Mindfulness was originally introduced as a participatory medicine and complementary therapy in hospital settings in the late 1970s. Since then, countless research experiments on mindfulness interventions have shown positive results in the areas of physical and cognitive challenges with a strong impact on the latter. The connection between rehabilitation in the areas of addiction and mindfulness...
The conclusions of the work published in PLoSOne: “Unwanted effects: Is there a negative side of meditation? A multicenter survey” should open a debate about the place of different practices in the health care system and future research. There are plenty of works being done, a lot of them with biased designs, showing benefits. This work shows a different point, about a poorly researched area...