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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

Fjorback, L. O., Pedersen, L. B., Osowo, A., Ramsdal, N. B. & Elsgaard, M. (2026). Mindfulness-Based Loneliness Reduction. Dansk Center for Mindfulness. http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://mindfulness.au.dk/fileadmin/mindfulness.au.dk/Publikationer/Manual_Ensomme_unge_3juni26.pdf

Gormsen, L. K., Carstensen, T. B. W., Skovbjerg, S., Dantoft, T. M., Jørgensen, T. & Petersen, M. W. (2026). Are Conditioned Pain Modulation and Pain Sensitivity Risk Factors for the Development of Functional Somatic Disorder? A Longitudinal Population-Based Study. European Journal of Pain, 30(6), Article e70326. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.70326

Gudmundsson, E. F., Dobies, B., Laxdal, B., Olafsdottir, I. V., Davidsdottir, I., Bragadottir, H. B., Sigurdardottir, S., Isberg, A. P., Grannell, A., Libungan, B., Mogensen, B. A., Halldorsdottir, H., Gudmundsdottir, M. V., Kaernested, B., Thorgeirsson, T., Oddsson, S. J. & Arnar, D. O. (2026). Use of a digital health solution after percutaneous coronary intervention: a randomised controlled trial. Frontiers in Digital Health , 8, Article 1851777. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2026.1851777

Knudsen, R. K., Timmermann, C., Ammentorp, J., Skovbjerg, S., Tousig, C. G. & Storkholm, M. H. (2026). Creating a Mindful Culture: Exploring Mental Models that Influence Mindfulness Implementation in Hospital Settings—An Action Research Study. Mindfulness, 17(5), 1452-1468. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-026-02808-8

Lindkvist, E. B., Thorsen, S. U., Paulsrud, C., Sildorf, S. M., Mouritsen, A. K., Fjorback, L., Hansen, N. H. & Svensson, J. (2026). Exploring the Feasibility and Acceptability of Compassion and Mindfulness Training for Adolescents With Type 1 Diabetes and Their Caregivers. Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.70777

Maloney, S., Moore, J., Wilhelm, K., Montero-Marin, J., Hinze, V., van der Velden, A. M., Lomax, T., Zhu, H., Reinecke, M., Awad, E., Boyle, J. S., Fleming, W., Taylor, L., Broome, M., Thorogood, C., Malhi, Y., Myall, K., Singh, I. & Kuyken, W. (2026). Ecological-collective-flourishing (e-co-flourishing): a framework to guide innovation and research. The Lancet Planetary Health, 10(7), Article 101490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101490

Maloney, S., Henning, T., Zhu, H., Martin, B., Hinze, V., Montero-Marin, J., van der Velden, A. M., Moore, J., Wilhelm, K., Lomax, T., Reinecke, M. G., Awad, E., Boyle, J., Fleming, W., Taylor, L., Broome, M., Thorogood, C., Scerif, G., Malhi, Y. ... Kuyken, W. (2026). Mechanisms underpinning flourishing at the interface of humans and other natural entities: an umbrella review. The Lancet Planetary Health, 10(7), Article 101450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101450

Mikkelsen, P. A., Mikkelsen, E. G., Svendsen, L. K. B., Bonde, E. H. & Juul, L. (2026). “I Think Mindfulness Might Be a Good Tool, But…”: A Qualitative Study of Employees’ Perceptions of the Implementation of a Forthcoming Workplace-Adapted Mindfulness-Based Intervention. Mindfulness. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-026-02972-x

van der Velden, A. M., Vohryzek, J., Dagnino, P. C., Kuyken, W., Montero-Marin, J., Collin, G., Kringelbach, M. L. & Ruhe, H. G. (2026). Dynamic Repertoire of Brain Networks in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy During Rumination: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, 6(5), Article 100753. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsgos.2026.100753

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. Current Controlled Trials in Cardiovascular Medicine, 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. 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.

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Manglende systematik af stresstiltag, men dokumenteret effekt af mindfulnessbaseret stressreduktion.Ugeskrift for Læger 2019, Emilie Hasager Bonde, Lone Overby Fjorback & Lise Juul
"Mindfulness-baseret kognitiv terapi er effektiv i behandlingen af tilbagevendende depression". Ugeskrift for læger (2017) Af Anne Maj van der Velden, Jacob Piet, Anne Buch Møller og Lone Fjorback.
"God effekt af mindfulness ved symptomer på stress, angst og depression". Ugeskrift for Læger (2013) Af Lone Overby Fjorback, Benita Holt Rasmussen og Tua Preuss.

Rapport: "Mindfulness af danske veteraner - et pilotstudie". Af Tua Preuss, Karen Johanne Pallesen og Lone Fjorback.
"Mindfulness -baseret kognitiv terapi" - Psykolog Nyt. Af Jacob Piet.
Mindfulness og kvalitet? - Psykolog Nyt. Debatindlæg af Anne Maj van der Velden.
Schröder A, Fink P, Fjordback L, Frostholm L, Rosendal M. (2010): Towards a unified treatment approach for functional somatic syndromes and somatization Ugeskr Laeger. 2010 Jun 14;172(24):1839-42. Danish. PubMed PMID: 20566161.
Fjorback LO, Brandholt J, Arendt M, Munk-Jørgensen P. [Social profile of young people seeking treatment for cannabis abuse]. Ugeskr Laeger. 2006 Feb 6;168(6):570-3. Danish. PubMed PMID: 16476217.

PhD dissertations

"Population-based approaches to mental health promotion and prevention: Investigating a mindfulness-based intervention at workplace contexts" (2023). PhD by Emilie Hasager Bonde.
”Compassion Cultivation Training for informal caregivers of people with a mental illness” (2022). PhD by Nanja Holland Hansen.