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Axelsen, H. L., Müller, A. G., Fjorback, L. O., Goetzsche, K., Nielsen, H. B. & Juul, L. (2026). Effectiveness of a one-year teacher training program in delivering school-based mindfulness on schoolteachers' mental health: A nationwide cluster-randomized trial. Social Science & Medicine, 389, Article 118814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118814
Borgen, A. O., Håkedal, E. L. & Hansen, N. H. (2026). A qualitative investigation of social service workers’ experiences with compassion training in the workplace. Frontiers in Psychology, 16, Article 1593026. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1593026
Anderson, S. D., Hansen, N. H. & Fjorback, L. O. (2025). Intervention transferability: A processual account of adapting a USA compassion-based intervention for use in Denmark.. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Arnar, D. O., Dobies, B., Gudmundsson, E. F., Bragadottir, H. B., Gudlaugsdottir, G. J., Ketilsdottir, A., Broddadottir, H., Laxdal, B., Hrafnkelsdottir, T. J., Ingimarsdottir, I. J., Kaernested, B., Sigurdsson, A. F., Isberg, A., Sigurdardottir, S., Thorgeirsson, T. & Oddsson, S. J. (2025). Effect of a digital health intervention on outpatients with heart failure: a randomized, controlled trial. European Heart Journal - Digital Health, 6(4), 749-762. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjdh/ztaf063
Berg Pedersen, L., Ramsdal, N. B., Fjorback, L. O., Ravn, S. L., Kolls, M. & Skovbjerg, S. (2025). "This program has made it easier for me to embrace myself and my son” A qualitative study of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for psychosocially vulnerable pregnant women. Poster session presented at Nordic Midwifery Congress 2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Bjerregaard, A. A., Petersen, M. W., Gormsen, L., Skovbjerg, S., Jørgensen, T. & Dantoft, T. M. (2025). Use of welfare benefits in multiple chemical sensitivity when compared to a general population – A registry and population-based cohort study. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 199, Article 112431. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2025.112431
Juul, L., Frydenberg, M., Bonde, E. H., Beck, M. S., Goetzsche, K., Bruggisser, S. & Fjorback, L. O. (2025). Introducing a mindfulness-based intervention in school curriculum to 16-24-year-olds: A nationwide cluster-randomized trial. npj mental health research, 4(1), Article 37. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44184-025-00150-w
Juul, L., Frydenberg, M., Bonde, E. H., Beck, M. S., Goetzsche, K., Nielsen, H. B. & Fjorback, L. O. (2025). Mindfulness in the school curriculum? A nationwide cluster-randomized trial of the effectiveness of implementing a mindfulness-based intervention for 9-16-year-olds students in Danish elementary schools. Social Science & Medicine, 378, Article 118117. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118117
Østergaard, H. D., Pallesen, K. J., Nielsen, M. N., Fjorback, L., Juul, L. & Winterdahl, M. (2025). Effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction on neuropeptide Y plasma levels in stressed individuals. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 181, 400-404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.12.011
Pedersen, L. B., Ramsdal, N. B., Fjorback, L. O., Ravn, S. L., Kolls, M. & Skovbjerg, S. (2025). “This course has made it easier for me to embrace myself and my child”: A qualitative study of an adapted mindfulness-based stress reduction course for pregnant women with psychosocial vulnerabilities. PLOS Mental Health, 2(11 November), Article e0000412. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmen.0000412
Skovbjerg, S., Kolls, M., Kjærbye-Thygesen, A. & Fjorback, L. O. (2025). Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction adapted to pregnant women with psychosocial vulnerabilities - a randomized feasibility trial in a Danish hospital-based outpatient setting. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 11(1), Article 86. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-025-01670-0
Andreasen, S. M., Nielsen, S., Fjorback, L. O., Jensen, T. K. & Juul, L. (2024). The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health in Danish school children in 5th to 7th grade. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 52(3), 336-344. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948241228907
Bonde, E. H., Mikkelsen, E. G., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2024). Exploring an Organizational-Level Mindfulness-Based Intervention in Private Workplace Settings. Mindfulness, 15(6), 1453-1471. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-024-02375-w
Knudsen, R. K., Skovbjerg, S., Pedersen, E. L., Nielsen, C. L., Storkholm, M. H. & Timmermann, C. (2024). Factors affecting implementation of mindfulness in hospital settings: A qualitative meta-synthesis of healthcare professionals' experiences. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 6, Article 100192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100192
Ahrendt Bjerregaard, A., Schovsbo, S. U., Gormsen, L. K., Skovbjerg, S., Eplov, L. F., Linneberg, A., Cedeño-Laurent, J. G., Jørgensen, T. & Dantoft, T. M. (2023). Social economic factors and the risk of multiple chemical sensitivity in a Danish population-based cross-sectional study: Danish Study of Functional Disorders (DanFunD). BMJ Open, 13(3), Article e064618. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064618
Baena-Ruiz, E., Hansen, N. H., Abelleira-Vidal, C., Garcia-Ortega, M., Sánchez-Padilla, J. A. & Quintana-Castello, F. C. (2023). Online Family Interventions for caregivers of persons with severe mental disorder. In Online Family Interventions for caregivers of persons with severe mental disorder Independently published.
Beck, M. S., Juul, L., Frydenberg, M. & Fjorback, L. O. (2023). On Top of Everything: a study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial testing a teacher training programme to teach mindfulness among students in Danish upper secondary schools and schools of health and social care. Trials, 24(1), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06920-7
Bonde, E. H. (2023). Population-based approaches to mental health promotion and prevention: Investigating a mindfulness-based intervention in workplace contexts. [PhD dissertation, Aarhus University].
Bonde, E. H., Mikkelsen, E. G., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2023). The impact of an organizational-level mindfulness-based intervention on workplace social capital and psychological safety: A qualitative content analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1112907. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1112907
Gehrt, T. B., Macoveanu, J., Bailey, C., Fisher, P., Pallesen, K. J. & Frostholm, L. (2023). Resting-state connectivity and neural response to emotional images in patients with severe health anxiety: An fMRI study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 324, 370-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.138
Hauch, D., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2023). Psychometric properties of the Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale in a sample of Danish schoolchildren. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 51(8), 1214-1221. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221110002
Juul, L., Bonde, E. H. & Fjorback, L. O. (2023). Altered self-reported resting state mediates the effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on mental health: a longitudinal path model analysis within a community-based randomized trial with 6-months follow-up. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, Article 1154277. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1154277
King, S., Quist-Møller, S. & Fjorback, L. O. (2023). The neuroscience of ethics: Does yoga, meditation, and mindfulness training make you a better person? In Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (pp. 238-257). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790-18
Kleinstäuber, M., Schröder, A. B., Daehler, S., Pallesen, K. J., Rask, C. U., Sanyer, M., Van den Bergh, O., Petersen, M. W. & Rosmalen, J. G. M. (2023). Aetiological Understanding of Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Classificatory Analogues: A Systematic Umbrella Review. Clinical Psychology in Europe, 5(3), Article e11179. https://doi.org/10.32872/cpe.11179
Knudsen, R. K., Ammentorp, J., Storkholm, M. H., Skovbjerg, S., Tousig, C. G. & Timmermann, C. (2023). The influence of mindfulness-based stress reduction on the work life of healthcare professionals: A qualitative study. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 53, 101805. Article 101805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2023.101805
Quist-Møller, S., King, S. & Fjorback, L. O. (2023). Human rights and ethics as a spiritual practice. In Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (pp. 258-270). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790-19
Sigurðardóttir, S., Aspelund, T., Guðmundsdóttir, D. G., Fjorback, L., Hrafnkelsson, H., Hansdóttir, I. & Juul, L. (2023). Mental health and sociodemographic characteristics among Icelanders, data from a cross-sectional study in Iceland. BMC Psychiatry, 23(1), Article 30. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-04504-y
Skovbjerg, S., Sumbundu, A., Kolls, M., Kjærbye-Thygesen, A. & Fjorback, L. (2023). The effect of an adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program on mental health, maternal bonding and birth outcomes in psychosocially vulnerable pregnant women: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in a Danish hospital-based outpatient setting. BMC Complementary Medicine and Therapies, 23(1), Article 364. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-023-04194-3
van der Velden, A. M., Scholl, J., Elmholdt, E.-M., Fjorback, L. O., Harmer, C. J., Lazar, S. W., O'Toole, M. S., Smallwood, J., Roepstorff, A. & Kuyken, W. (2023). Mindfulness Training Changes Brain Dynamics During Depressive Rumination: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Biological Psychiatry, 93(3), 233-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2022.06.038
Beck, M. S., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2022). Associations between mental health and sociodemographic characteristics among schoolchildren. A cross-sectional survey in Denmark 2019. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 50(4), 463-470. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948211002062
Bjerregaard, A. A., Petersen, M. W., Skovbjerg, S., Gormsen, L. K., Cedeño-Laurent, J. G., Jørgensen, T., Linneberg, A. & Dantoft, T. M. (2022). Physiological Health and Physical Performance in Multiple Chemical Sensitivity-Described in the General Population. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(15), Article 9039. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19159039
Boelsbjerg, H. B., Kurita, G. P., Sjøgren, P. & Viggo Hansen, N. (2022). Combining subjective and objective appraisals of cognitive dysfunction in patients with cancer: a deeper understanding of meaning and impact on suffering? Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 30(4), 3603-3612. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-021-06777-7
Bonde, E. H., Mikkelsen, E. G., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2022). Impacting employees' and managers' mental health skills using a workplace-adapted mindfulness-based intervention. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 1020454. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1020454
Bonde, E. H., Fjorback, L. O., Frydenberg, M. & Juul, L. (2022). The effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction for school teachers: a cluster-randomized controlled trial. European Journal of Public Health, 32(2), 246-253. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckab223
Chemi, T., Brattico, E., Fjorback, L. O. & Harmat, L. (Eds.) (2022). Arts and mindfulness education for human flourishing. Taylor & Francis. Routledge Research in Arts Education https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790
Chemi, T., Brattico, E., Fjorback, L. O. & Harmat, L. (2022). Conclusion: A beam of light to conclude with. In T. Chemi, E. Brattico, L. O. Fjorback & L. Harma (Eds.), Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (pp. 285-287). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790-21
Chemi, T., Brattico, E., Fjorback, L. O. & Harmat, L. (2022). Introduction: A gaze into a complex jigsaw. In T. Chemi, E. Brattico, L. O. Fjorback & L. Harmat (Eds.), Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (pp. 1-8). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790-1
Fjorback, L. O., Varma, A., King, S. & Gøtzsche, K. (2022). Literature for human growth through our own lense. In T. Chemi, E. Brattico, L. O. Fjorback & L. Harmat (Eds.), Arts and Mindfulness Education for Human Flourishing (pp. 215-236). Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003158790-17
Frydenberg, M., Maindal, H. T., Fletcher, A. & Juul, L. (2022). Is patient activation a mediator of the effect of a health promoting intervention in adults at high risk of type 2 diabetes? A longitudinal path model analysis within a randomised trial. BMC Public Health, 22, Article 439. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12864-z
Hansen, N. H. (2022). Compassion Cultivation Training for Informal Caregivers of People with a Mental Illness. [PhD dissertation, Aarhus University].
Hansen, N. H. (2022). Compassion udmatter ikke. Fokus på Kræft og Sygepleje, 42(1), 13-17.
Hansen, N. H., Bjerrekær, L., Pallesen, K. J., Juul, L. & Fjorback, L. O. (2022). The effect of mental health interventions on psychological distress for informal caregivers of people with mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, Article 949066. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.949066
Jørgensen, T., Dantoft, T. M., Weinreich Petersen, M., Eriksen Benros, M., Poulsen, C. H., Falgaard Eplov, L., Gormsen, L., Frostholm, L., Carstensen, T. B. W., Holm Eliasen, M., Kårhus, L. L., Skovbjerg, S., Bjerregaard, A. A., Brix, S., Linneberg, A. & Fink, P. (2022). Examine the public health impacts of functional somatic disorders using the DanFunD study. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 50(7), 988-994. https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221122886
Petersen, M. W., Skovbjerg, S., Jensen, J. S., Wisbech Carstensen, T. B., Dantoft, T. M., Fink, P., Benros, M. E., Mortensen, E. L., Jørgensen, T. & Gormsen, L. K. (2022). Conditioned pain modulation and pain sensitivity in functional somatic disorders: The DanFunD study. European Journal of Pain, 26(1), 154-166. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.1847
Beck, M. S., Fjorback, L. O. & Juul, L. (2021). Associations between mental health and sociodemographic characteristics among schoolchildren. A cross-sectional survey in Denmark 2019. Poster session presented at International Conference on Mindfulness - Diversity and Equality, Aarhus, Denmark.
Dantoft, T. M., Nordin, S., Andersson, L., Petersen, M. W., Skovbjerg, S. & Jørgensen, T. (2021). Multiple chemical sensitivity described in the Danish general population: Cohort characteristics and the importance of screening for functional somatic syndrome comorbidity-The DanFunD study. PLoS One, 16(2), Article e0246461. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246461
Diachenko, M., Smith, K. K., Fjorback, L., Hansen, N. V., Linkenkaer-Hansen, K. & Pallesen, K. J. (2021). Pre-retirement Employees Experience Lasting Improvements in Resilience and Well-Being After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 699088. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.699088
Djernis, D., OToole, M. S., Fjorback, L. O., Svenningsen, H., Mehlsen, M. Y., Stigsdottir, U. & Dahlgaard, J. (2021). A Short Mindfulness Retreat for Students to Reduce Stress and Promote Self-Compassion: Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial Exploring Both an Indoor and a Natural Outdoor Retreat Setting. Healthcare, 9(7), Article 910. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9070910
Fjorback, L. O., Hansen, N. H. & Eckardt, J. P. D. (2021). Træning i compassion hjælper pårørende viser ny dansk forskning. Ugeskrift for Læger, 907.
Hansen, N. H., Juul, L., Pallesen, K.-J. & Fjorback, L. O. (2021). Effect of a Compassion Cultivation Training Program for Caregivers of People With Mental Illness in Denmark: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA network open, 4(3), Article e211020. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1020

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