ReviewGeneral psychiatry2020
Biological mechanism study of meditation and its application in mental disorders.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effect of mindfulness meditation on depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Comparative Effectiveness of Multiple Exercise Interventions in the Treatment of Mental Health Disorders: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Effect of Tai Chi on Markers of Oxidative Stress: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Yoga intervention on the fatigue-pain-sleep disturbance symptom cluster for breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy: a pilot randomized controlled trial.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2026Trial
- Using Personalized Anchors to Establish Routine Meditation Practice With a Mobile App: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Immediate Changes in Physical Function, Psychological Health, and Health-Related Quality of Life Following a Five-Day Multicomponent Coastal Health Program in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Meditation: Philosophical Foundations and its Role in Managing Common Noncommunicable Diseases.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2026Article
- Comparative effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for prehypertension: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.American journal of preventive cardiology · 2025Article
- Mental health professionals' perspectives and suggestions on religious and superstitious activities engagement of patients with serious mental illness: A national survey in Thailand.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2025Article
- Identifying Common Patterns in the Time of Day of Mindfulness Meditation Associated with Long-Term Maintenance.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prospective Association of Psychological Distress and Sexual Quality of Life Among Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Survivors.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2025Article
- Traditional Islamic spiritual meditative practices: powerful psychotherapies for mental wellbeing.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Neural correlates of breath work, mental imagery of yoga postures, and meditation in yoga practitioners: a functional near-infrared spectroscopy study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2024Article
- Impact of Long-Term Shaolin Zen Meditation on Emotional Processing in Aging: A Visual ERP Study.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Clinical guidelines for the use of lifestyle-based mental health care in major depressive disorder: World Federation of Societies for Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) and Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine (ASLM) taskforce.The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry · 2023Article
- Alteration of faecal microbiota balance related to long-term deep meditation.General psychiatry · 2023Article
- Using mobile meditation app data to predict future app engagement: an observational study.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2022Observational
- Attenuated niacin-induced skin flush response in individuals with clinical high risk for psychosis.General psychiatry · 2022Article
- Mechanisms of change in depression and anxiety within a mind-body activity intervention for chronic pain.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
- Microglial Activation of GLP-1R Signaling in Neuropathic Pain Promotes Gene Expression Adaption Involved in Inflammatory Responses.Neural plasticity · 2021Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
In recent years, research on meditation as an important alternative therapy has developed rapidly and been widely applied in clinical medicine. Mechanism studies of meditation have also developed progressively, showing that meditation has great impact on brain structure and function, and epigenetic and telomere regulation. In line with this, the application of meditation has gradually been expanded to mental illness, most often applied for major depressive disorders and substance-related and addictive disorders. The focus of this paper is to illustrate the biological mechanisms of meditation and its application in mental disorders.
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