How Effective Mindfulness Meditation?

Mindfulness-based meditation programs are emerging as a promising treatment for all kind of people in various conditions with little knowledge about the adverse effects.

To address this issue, Britton university conducted a new study on adverse effects in mindfulness-based programs to identify the common obstacles in monitoring the programs published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science.

‘Identify adverse effects to maximize the safety and efficacy of mindfulness-based meditation.’

The study reviews nearly 7,000 meditation practices with key consideration on hesitancy of participants to report negative reactions to treatment and assessing the adverse effects.

"Our ultimate goal is to maximize the efficacy of mindfulness-based meditation while minimizing harms," said Britton, who directs the Clinical and Affective Neuroscience Laboratory at Brown.

To record the patient's perspective, this study allows them to explain their meditation-related experiences as well as the impact it had on their life and functioning and found that most common negative impact is feeling disconnected after meditating.

Mindfulness meditation practice being an active ingredient of therapeutic programs is associated with both transient distress and enduring negative impacts on life and functioning. This finding allows the practitioners to make educated, effective and safe recommendations to specific patients.



Source: Eurekalert