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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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Seven Personal Management Tips To Help You Save Time

January 17, 2020

Richard Davidson's thoughts on well-being are featured in this Forbes article on personal management Learn More

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Why We Hate

January 17, 2020

The work of the Center for Healthy Minds was featured in the final episode on hope of the Discovery Channel documentary Why We Hate Learn More

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UW-Madison researchers use video game to teach kids mindfulness

January 17, 2020

Center scientists share the impact from a study where kids played a video game to train mindfulness Learn More

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Inflammation Predicts Response to Antidepressant Medication

January 9, 2020

Youth with bipolar depression responded better to an antipsychotic medicine if they had increased markers of inflammation in their blood Learn More >

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Five Ways to Improve Your Mental Health in 2020

January 7, 2020

CNN shares strategies from Center Director Richard Davidson to build gratitude and improve emotional health. Learn More

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Watch Center Founder Richard Davidson's TedXSanFrancisco talk, "How mindfulness changes the emotional life of our brains"

December 18, 2019

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson spoke at TEDx SanFrancisco in October 2019. Watch the video to hear him speak about... Learn More >

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Early Research Suggests Mindfulness Training Improves Mental Health Outcomes in Police Officers

December 16, 2019

A recent paper published by researchers at the Center for Healthy Minds showed that eight weeks of mindfulness training resulted in reductions in... Learn More >

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Mindfulness video game changes areas of the brain associated with attention

December 13, 2019

A research team at the Center for Healthy Minds at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of California, Irvine, designed a video... Learn More >

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Being Well in a Stressed-Out Society

December 11, 2019

In the last decade, rates of anxiety, stress, and depression have increased to unprecedented levels, especially among college students. Angela... Learn More >

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Can compassion help heal patients — and providers?

November 20, 2019

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson discusses a research study at the center that focused on compassion training. Learn More

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Can a Trip-Free Psychedelic Still Help People With Depression?

November 12, 2019

Faculty Charles Raison is featured talking about his upcoming research study that looks into how psilocybin helps people with depression and... Learn More

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The Science-Backed Benefits of Practicing Mindfulness

November 5, 2019

An overview of research-backed benefits of mindfulness that includes mention of Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson's research on... Learn More