Mantra meditation as adjunctive therapy in major depression: A randomized controlled trial
Journal of Affective Disorders Reports September 17, 2021 Holger C Bringmann, Aline Sulz, Philipp Ritter et al.
Objective: To investigate the efficacy of add-on mantra meditation compared to progressive muscle relaxation in major depression. Methods: This study was a two-arm, single-site, raterblinded, randomized controlled trial involving 123 inpatients at a psychiatric hospital diagnosed with major depression according to DSM-IV criteria (January 2017 to June 2020). The treatment group practiced mantra...