How Meditation Can Help with Depression
The dozens of different types of meditation all seek a state of heightened awareness, said Dr. Schwartz, and that heightened awareness could have far-ranging benefits for people with depression and anxiety.
A substantial body of evidence indicates that meditation therapies may help people with clinical depressive disorders, including individuals experiencing a major depressive episode.1 One study of Brazilian students found that a six-week meditation course reduced depression and anxiety symptoms in students.2
Carpena MX, Tavares PS, Menezes CB. The effect of a six-week focused meditation training on depression and anxiety symptoms in Brazilian university students with 6 and 12 months of follow-up. J Affect Disord. 2019 Mar 1;246:401-407. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.12.126
The authors of one review described using meditation to treat depression as so beneficial that they suggested that it could be used in the clinical setting on a first-line basis or as an adjunctive treatment for depression.1
"There is a strong feeling in the neuroscience area and the psychology realm that meditation and meditative practices can change your brain physiology," said Dr. Schwartz.
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