barbie? Here are tips for finding purpose in the real world, based on science

September 1, 2023

In this summer's blockbuster movie of the same name, Barbie stares down an existential crisis. For humans in the real world, Center for Healthy... Learn More >

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Feeling like Barbie? Here are tips for finding purpose in the real world, based on science

September 1, 2023

In this summer's blockbuster movie of the same name, Barbie stares down an existential crisis. For humans in the real world, UW's Center for... Learn More

The Week

The benefits and drawbacks of mental health apps

August 30, 2023

The Week explores the pro's and con's of mental health apps and features experts from around the globe including CHM Core Faculty Simon Goldberg. Learn More

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COVID’s Toll on Teachers

August 29, 2023

A UW study looks for ways to reduce distress and increase well-being. Learn More

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Meditation is more than either stress relief or enlightenment

August 28, 2023

Exploring the wider range of meditation is no longer reserved for the monasteries. The new science of meditation is just getting started. Learn More

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Can You Really ‘Slow Down’ Time by Meditating?

August 28, 2023

If time feels like it’s flying by, you may be interested in learning how to slow it down. ⏰ One possible technique to use? Meditation. Learn More

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Tibet Talks: The Dalai Lama and the Promotion of Human Values

August 23, 2023

Watch Now ▶️ As a special guest to this episode of Tibet Talks, Dr. Richard J. Davidson weighs in on what does "human values" mean? Learn More

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The beginnings and evolution of brain imaging at the Waisman Center

August 11, 2023

Did you know Richard Davidson was instrumental in starting a brain imaging lab at University of Wisconsin-Madison? ? Learn about the history now. Learn More

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How mental health disintegrates during extreme heat

August 9, 2023

Psychiatrist Dr. Charles Raison, Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Healthy Minds, weighs in how depression and extreme heat may be connected. ? Learn More