Mindfulness and Meditation for Psoriasis: A Systematic Review
Dermatologic Therapy September 14, 2022 E. Bartholomew, M. Chung, S. Yeroushalmi et al.
A review of six randomized controlled trials found that five reported improvement in self-administered psoriasis area and severity index (saPASI) after 8 or 12 weeks of guided meditation. One RCT and one non-randomized control trial reported mental health benefits in psoriasis patients following guided meditation. The authors suggest that meditation can be used as a tool to improve both psoriasis skin severity and patient quality of life in the short term, but note that more research is needed to evaluate long-term effects.