On Covid-19, mental health, and meditation
Danylova Т. V.
HUMANITARIAN STUDIOS: PEDAGOGICS, PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY November 1, 2020 DOI: 10.31548/hspedagog2020.04.075 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Review Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Intervention | Meditation |
| Topics | Meditation |
| Key findings | Argues that meditation has well-known positive effects on stress, anxiety, depression, and chronic diseases, and that integrating Eastern spiritual practices with Western scientific discoveries is now more crucial than ever to enhance mental health and expand human capabilities toward freedom and self-realization. |
Abstract
The art of meditation has attracted vivid attention and considerable interest in contemporary unstable and unpredicted world, especially now when the outbreak of COVID-19 has created mental health concerns among the general population worldwide. Contemporary research on meditation for different conditions shows that meditation helps to control pain, may reduce blood pressure, leads to increases in regional brain gray matter density, may reduce age-related memory loss, enhances self-awareness, reduces feelings of loneliness and increases social contact, cultivates more creative problem-solving skills, promotes emotional health. Its positive impact on stress, anxiety, depression, chronic diseases is well-known. To enhance mental health and stabilize human beings in happiness and harmony, it is now more crucial than ever to turn to the Eastern spiritual practices and integrate them with the Western scientific discoveries. It will expand the functional field of human capabilities to achieve freedom and self-realization.
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 |
Citations in the library
Cites 10
- Mindful creativity: the influence of mindfulness meditation on creative thinking Frontiers in Psychology 2014
- EASTERN MYSTICISM AND TIMOTHY LEARY: HUMAN BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL REALITY Anthropological Measurements of Philosophical Research June 28, 2017
- SEARCHING FOR THE TRUE SELF: THE WAY OF NONDUAL WISDOM Anthropological Measurements of Philosophical Research December 21, 2017
- The benefits of meditation and mindfulness practices during times of crisis such as COVID-19 Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine May 14, 2020
- Mindfulness training reduces loneliness and increases social contact in a randomized controlled trial Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences February 11, 2019
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