Medication or meditation for anxiety disorders: which one is better? One of the recent research studies published in the Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience suggested that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) looks to be effective in patients affected with anxiety disorders, especially for whom conventional pharmaco-therapy (treatment with medication) has not worked. What scientists wanted to seeRead more
PARMJIT SINGH, PhD
Mindfulness, with its characteristic focus on non-reactive observing and judging, is indicated to be a useful tool for managing pain, fatigue and psychological distress among women with metastatic breast cancer. Metastatic cancer comes with heavy load of biological and psychological distress. There are newer studies are suggesting that higher mindfulness is associated with lower pain,Read more
Are meditation techniques more effective than relaxation therapies? A recent meta-analysis (combination of studies) published in the journal of Psychological Medicine indicated the meditation techniques to be a bit more effective than relaxation techniques in treating anxiety and it continues to remain effective at the 12 month follow-up period. Though more robust studies are requiredRead more
We all have experienced those moments when something goes wrong and we automatically goes into a tailspin of blanket judgments or indiscriminate judging. Those judgments can range from mild self-criticism to severe “I suck or I am worthless” kind of self-flagellation. In some respect, some sort of accountability of our actions and behaviors is usefulRead more