Critical Analysis of the Efficacy of Meditation Therapies for Acute and Subacute Phase Treatment of Depressive Disorders: A Systematic Review

Psychosomatics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 140-152

  Jain, Felipe A ^a   Walsh, Roger N ^b   Eisendrath, Stuart J ^c   Christensen, Scott ^a   Rael Cahn, B ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDITATION; MEDLINE; MINDFULNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QIGONG; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TAI CHI; YOGA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MEDITATION; MINDFULNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84924625054     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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