48 studies whose primary subject is meditation were published in 2005, up from 30 in 2004. Newest first. Back to the meditation overview
Psyke & Logos December 31, 2005 Christian Warnke Dalgas
Artiklen undersøger det spirituelle fænomen egodød som en mulig udviklingsvej i det voksne liv. Det teoretiske hovedafsæt er A. H. Almaas’ selvpsykologisk inspirerede forståelse af egodød som en gradvis proces bestående af en afvikling af personlighedens tendens til at identificerer sig med selvbilleder kombineret med en generobring af den enhed med væren, som alle, ifølge Almaas, oplever som...
Journal of Clinical Psychology December 29, 2005 Shauna L. Shapiro, Linda E. Carlson, John A. Astin et al. 3,933 citations
Recently, the psychological construct mindfulness has received a great deal of attention. The majority of research has focused on clinical studies to evaluate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions. This line of research has led to promising data suggesting mindfulness-based interventions are effective for treatment of both psychological and physical symptoms. However, an equally...
Journal of Clinical Psychology December 9, 2005 J. Mark G. Williams, Danielle S. Duggan, Catherine Crane et al. 235 citations
Once suicidal thoughts have emerged as a feature of depression they are likely to be reactivated as part of a suicidal mode of mind whenever sad mood reappears. This article reviews the methods and the usefulness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) as a treatment for the prevention of the reactivation of the suicidal mode. MBCT integrates mindfulness meditation practices and cognitive...
Journal of General Internal Medicine December 2005 Margaret Plews-Ogan, Justine E Owens, Matthew Goodman et al.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and massage may be useful adjunctive therapies for chronic musculoskeletal pain. To evaluate the feasibility of studying MBSR and massage for the management of chronic pain and estimate their effects on pain and mood. Randomized trial comparing MBSR or massage with standard care. Thirty patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. Pain was assessed with...
Qualitative Health Research December 1, 2005 Anne Bruce, Betty Davies
In this interpretive study, the authors explore the experience of mindfulness among hospice caregivers who regularly practice mindfulness meditation at a Zen hospice. They explore meditative awareness constituted within themes of meditation-in-action, abiding in liminal spaces, seeing differently, and resting in groundlessness. By opening into nonconceptual, paradoxical, and uncertain...
Neuroreport November 7, 2005 Sara W. Lazar, Catherine E. Kerr, Rachel H. Wasserman et al. 1,707 citations
Previous research indicates that long-term meditation practice is associated with altered resting electroencephalogram patterns, suggestive of long lasting changes in brain activity. We hypothesized that meditation practice might also be associated with changes in the brain's physical structure. Magnetic resonance imaging was used to assess cortical thickness in 20 participants with extensive...
The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry November 2005 Mark A. Lau, Shelley F McMain
Recent innovations in psychological treatments have integrated mindfulness meditation techniques with traditional cognitive and behavioural therapies, challenging traditional cognitive and behavioural therapists to integrate acceptance- and change-based strategies. This article details how 2 treatments, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy, have met this...
Taehan Kanho Hakhoe chi October 1, 2005 Haeng-Mi Son, Joo-Hyun Kim, Jong-Hoon Kim
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of recovery from disease in the patients doing a kind of Buddhist meditation, and to develop a grounded theory about meditation. Method: Data was collected by an in-depth interview using tape-recordings from sixteen participants doing meditation. The data was analyzed using the grounded theory method proposed by Strauss and...
Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy October 1, 2005 Randye J Semple, Elizabeth F. G. Reid, Lisa Miller
This study is an open clinical trial that examined the feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness training program for anxious children. We based this pilot initiative on a cognitively oriented model, which suggests that, since impaired attention is a core symptom of anxiety, enhancing self-management of attention should effect reductions in anxiety. Mindfulness practices are essentially...
International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation October 1, 2005 Marion Martin
Advertising lures us into believing that happiness can be bought by going on frequent exotic holidays, accessing our favourite pieces of music wherever we go and being able to contact our friends whenever we start to feel alone. Yet all this availability of entertainment and pleasure in the Western world does not seem to make us feel happier or less bored. We have reached a stage where one in...
European Journal of Pain October 2005 Ryusuke Kakigi, Hiroki Nakata, Koji Inui et al.
We recorded magnetoencephalography (MEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) following noxious laser stimulation in a Yoga Master who claims not to feel pain when meditating. As for background MEG activity, the power of alpha frequency bands peaking at around 10 Hz was much increased during meditation over occipital, parietal and temporal regions, when compared with the...
Journal of Palliative Medicine October 1, 2005 Anna-Leila Williams, Peter A Selwyn, Lauren Liberti et al.
Certain meditation practices may effectively address spiritual needs near end-of-life, an often overlooked aspect of quality of life (QOL). Among people subject to physical isolation, meditation benefits may be blunted unless physical contact is also addressed. To evaluate independent and interactive effects of Metta meditation and massage on QOL in people with acquired immunodeficiency...
Journal of Advanced Nursing September 29, 2005 Joanna E. Smith, Janet Richardson, Caroline Hoffman et al. 274 citations
AIM: This paper reports a systematic review and critical appraisal of the evidence on the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for cancer supportive care. BACKGROUND: The experience of cancer can have a negative impact on both psychological and physical health and on quality of life. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a therapy package that has been used with patients with a...
Journal of Holistic Nursing September 1, 2005 James W Carson, Francis J Keefe, Thomas R Lynch et al.
Loving-kindness meditation has been used for centuries in the Buddhist tradition to develop love and transform anger into compassion. This pilot study tested an 8-week loving-kindness program for chronic low back pain patients. Patients (N = 43) were randomly assigned to the intervention or standard care. Standardized measures assessed patients' pain, anger, and psychological distress. Post and...
European journal of applied physiology September 1, 2005 Dirk Cysarz, Arndt Büssing
The impact of meditation on cardiorespiratory synchronization with respect to breathing oscillations and the modulations of heart rate induced by respiration (respiratory sinus arrhythmia, RSA) was investigated in this study. Four different exercises (spontaneous breathing, mental task, Zen meditation, and Kinhin meditation) were consecutively performed by nine subjects mainly without any...
Biomedical Engineering: Applications, Basis and Communications August 25, 2005 Kang-Ming Chang, Pei-Chen Lo 14 citations
As the advantages of meditation have been outlined literally, scientific exploration of the meditation phenomena becomes significant. Meditation EEG may provide an access to the mental states beyond normal consciousness. It is the first attempt to score the meditation course by EEG. Wavelet analysis and fuzzy c-means (FCM) are applied in the automatic interpretation algorithm. However, FCM...
Stress and Health August 23, 2005 Mary Lou Galantino, Michael J. Baime, Maureen Maguire et al. 216 citations
Abstract Work stress, burnout, and diminished empathy are prevalent issues for health‐care professionals. Mindfulness meditation (MM) is one commonly used strategy to manage stress. Measuring salivary cortisol allows for the assessment of serum cortisol level, a known stress level indicator. This study evaluated the association of subject‐reported stress symptoms and salivary cortisol in...
August 9, 2005 T. Skorupski 4 citations
It is easy to get the impression from reading the literature that the principal form \nof meditation current today in Theravada Buddhism is a particular type of \ninsight meditation (vipassanii)-one which is keenly recommended by \nadherents. Meditation practice of this kind has in relatively recent years spread \nfrom Burma to other Southern Buddhist countries and even outside the...
Addictive Behaviors August 2005 Janis Leigh, Sarah Bowen, G Alan Marlatt
A growing body of research suggests that mindfulness-based therapies may be effective in treating a variety of disorders including stress, chronic pain, depression and anxiety. However, there are few valid and reliable measures of mindfulness. Furthermore, mindfulness is often thought to be related to spirituality, given its roots in Buddhist tradition, but empirical studies on this...
Journal of Behavioral Medicine August 2005 Amy B Wachholtz, Kenneth I Pargament
This study compared secular and spiritual forms of meditation to assess the benefits of a spiritual intervention. Participants were taught a meditation or relaxation technique to practice for 20 min a day for two weeks. After two weeks, participants returned to the lab, practiced their technique for 20 min, and placed their hand in a cold-water bath of 2 degrees C for as long as they could...