This study investigated the impact of an 8-month daily-guided intensive meditation-based intervention (iMI) on persistent hallucinations/delusions and health-related quality of life (QoL) in male inpatients with schizophrenia with treatment-refractory hallucinations and delusions (TRHDs). A randomized controlled trial assigned 64 male inpatients with schizophrenia and TRHD equally to an 8-month...
Dear Editor, Mindfulness meditation alleviates symptoms of distress, pain, and many chronic diseases.1‒3 In schizophrenic patients, mindfulness intervention leads to better psychosocial functioning,4 improved positive emotions,5 and reduced negative symptoms.6 It is unknown if mindfulness meditation could reduce positive symptoms in the chronic schizophrenia patients. Five male patients,...