Potential therapeutic effects of meditation for treating affective dysregulation.
Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM 2014 Natalie T Y Leung, Mandy M Lo, Tatia M C Lee
Affective dysregulation is at the root of many psychopathologies, including stress induced disorders, anxiety disorders, and depression. The root of these disorders appears to be an attenuated, top-down cognitive control from the prefrontal cortices over the maladaptive subcortical emotional processing. A form of mental training, long-term meditation practice can trigger meditation-specific...