In this article, Jason Randall provides a brief description of meditation, mindfulness, and the mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) group developed by Dr Jon Kabat‐Zinn. He discusses the benefits of this group to the primary care mental health team (PCMHT) as well as some of the obstacles to its implementation.

Here, Jennifer Rankin, author of the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) report Mental Health in the Mainstream, outlines the main recommendations of the report and discusses the changes that are needed for these recommendations to be implemented. Copyright © 2007 Wiley Interface Ltd