Edo Shonin is a research psychologist at Nottingham Trent University and has been a Buddhist monk for almost 30 years. He is Research Director of the Awake to Wisdom Centre for Meditation, Mindfulness, and Psychological Wellbeing and Spiritual Director of the Mahayana Bodhayati School of Buddhism. He sits on the International Advisory Board for Springer's journal Mindfulness and is an editorial board member of Springer's International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. He has widely regarded as a world leading authority in mindfulness research and practice. Ven William Van Gordon is a research psychologist based at Nottingham Trent University and has been a Buddhist Monk for approximately 10 years. He is co-founder of both the Awake to Wisdom Centre for Meditation, Mindfulness, and Psychological Wellbeing and the Mahayana Bodhayati School of Buddhism. He was recently Guest Editor for a special issue on mindfulness in the International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, and isediting a Springer (NY) book on the Buddhist Foundations of Mindfulness. Dr. Mark Griffiths is a Chartered Psychologist and Professor of Gambling Studies at the Nottingham Trent University, and Director of the International Gaming Research Unit. He has spent over 25 years in the field and is internationally known for his work into behavioral addictions. More recently, he has been researching the therapeutic benefits of mindfulness. He has published over 450 refereed research papers, three books, 120+ book chapters and over 1000 other articles.

• ​Understanding and Defining Mindfulness. - The Buddhist Roots of Mindfulness. - Perfecting Mindfulness Practice. -  Considerations for Using Mindfulness in Clinician-Patient Settings. - Different types of Mindfulness-Based Interventions. - Mindfulness for the Treatment of Mood and Anxiety Disorders. - Mindfulness for the Treatment of Schizophrenia Disorders. -Mindfulness for the Treatment of Eating Disorders. - Mindfulness and Recovery from Chemical Addictions. - Mindfulness and Recovery from Behavioral Addictions. - The Health Benefits of Mindfulness for Children and Adolescents. - Mindfulness and Forensic Mental Health. - Mindfulness and Work-related Wellbeing. - The Clinical Utility of Loving Kindness and Compassion Meditation. - Buddhist Non-self Approaches in Mental Health and Addiction​

"The intended audience for this book consists of mental health professionals and researchers, including psychologists, psychiatrists, psychiatric social workers, psychotherapists, counselors, meditation masters, and so on. ... The book provides a useful resource of applications of mindfulness-related approaches to a variety of settings. ... this is an important book for the field of mental health as it presents an alternate paradigm of mindfulness that has potential for numerous applications and possible benefits for the patient population." (Manoj Sharma, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61 (15), April, 2016)