What is it about?
The intervention was four two-hour mindfulness group sessions. Overall, the findings indicated improvements on symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress and improved levels of mindfulness in Looked After Children.
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Why is it important?
There is no research exploring the efficacy of mindfulness in the Looked after children population.
Perspectives
This is a service evaluation project conducted on a small sample size (n = 9). The results are therefore less generalisable. Nonetheless, the finds are invaluable and can inform future research to explore this area of work that has not been investigated previously.
Sailaa Sunthararajah
North East London NHS Foundation Trust
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This page is a summary of: The effectiveness of mindfulness-based group therapy on anxiety, depression and stress in looked after children: a preliminary exploration, Adoption & Fostering, March 2019, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0308575919826878.
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