There are thousands of studies showing the benefits of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs. University of Massachusetts Medical Center has put together a short video on MBSR research as well as a 2-page research summary of medical and psychological benefits of MBSR. The 2-page summary is a little dated, but the 2017 book, Altered Traits, by Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson, provides a terrific overview of the research to date, indicating both its promise and limitations.

Below are some websites that are constantly updated to show current research, as well as a very, very limited selection of clinical studies.

Current Research:

• Mindfulness Research Monthly - American Mindfulness Research Foundation
• Mindfulness Research - National Institutes of Health
• MBSR Research - UMass Medical School
• Scientific Publications & Current Studies - Center for Investigating Healthy Minds, U. of Wisconsin

• Multiple Sclerosis and Meditation National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 2010
• Effect of mindfulness based stress reduction on immune function, quality of life and coping in women newly diagnosed with early stage breast cancer by Witek-Janusek, et al., 2008
• Mindfulness-based stress reduction: a literature review and clinician's guide by Praissman, S., 2008
• Relationships between mindfulness practice and levels of mindfulness, medical and psychological symptoms and well-being in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program, by Carmody, J. and Baer, R., 2008
• One year pre-post intervention follow-up of psychological, immune, endocrine and blood pressure outcomes of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in breast and prostate cancer outpatients by Carlson, et al., 2007
• Mindfulness meditation for the treatment of chronic low back pain in older adults: a randomized controlled pilot study by Morone, Greco, and Weiner, 2007
• Alterations in Brain and Immune Function Produced by Mindfulness Meditation by Richard Davidson, et al., 2002
• Long-term meditators self-induce high-amplitude gamma synchrony during mental practice by Richard Davidson, et al., 2002
• Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health-related quality of life in a heterogeneous patient population by Diane Reibel, et al., 2001
• The effect of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction program on mood and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients by Michael Speca, et al., 2000