Does Mindfulness really work? - The Brain Forum Debates 2020
Bridging the Knowledge at FENS Forum 2020, 14 July 2020
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This debate focuses on the evidence of mechanisms and implications behind mindfulness and whether it can achieve a noticeable impact in our daily lives, particularly during periods causing drastic adverse impacts on mental wellbeing. The panel of world-class mental health professionals and thought leaders, discuss what is mindfulness, and does it work?
Chair:
Dr Sara Lazar, Associate Researcher in the Psychiatry Department at Massachusetts General Hospital
Panellists:
Professor Murali Doraiswamy, Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine at the Duke University School of Medicine
Ms Anna Williamson, TV and Radio broadcaster, no. 1 best-selling author, Ambassador of Mind charity
Dr Miguel Farias, psychologist and researcher at Coventry University where he leads the Brain, Belief and Behaviour group
Mr Will Williams, leading meditation expert and founder of Beeja Meditation studio in London
Organisation and Production Team:
Founded by; the late Dr Walid Juffali
Board of Directors; Mr Bruno Valsangiacomo, Dr Jamil El-Imad, Dr Reto Heuberger, Mr Urs Zeltner
Chief Executive Officer; Dr Jamil El-Imad
Partners and Sponsors; SHJ Foundation, Tectus Group, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, Foundation of the University of Zurich, Swiss Institute of Technology Lausanne
Organisation Team; Luisa Asta, Dr Teresa Sollfrank, Hemera Beretta, Professor Murali Doraiswamy, Ellie Stewart, Jasmine Eskenzi, Shafeer Rishad
Producer and Editor; Dominic Koslowski
Public Relations and Media; Chris Cartwright
Digital Marketing; Eva Witschi
Video Audio Production; Rachel Lamb, Jeremy Goodman-Smith, Fabio Guglielmelli, James Hills, Ian Currie, Tom Griffiths, Rob Jower, Karl Caudell, Laurentiu, Dan Alexander
Web resources; ECONCEPTS, Dr Abbas Badran, Shahed Nasser
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