A training programme involving automatic self-transcending meditation in late-life depression: preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial - RETRACTED
Late-life depression affects 2–6% of seniors aged 60 years and above. Patients are increasingly embracing non-pharmacological therapies, many of which have not been scientifically evaluated. This study aimed to evaluate a category of meditation, automatic self-transcending meditation (ASTM), in alle...
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| author | Akshya Vasudev Amanda Arena Amer M. Burhan Emily Ionson Hussein Hirjee Pramudith Maldeniya Stephen Wetmore Ronnie I. Newman |
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| description | Late-life depression affects 2–6% of seniors aged 60 years and above. Patients are increasingly embracing non-pharmacological therapies, many of which have not been scientifically evaluated. This study aimed to evaluate a category of meditation, automatic self-transcending meditation (ASTM), in alleviating symptoms of depression when augmenting treatment as usual (NCT02149810). The preliminary results of an ongoing single-blind randomised controlled trial comparing a training programme involving ASTM with a wait-list control indicate that a 12-week ASTM programme may lead to significantly greater reductions in depression and anxiety severity. As such, ASTM may be an effective adjunctive therapy in the treatment of late-life depression. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0938f1a5ce4c43a6bad106783d27a6e42023-03-09T12:28:36ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242016-03-01219519810.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002394A training programme involving automatic self-transcending meditation in late-life depression: preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial - RETRACTEDAkshya Vasudev0Amanda Arena1Amer M. Burhan2Emily Ionson3Hussein Hirjee4Pramudith Maldeniya5Stephen Wetmore6Ronnie I. Newman7MBBS, MD, MRCPsych, Divisions of Geriatric Psychiatry and Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaPhD, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaMD, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaHBSc, DCTM, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaMMath, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaMD, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Western University, London, Ontario, CanadaMD, Department of Family Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, CanadaEdM, CAS, Art of Living Foundation, Canada; Nova Southeastern University Lifelong Learning Institute, Davie, FL, USALate-life depression affects 2–6% of seniors aged 60 years and above. Patients are increasingly embracing non-pharmacological therapies, many of which have not been scientifically evaluated. This study aimed to evaluate a category of meditation, automatic self-transcending meditation (ASTM), in alleviating symptoms of depression when augmenting treatment as usual (NCT02149810). The preliminary results of an ongoing single-blind randomised controlled trial comparing a training programme involving ASTM with a wait-list control indicate that a 12-week ASTM programme may lead to significantly greater reductions in depression and anxiety severity. As such, ASTM may be an effective adjunctive therapy in the treatment of late-life depression.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472400001368/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Akshya Vasudev Amanda Arena Amer M. Burhan Emily Ionson Hussein Hirjee Pramudith Maldeniya Stephen Wetmore Ronnie I. Newman A training programme involving automatic self-transcending meditation in late-life depression: preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial - RETRACTED BJPsych Open |
| title | A training programme involving automatic self-transcending meditation in late-life depression: preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial - RETRACTED |
| title_full | A training programme involving automatic self-transcending meditation in late-life depression: preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial - RETRACTED |
| title_fullStr | A training programme involving automatic self-transcending meditation in late-life depression: preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial - RETRACTED |
| title_full_unstemmed | A training programme involving automatic self-transcending meditation in late-life depression: preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial - RETRACTED |
| title_short | A training programme involving automatic self-transcending meditation in late-life depression: preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial - RETRACTED |
| title_sort | training programme involving automatic self transcending meditation in late life depression preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial retracted |
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