A Study of Adolescents Undergoing a Mindfulness Training During COVID-19

Exclusion Criteria

• •Subjects younger or older than 14-18 years old.
• •Subjects who are not healthy. Subjects who are taking any psychotropic medication.
• •MRI contraindications (ferromagnetic objects on or inside the body, e.g., braces) and pregnancy.
• •Not allowable: Current mindfulness training (e.g. MBSR, MBCT, DBT) and/or practice with a typically sitting meditation or yoga of 20 or more minutes two or more times per week within 60 days prior to study entry.
• •Potential adolescent subjects with current drug or alcohol use or dependence that, in the opinion of the site investigator, would interfere with adherence to the study requirements will be excluded and not allowed to enter the study.
• •Potential subjects with an inability or unwillingness to give written informed assent or whose legal guardian/representative are unable or unwilling to give written informed consent will be excluded and not allowed to enter the study.