Meditation
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Mental training enhances attentional stability: neural and behavioral evidence.

19 Oct 2009 The capacity to stabilize the content of attention over time varies among individuals, and its impairment is a hallmark of several mental illnesses. Impairments in sustained attention in patients with attention disorders have been associated with ... Read more...

Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy, and attitudes among primary care physicians.

21 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Primary care physicians report high levels of distress, which is linked to burnout, attrition, and poorer quality of care. Programs to reduce burnout before it results in impairment are rare; data on these programs are scarce. OBJECTIVE: To ... Read more...

The evolution of cognitive behavior therapy for schizophrenia: current practice and recent developments.

4 Aug 2009 Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) evolved from behavioral theory and developed to focus more on cognitive models that incorporated reappraisal of thinking errors and schema change strategies. This article will describe the key elements of CBT for ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Meditation'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Mental training enhances attentional stability: neural and behavioral evidence. 19 Oct 2009
• Meditation. Calming a restless mind. 29 Sep 2009
• Enhancing meaning in work: a prescription for preventing physician burnout and promoting patient-centered care. 21 Sep 2009
• Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy, and attitudes among primary care physicians. 21 Sep 2009
• The evolution of cognitive behavior therapy for schizophrenia: current practice and recent developments. 4 Aug 2009
• Meditators and non-meditators: EEG source imaging during resting. 2 Aug 2009
• "Subtle" psychosomatic aspects of Tibetan medicine. 30 Jul 2009
• The inflammatory reflex and the role of complementary and alternative medical therapies. 30 Jul 2009
• Does meditation enhance cognition and brain plasticity? 30 Jul 2009
• New beginnings: evidence that the meditational regimen can lead to optimization of perception, attention, cognition, and other functions. 30 Jul 2009
• Wisdom and method: extraordinary practices for the realization of longevity and optimal health. 30 Jul 2009
• Protection throughout the life span: the psychoneuroimmunologic impact of Indo-Tibetan meditative and yogic practices. 30 Jul 2009
• Yoga breathing, meditation, and longevity. 30 Jul 2009
• Can meditation slow rate of cellular aging? Cognitive stress, mindfulness, and telomeres. 30 Jul 2009
• Longevity: potential life span and health span enhancement through practice of the basic yoga meditation regimen. 30 Jul 2009
• Toward a unified field of study: longevity, regeneration, and protection of health through meditation and related practices. 30 Jul 2009
• Brain activity in near-death experiencers during a meditative state. 29 Jun 2009
• Take it easy. 29 Jun 2009
• A spiritual-hypnosis assisted treatment of children with PTSD after the 2002 Bali terrorist attack. 29 Jun 2009
• Positive impact of cyclic meditation on subsequent sleep. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Meditation'

Definition: A state of consciousness in which the individual eliminates environmental stimuli from awareness so that the mind can focus on a single thing, producing a state of relaxation and relief from stress. A wide variety of techniques are used to clear the mind of stressful outside interferences. It includes meditation therapy. (Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary, 4th ed)

Descriptor UI: D019122

Alternative terms: Meditation; Transcendental Meditation; Meditation, Transcendental;

Related Mesh Headings: Yoga;

Allowable Qualifiers: history; methods; psychology;

Tree Number: E02.190.525.374; E02.190.901.455; F04.754.137.750.500;

History Note: 96

Technical Notes: a relaxation technique