Meditation and Psychotherapeutic Effects
- 1 March 1978
- journal article
- review article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 35 (3), 294-302
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1978.01770270044003
Abstract
• We review the research literature dealing with the psychotherapeutic effects of meditation. The first part of the article reviews studies in which meditation is viewed as a self-regulation strategy. In the second part, studies in which meditation is viewed as a technique for inducing altered states of consciousness are reviewed. We conclude by giving guidelines and suggestions for future research.Keywords
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