Can mindfulness ease serious mental illness? new study aims to find out

This study tests whether adding mindfulness-based therapy to usual care helps adults with serious mental illness (like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depression) feel better and function better. Researchers will enroll 160 patients from a community mental health center and randomly assign them to either standard care or standard care plus mindfulness therapy. The goal is to see if this approach, already proven effective in the UK, works in U.S. community clinics where most patients receive treatment.