Medicines to Enhance Self-Consciousness, Mindfulness and Healthy Ageing?
Pierre A. Guertin
Gerontology & Geriatrics Studies January 9, 2019 DOI: 10.31031/ggs.2018.04.000587 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Meditation |
| Keywords | Dementia Consciousness Healthy ageing Disease Gerontology Clinical psychology |
| Key findings | Proposes that meditative approaches and possibly certain medicines could be explored to improve concentration, memory, awareness, and health in elderly individuals with or without ageing-related diseases. |
Abstract
Ageing is well-known to progressively lead to a general loss of physical and neurological functions. Specific health problems such as Parkinson’s Disease, dementia, memory loss, cerebrovascular problems and Alzheimer’s Disease are also associated with ageing. Consequently, average levels of self-consciousness and mindfulness expressed by older individuals may be expected to decrease. This said, increasing evidence suggests that meditative approaches can promote healthy ageing. Specific medicines could perhaps be used to further improve healthy ageing by preventing or reversing partially self-consciousness and mindfulness losses? This short article summarizes briefly some of the tools and approaches that could perhaps be explored to improve concentration, memory, awareness and health in elderly with or without ageing-related diseases.
Comparable studies
Other narrative reviews on meditation, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mindfulness training as a clinical intervention: A conceptual and empirical review. Clinical populations | 2003 | Review | |
| Mindfulness: Theoretical Foundations and Evidence for its Salutary Effects | 2007 | Review | |
| Mindfulness Interventions | 2016 | Review | |
| Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation | 2017 | Review | |
| Mindfulness and acceptance: expanding the cognitive-behavioral tradition | 2005 | Review |
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