Refresh and Renew

Dr. Sears will be presenting on mindfulness and self care at "Refresh and Renew: A Day of Loving Kindness" in Cincinnati on Saturday, April 30, 2011, at the Milford Retreat Center. For more information, visit www.takechargeseminars.net.

March Mindfulness Groups in Cincinnati

The next 8-week mindfulness groups in Cincinnati will begin on March 21, 2011 at the Alliance Institute for Integrative Medicine. The groups will be run by Dr. Richard Sears. To register, call the Alliance Institute at 513-791-5521. For more information about the groups, visit www.psych-insights.com/mindfulness.html.

Mindfulness as effective as antidepressants

A new study showed that individuals who were randomly assigned either to take antidepressant medication or attend a Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy course had an equal chance of getting another relapse of depression. Zindel Segal comments on the results on the blog of the UCSD Center for Mindfulness.

Mindfulness Groups in Cincinnati

Dr. Sears is teaming up with the Alliance Institute for Integrative Medicine to offer Mindful Stress Reduction groups in the Kenwood area. January 10, 2011, Dr. Sears will present a free lecture on mindfulness and stress at noon and 6pm, and the 8-week groups will begin on Jan 17. Participants can choose to attend at 12noon or at 6pm. For details, visit www.myhealingpartner.com/MBSR.html or call 513-791-5521.

Mindfulness Research Monthly

There is a wonderful new resource available free to the public - Mindfulness Research Monthly. It can be difficult even for experts to keep up with all the research continually coming out in this field. This publication, available at www.mindfulexperience.org, lists the titles and citations for all of these new studies.

The Society for Clinical Mindfulness & Medtiation also publishes a quarterly newsletter called The Mindful Clinician, which contains an annotated bibliography of mindfulness research. The first issue is available at www.clinical-mindfulness.org/publications/newsletter/.