Effects of Transcendental Meditation on mental health: A before-after study

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Yunesian, Masud ^a   Aslani, Afshin ^b   Vash, Javad Homayoun ^b   Yazdi, Abbas Bagheri ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MOSLEM; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOMATIZATION; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 56849107755     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-4-25     Document Type: Article

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