| Title: | A Perspective on the Emergence of Meditation Techniques for Medical Disorders |
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| Author: | Shannahoff-Khalsa, D |
| Mediagroup: | journal article |
| Publisher: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine |
| Jahr: | 2006 |
| Band: | 12 |
| Heft: | 8 |
| Seiten: | 709-713 |
| Language: | englisch |
| Abstract: | This editorial discusses recent systematic reviews on yogic meditation techniques used for treating medical disorders and contrasts the results with two recent very large multisite state-of-the-art pharmacologic trials funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH). The intent here is to put the new emerging interest in meditation techniques into a larger perspective to help clarify the need for potential novel therapies. The review in this journal is timely, important, and the fourth published systematic review since 2005 on yogic meditation techniques as therapies solely for specific disease states. |