On this page, I am curating selected citations on meditation and mindfulness-based interventions from mental health. Few clarifications about what is and is not included on this page:
– Books on meditation are not covered on this page; only academic articles published from January 2019 are.
– The use of these approaches for chronic pain or other physical conditions is not addressed on this page.
– The citations on this page are, obviously, not intended to be a comprehensive or complete list. Citations will be added to this page intermittently.
If you are aware of a systematic review, meta-analysis, or randomized clinical trial of meditation that is not included on this page, please post the suggestion under “Leave a Reply” at the bottom of this page. Thanks in advance!
General
Goyal M, Singh S, Sibinga EM, Gould NF, Rowland-Seymour A, Sharma R, Berger Z, Sleicher D, Maron DD, Shihab HM, Ranasinghe PD, Linn S, Saha S, Bass EB, Haythornthwaite JA. Meditation programs for psychological stress and well-being: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA Intern Med. 2014 Mar;174(3):357-68. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.13018. PMID: 24395196; PMCID: PMC4142584.
Lau MA, McMain SF. Integrating mindfulness meditation with cognitive and behavioural therapies: the challenge of combining acceptance- and change-based strategies. Can J Psychiatry. 2005 Nov;50(13):863-9. doi: 10.1177/070674370505001310. PMID: 16483122.
Simkin DR, Black NB. Meditation and mindfulness in clinical practice. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am. 2014 Jul;23(3):487-534. doi: 10.1016/j.chc.2014.03.002. PMID: 24975623.
Vancampfort D, Stubbs B, Van Damme T, Smith L, Hallgren M, Schuch F, Deenik J, Rosenbaum S, Ashdown-Franks G, Mugisha J, Firth J. The efficacy of meditation-based mind-body interventions for mental disorders: A meta-review of 17 meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials. J Psychiatr Res. 2020 Dec 21;134:181-191. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2020.12.048. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33388701.
ADHD
Abbasi J. Meditation App Improves Attention in Young Adults. JAMA. 2019 Aug 13;322(6):495. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.11649. PMID: 31408118.
Evans S, Ling M, Hill B, Rinehart N, Austin D, Sciberras E. Systematic review of meditation-based interventions for children with ADHD. Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2018 Jan;27(1):9-27. doi: 10.1007/s00787-017-1008-9. Epub 2017 May 25. PMID: 28547119.
Krisanaprakornkit T, Ngamjarus C, Witoonchart C, Piyavhatkul N. Meditation therapies for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Jun 16;2010(6):CD006507. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006507.pub2. PMID: 20556767; PMCID: PMC6823216.
Anxiety
Montero-Marin J, Garcia-Campayo J, Pérez-Yus MC, Zabaleta-Del-Olmo E, Cuijpers P. Meditation techniques v. relaxation therapies when treating anxiety: a meta-analytic review. Psychol Med. 2019 Oct;49(13):2118-2133. doi: 10.1017/S0033291719001600. Epub 2019 Jul 19. PMID: 31322102.
Depression
Jain FA, Walsh RN, Eisendrath SJ, Christensen S, Rael Cahn B. Critical analysis of the efficacy of meditation therapies for acute and subacute phase treatment of depressive disorders: a systematic review. Psychosomatics. 2015 Mar-Apr;56(2):140-52. doi: 10.1016/j.psym.2014.10.007. Epub 2014 Oct 22. PMID: 25591492; PMCID: PMC4383597.
Eating disorders
Katterman SN, Kleinman BM, Hood MM, Nackers LM, Corsica JA. Mindfulness meditation as an intervention for binge eating, emotional eating, and weight loss: a systematic review. Eat Behav. 2014 Apr;15(2):197-204. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2014.01.005. Epub 2014 Feb 1. PMID: 24854804.
Insomnia
Black DS, O’Reilly GA, Olmstead R, Breen EC, Irwin MR. Mindfulness meditation and improvement in sleep quality and daytime impairment among older adults with sleep disturbances: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr;175(4):494-501. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.8081. PMID: 25686304; PMCID: PMC4407465.
Gong H, Ni CX, Liu YZ, Zhang Y, Su WJ, Lian YJ, Peng W, Jiang CL. Mindfulness meditation for insomnia: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Psychosom Res. 2016 Oct;89:1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.07.016. Epub 2016 Jul 26. PMID: 27663102.
Ong JC, Manber R, Segal Z, Xia Y, Shapiro S, Wyatt JK. A randomized controlled trial of mindfulness meditation for chronic insomnia. Sleep. 2014 Sep 1;37(9):1553-63. doi: 10.5665/sleep.4010. PMID: 25142566; PMCID: PMC4153063.
Migraine
Wells RE, O’Connell N, Pierce CR, Estave P, Penzien DB, Loder E, Zeidan F, Houle TT. Effectiveness of Mindfulness Meditation vs Headache Education for Adults With Migraine: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2020 Dec 14:e207090. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7090. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33315046; PMCID: PMC7737157.
Apps
Kozlov E, Bantum E, Pagano I, Walser R, Ramsey K, Taylor K, Jaworski B, Owen J. The Reach, Use, and Impact of a Free mHealth Mindfulness App in the General Population: Mobile Data Analysis. JMIR Ment Health. 2020 Nov 27;7(11):e23377. doi: 10.2196/23377. PMID: 33245289; PMCID: PMC7732704.
Schultchen D, Terhorst Y, Holderied T, Stach M, Messner EM, Baumeister H, Sander LB. Stay Present with Your Phone: A Systematic Review and Standardized Rating of Mindfulness Apps in European App Stores. Int J Behav Med. 2020 Nov 20. doi: 10.1007/s12529-020-09944-y. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33215348.
Adverse effects
Kuijpers HJ, van der Heijden FM, Tuinier S, Verhoeven WM. Meditation-induced psychosis. Psychopathology. 2007;40(6):461-4. doi: 10.1159/000108125. Epub 2007 Sep 11. PMID: 17848828.
Search strategy
Search terms: meditation[mh] OR mindfulness[mh] OR meditation[ti] OR mindfulness[ti]
Article types: Meta-Analysis, Review, Systematic Review
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