Effect of transcendental meditation on employee stress, depression, and burnout: a randomized controlled study.
Author: Elder C1, Nidich S2, Moriarty F3, Nidich R4.
Affiliation:
1Physician Lead for Integrative Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Northwest and an Affiliate Investigator at the Center for Health Research in Portland, OR. charles.elder@kpchr.org. 2Professor of Physiology and Health, and Education at Maharishi University of Management and Senior Investigator at the Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention in Fairfield, IA. snidich@mum.edu. 3Clinical Director at Mountain Valley Treatment Center in Pike, NH, and the Founder of Metta, LTD in Arlington, VT. fmoriarty@mountainvalleytreatment.org. 4Adjunct Associate Professor of Education at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, IA. rnidich@mum.edu.
Conference/Journal: Perm J.
Date published: 2014 Winter
Other:
Volume ID: 18 , Issue ID: 1 , Pages: 19-23 , Special Notes: doi: 10.7812/TPP/13-102 , Word Count: 64
A total of 40 secondary schoolteachers and support staff at the Bennington School in Vermont, a therapeutic school for children with behavioral problems, were randomly assigned to either practice of the Transcendental Meditation program or a wait-list control group. The Transcendental Meditation program was effective in reducing psychological distress in teachers and support staff working in a therapeutic school for students with behavioral problems.
PMID: 24626068
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