Meditation and psychotherapy

Snaith, Philip

doi:10.1192/bjp.173.3.193

Cited by 26 publications

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“…Description: Relaxation therapy involves a family of techniques to elicit the relaxation response. 130 A variety of types are distinguished, including progressive relaxation, release‐only relaxation, cue‐controlled relaxation, differential relaxation, rapid relaxation and applied relaxation. Progressive relaxation, probably the most common form, teaches individuals to systematically identify and relax specific muscle groups.…”

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Effectiveness of complementary and self‐help treatments for anxiety disorders

Jorm

Christensen

Griffiths

et al. 2004

Medical Journal of Australia

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Objectives: To review the evidence for the effectiveness of complementary and self‐help treatments for anxiety disorders. Data sources: Systematic literature search using PubMed, PsycLit, and the Cochrane Library. Data synthesis: 108 treatments were identified and grouped under the categories of medicines and homoeopathic remedies, physical treatments, lifestyle, and dietary changes. We give a description of the 34 treatments (for which evidence was found in the literature searched), the rationale behind the treatments, a review of studies on effectiveness, and the level of evidence for the effectiveness studies. Conclusions: The treatments with the best evidence of effectiveness are kava (for generalised anxiety), exercise (for generalised anxiety), relaxation training (for generalised anxiety, panic disorder, dental phobia and test anxiety) and bibliotherapy (for specific phobias). There is more limited evidence to support the effectiveness of acupuncture, music, autogenic training and meditation for generalised anxiety; for inositol in the treatment of panic disorder and obsessive‐compulsive disorder; and for alcohol avoidance by people with alcohol‐use disorders to reduce a range of anxiety disorders.

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Effectiveness of complementary and self‐help treatments for anxiety disorders

Jorm

Christensen

Griffiths

et al. 2004

Medical Journal of Australia

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“…5 Meditation has also been defined as a practice that emphasizes maintaining alertness and expanding self-awareness with an increased sense of integration and cohesiveness. 6 …”

Section: Meditation and Techniquementioning

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Sitting-Meditation Interventions Among Youth: A Review of Treatment Efficacy

2009

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OBJECTIVE Although the efficacy of meditation interventions has been examined among adult samples, meditation treatment effects among youth are relatively unknown. We systematically reviewed empirical studies for the health-related effects of sitting-meditative practices implemented among youth aged 6 to 18 years in school, clinic, and community settings. METHODS A systematic review of electronic databases (PubMed, Ovid, Web of Science, Cochrane Reviews Database, Google Scholar) was conducted from 1982 to 2008, obtaining a sample of 16 empirical studies related to sitting-meditation interventions among youth. RESULTS Meditation modalities included mindfulness meditation, transcendental meditation, mindfulness-based stress reduction, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy. Study samples primarily consisted of youth with preexisting conditions such as high-normal blood pressure, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and learning disabilities. Studies that examined physiologic outcomes were composed almost entirely of African American/black participants. Median effect sizes were slightly smaller than those obtained from adult samples and ranged from 0.16 to 0.29 for physiologic outcomes and 0.27 to 0.70 for psychosocial/behavioral outcomes. CONCLUSIONS Sitting meditation seems to be an effective intervention in the treatment of physiologic, psychosocial, and behavioral conditions among youth. Because of current limitations, carefully constructed research is needed to advance our understanding of sitting meditation and its future use as an effective treatment modality among younger populations.

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“…Despite this shift and the growing research consensus behind it, 41 the conventional wisdom that mind/body interventions function like hypnosis (by simple relaxation and/or suggestion) continues to limit understanding of meditation‐based interventions and to obscure their relevance to the critical problem of learned health behavior 109 . The clinical consensus emerging around the mindfulness‐based stress reduction program (MBSR) developed by Jon Kabat‐Zinn has helped to focus research into the mechanism and clinical potential of such interventions 110–113 .…”

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A Program in Contemplative Self‐Healing

Loizzo

Charlson

Peterson

2009

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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This paper reviews current behavioral health interventions and introduces a self-healing program based on the Indo-Tibetan tradition. While most work on behavior change emphasizes cognition and motivation, this review highlights stress-reactivity as a rate-limiting resistance to learning. Surveying cognitive-behavioral theories, it finds these limited in modeling stress-reactivity. Reviewing current interventions that address stress by integrating relaxation, mindfulness, imagery, or movement with cognitive-behavioral education, it attributes their limited effectiveness to the limits of their model of stress and their strategy of eclectically mixing techniques. Next, the article explores the Indic model of stress-cessation and self-healing assumed by mindfulness practice, concluding that it more fully reflects current findings on stress and learning. It reviews the theory and practice of mindfulness and of two less known contemplative "vehicles" preserved in Tibet, using more advanced techniques and insights better suited to lay lifestyles and secular cultures. It suggests that the Tibetan tradition of integrating all three vehicles of contemplative insight and skill in one self-healing practice should maximize coherence and effectiveness while minimizing confounding variables caused by eclecticism. Finally, the paper introduces an intervention that integrates mindfulness with techniques of cognitive analysis, affect modulation, motivational imagery, and reinforcing breathing, tailored over centuries into a complete, threefold path of self-healing. A pilot study of this intervention in women treated for breast and other gynecologic cancers suggests that the whole spectrum of Indo-Tibetan mind/body practices can be readily mastered and effectively used by Westerners to reduce stress and enhance learning and quality of life.

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Meditation and psychotherapy

Cited by 26 publications

References 9 publications

Effectiveness of complementary and self‐help treatments for anxiety disorders

Effectiveness of complementary and self‐help treatments for anxiety disorders

Sitting-Meditation Interventions Among Youth: A Review of Treatment Efficacy

A Program in Contemplative Self‐Healing

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