Researchers have developed a mindfulness therapy tailored specifically to appeal to teenagers to help them cope with increasing levels of depression and mental health problems.
Depression disrupts the body's stress systems, causing physical health risks like heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, and reducing life expectancy by 7-10 years.
This results in not only human suffering, but also considerable expenses. The global cost of depression and anxiety is estimated to soon rise to as much as €16 trillion per year. “The development of ...