Impact of a University-Wide Interdisciplinary Mind-Body Skills Program on Student Mental and Emotional Well-Being.

Brenna K NovakAnna GebhardtHarini PallerlaSusan Blocksom McDonaldAviad HaramatiRachel S Wasson

Published in: Global advances in health and medicine (2020)

Participation in a 9-week mind-body skills program led to significant improvement in indicators of well-being in multidisciplinary students. A pilot 1-year follow-up suggests that effects are only sustained for mindfulness, but not other parameters. Future programming should focus on implementing mind-body skills booster sessions to help sustain the well-being benefits.

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