EFFICACY OF MEDITATION IN GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER

A study was conducted to compare the efficacy of meditation with that of imipramine and chlordiazepoxide in the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. At the end of five weeks, meditation was found to be as effective as pharmacotherapy in controlling symptoms of anxiety. It was superior in alter...

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Autores principales: Vahia, Vihang N., Shetty, Harish K., Motiwala, Shakera, Thakkar, Gira, Fernandes, Lizabeth, Sharma, Jagdish Chandra
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1993
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2978477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21743608
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author Vahia, Vihang N.
Shetty, Harish K.
Motiwala, Shakera
Thakkar, Gira
Fernandes, Lizabeth
Sharma, Jagdish Chandra
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description A study was conducted to compare the efficacy of meditation with that of imipramine and chlordiazepoxide in the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. At the end of five weeks, meditation was found to be as effective as pharmacotherapy in controlling symptoms of anxiety. It was superior in altering trait anxiety (TMAS Scores). Meditation is an easy to learn and cost effective therapy. It has a distinct edge over pharmacotherapy in that it is does not have the associated problems of habit formation,-withdrawal effects, overdosage or other undesirable effects.
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spelling pubmed-29784772011-07-08 EFFICACY OF MEDITATION IN GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER Vahia, Vihang N. Shetty, Harish K. Motiwala, Shakera Thakkar, Gira Fernandes, Lizabeth Sharma, Jagdish Chandra Indian J Psychiatry Original Article A study was conducted to compare the efficacy of meditation with that of imipramine and chlordiazepoxide in the treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. At the end of five weeks, meditation was found to be as effective as pharmacotherapy in controlling symptoms of anxiety. It was superior in altering trait anxiety (TMAS Scores). Meditation is an easy to learn and cost effective therapy. It has a distinct edge over pharmacotherapy in that it is does not have the associated problems of habit formation,-withdrawal effects, overdosage or other undesirable effects. Medknow Publications 1993 /pmc/articles/PMC2978477/ /pubmed/21743608 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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EFFICACY OF MEDITATION IN GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
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title_short EFFICACY OF MEDITATION IN GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER
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