Compassion Cultivation Training for informal caregivers of people with a mental illness
Research project
PhD project by psychologist Nanja Holland Hansen, certified in Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT) from Standford University, USA.
The PhD consist of a large, randomized, controlled study, where 161 informal caregivers of people with a mental illness participated in a 8-week manualized compassion training program. By 6 month follow-up the informal caregivers symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress where still decreased and their general well being increased.
Read more
- ”Compassion Cultivation Training for informal caregivers of people with a mental illness” (2022) ph.d.-dissertation by Nanja Holland Hansen, January 2022, Copenhagen.
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Hansen NH, Juul L, Pallesen K, Fjorback LO. Effect of a compassion cultivation training program for caregivers of people with mental illness in Denmark: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Netw Open 2021;4:e211020.
