Mindfulness online

online mindfulness for adolescentsPilot Project with efficacy trial of an interactive web application for young people about the use and practice of Mindfulness.

 

Partners:

  • Mindfulness association: David Dewulf
  • Prof. Dr. Filip Raes, at the Centre for the Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Leuven
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Majic Forest

Magic forest: game narratives for children as predictor of emotional disorders.

 

 

 

 

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Mindfulness in primairy school

Determination of the effectiveness of a mindfulness training “in elementary school children as a means to increase their resistance and resilience in difficult, stressful, emotional situations.

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Warm Cities

Warm Cities is an action project aiming to create ‘a good practice’ in the local community, intending to facilitate the implementation of the Flemish Action Plan for the Prevention of Suicide, and attaining more efficiency of the resources spent.

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Suiciderates

Suicide rates in FlandersSuicide rates in Flanders, Wallonia and the Netherlands,  explained by social cognitive factors and help-seeking behavior.

2 publications in international scientific journals.

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Habbekrats

Evaluation of Habbekrats, a welfare organization

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Predi NU

Preventing Depression and Improving Awareness through Networking in the EU (PREDI-NU)

Partners:

  • LUCAS, Prof. Dr. Chantal Van Audenhove
  • Go for Happiness foundation
  • Europe

 

This project is part of the Go for Happiness Chair prevention of depression and suicide ‘, established at KU Leuven.
Duration: 3 years

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Acceptance and commitment therapy model in schools

ACT preventie modelEffectiveness of general health prevention in middle schools by the Acceptance & Commitment Therapy model.

Partners:

  • Centrum voor Leerpsychologie en Experimentele Psychopathologie,KUL: Prof. Dr. Filip Raes
  • Centrum voor Geestelijke Gezondheidszorg Waas& Dender
  • Ga voor Geluk vzw

Duration: 3 years.

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Online contact amongst survivors of suicide

A suicide does not only affect the person itself, but also close relatives and friends of the deceased. Research proves that survivors of suicide are a high-risk group and need to be supported in specific questions and problems. Contact amongst fellow-sufferers can have a positive impact on survivors, especially when they suffer from mild complaints.

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Theater: The world is going to sleep

Multidisciplinary theater (monologue, literature, chanson) with actress Antje De Boeck, musician Ronny Verbiest, singer and author Jeroen Van Haele Levien.

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Giftedness

Study on the well-being of children and young people in Flanders in relation to their cognitive (creative) skills and academic functioning .

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Mindfulness for adolescents

Is mindfulness useful for adolescents, as a tool to increase their abilities to cope with stress and negative emotions and to decrease the occurrence (or relapse) of depression?

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Survivors: prevention and accompaniment of mourning

Research on the effectiveness of intervention strategies through cognitive – behavioral counseling in the prevention and accompaniment of grief in survivors(after suicide).

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Prevention of depression and suicide: college students

Development of a prevention program “Prevention of Depression and Suicide” for University students

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Best Practices in youth suicide prevention

Clearing a hundred best practices in youth suicide prevention:

 

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