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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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Social and emotional learning and neuroplasticity: Why it matters

October 23, 2019

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson wrote the forward for The Blue DOT magazine on the topic of neuroplasticity and the ability to develop... Learn More

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The Kindness Curriculum

October 22, 2019

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson shares insights about the Kindness Curriculum, which is a free resource available to teachers and... Learn More

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Center for Healthy Minds offers 'Kindness Curriculum' to parents and teachers

October 22, 2019

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson talks about the Kindness Curriculum, developed by researchers at the center, and how it can help... Learn More

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The Path to a Healthy Mind - Healthy Minds Innovations Offers App for Free

October 3, 2019

Center founder Richard Davidson spoke at TEDxSanFrancisco and announced that Healthy Minds Innovations, the external, affiliated nonprofit... Learn More >

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Faculty Member Poehlmann-Tynan publishes second edition of Handbook on Children with Incarcerated Parents

October 1, 2019

Center faculty member, Dr. Julie Poehlmann-Tynan published an update to the groundbreaking book, Handbook on Children with Incarcerated... Learn More >

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The World We Make: 2019 Celebration

October 1, 2019

We invite you to join us for The World We Make: 2019 gathering this November to celebrate our progress and share exciting new... Learn More >

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The Third Story Podcast: Richard Davidson

September 17, 2019

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson appears on the Third Story podcast and discusses how happiness and compassion can be learned, and why... Learn More

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Wisconsin Public Television Partners with the Center for Healthy Minds in Mindfulness Research For New Educator Resources

September 13, 2019

Wisconsin Public Television has collaborated with the Center for Healthy Minds to offer Kindness in the Classroom. Learn More >

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New Emotional Style Questionnaire Shows Promise in Capturing Healthy Emotionality

September 13, 2019

The Center for Healthy Minds introduces a new measure that captures people's emotional style that shows promise as a valuable tool for... Learn More >

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UW-Madison Professor Develops Kindness Curriculum

September 6, 2019

Center Founder Richard Davidson discusses the Kindness Curriculum and how it can help preschool-aged children develop kindness as a skill. Learn More

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Researchers Develop Mindfulness-Based Kindness Curriculum for Preschoolers

September 6, 2019

Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson talks about the Kindness Curriculum and how it can help preschoolers pay closer attention to their... Learn More

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Can Changing Your Mind Change the World?

September 6, 2019

Based on Center Founder and Director Richard Davidson's lecture at the World Bank’s Science of Learning Expert Series, the article discusses the... Learn More