Mindfulness: What is the evidence that the practice – part meditation, part CBT – works?

David Derbyshire has written an insightful article where he cuts through the hype and looks at the actual benefits of mindfulness meditation. Derbyshire talks to Professor Mark Williams, one of the pioneers of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in Britain and a recently retired professor of clinical psychology at Oxford University. Williams says that: "A lot of people think it will cure everything. But we know there is nothing that cures everything. There is some interesting work in psychosis, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia but it's in its early days. There's a lot of hype around mindfulness and we need to be cautious because it doesn't serve our science or patients well if we're overenthusiastic. We have to make sure the science catches up with the enthusiasm."