Healthy Mind Healthy You: A Study of Mindfulness

Healthy Mind Healthy You: A Study of Mindfulness

Most people experience stress at some point in their lives. Stress, especially when severe, can not only make you feel bad, it can also worsen existing health problems like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, depression, and even cancer. Healthy Mind, Healthy You is a new study about how mindfulness can help people cope with stress. Funded by the Patient Centered Outcome Research Institute (PCORI) and involving 19 Patient Powered Research Networks (PPRNs), Healthy Mind Healthy You will be able to study the effects of mindfulness on a wide variety of populations and conditions.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must be a member (patient/member of special population or caregiver) of one of the 19 PCORI Patient-Powered Research Networks (PPRN)
• Must be age 18 or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• Under the age of 18 years
• Unable to read, understand, and/or participate in mindfulness exercises