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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Better Than Stress Management Education For Alleviating Generalized Anxiety

The first random controlled study to compare Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) training to a control group has found that mindfulness is the better treatment choice when it comes to Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). People who experience GAD worry chronically and have nervous physiological symptoms. MBSR is an 8-week training program that teaches mindfulness skills in… Read more


Keep Your Genes Healthy by Meditating

A print article in New Scientist discusses new research by Herbert Benson on the effect of brief meditation at the genetic level. Gene analysis was performed on 26 volunteers before training in meditative relaxation exercises, and again after 8 weeks of performing these exercises daily. Results were very impressive: after just 8 weeks of 10-20… Read more


Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy could be helpful for fibromyalgia

New research has studied the effect of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on women with fibromyalgia, a syndrome that has a severe impact on the quality of life of the sufferer. The study looked at women with fibromyalgia and randomly assigned them to either an 8-week MBCT intervention or a control situation. Measurements of pain, life impact… Read more


Mindfulness Meditation in the Correctional System

The Mindfulness Clinic’s very own Terra Dafoe has just published an article in the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation reviewing Mindfulness Meditation as an adjunct approach to treatment within the correctional system. The article outlines cognitive-bahavioural therapy and relapse prevention as standard practice, and then discusses how mindfulness therapies have been shown to be very effective… Read more


Study Shows Mindfulness Helps Deal With Cigarette Cravings in Smoking Cessation

A recent study compared a brief, computer-based mindfulness training session to a standard psychoeducational intervention for smoking cessation. Participants were randomly assigned to either intervention or a control group which received no training. The day after the interventions, half of the smokers quit smoking and were asked to monitor their cravings. Participants in the mindfulness… Read more


Open Your Mind to Improve Your Grades: Mindfulness Improves GRE Scores

A new study tested whether a 2-week mindfulness training course would have any effect on students’ experience of and scores on the GREs. Participants were randomly assigned to the mindfulness training condition or a control condition involving nutrition training. Students in the mindfulness group experienced a lower occurrence of distracting thoughts as well as an… Read more


Meditation Can Improve Heart Health – Study

A recent randomized, controlled study of people with coronary heart disease compared the effects of a meditation intervention with the effects of a health education program on long-term health outcomes. 201 black men and women (who have disproportionately higher rates of heart disease than white men and women) followed either a 6-week mindfulness training course… Read more


Mindfulness interventions could help people with schizophrenia

A new study from Hong Kong looked at whether a mindfulness-based intervention could be helpful for people with schizophrenia. The researchers followed 96 outpatients with schizophrenia who were randomly assigned to Treatment As Usual or a Mindfulness-Based Psychoeducation program which emphasized patients’ knowledge and awareness of schizophrenia. Compared to the Treatment As Usual group, the… Read more


Mindfulness & Emotional Well-Being

A new study from the University of Utah sheds some light on emotional well-being. It appears that those who describe themselves as being more mindful also report having more control over their mood and behaviour, as well as more stable emotions. The participants in this study wore heart monitors to measure their physiological activation throughout… Read more


Mindfulness Training in Schools Can Reduce Adolescent Depression, Study Shows

A recent Belgian study tested a mindfulness intervention in the classroom to see whether it would have any effect on levels of depression in adolescent students. 408 students from different schools were assigned to either a mindfulness training condition or a control condition which did not receive any training. Both groups were given questionnaires measuring… Read more



 

 

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