Biological mechanism study of meditation and its application in mental disorders
Author: Hui Shen1, Meijuan Chen1, Donghong Cui1 2
Affiliation:
1 Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
2 Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai, China.
Conference/Journal: Gen Psychiatr
Date published: 2020 Jul 13
Other:
Volume ID: 33 , Issue ID: 4 , Pages: e100214 , Special Notes: doi: 10.1136/gpsych-2020-100214. , Word Count: 103
In recent years, research on meditation as an important alternative therapy has developed rapidly and been widely applied in clinical medicine. Mechanism studies of meditation have also developed progressively, showing that meditation has great impact on brain structure and function, and epigenetic and telomere regulation. In line with this, the application of meditation has gradually been expanded to mental illness, most often applied for major depressive disorders and substance-related and addictive disorders. The focus of this paper is to illustrate the biological mechanisms of meditation and its application in mental disorders.
KEYWORDS: brain; depressive disorder, major; schizophrenia.
PMID: 32695961 PMCID: PMC7359050 DOI: 10.1136/gpsych-2020-100214
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