Mindfulness and meditation are scarce evidence very poorly

byEli DeFaria

MindfulnessIsGoogle has been practiced, "It reduces stress" and "It is said that the risk of disease decreases." The mindfulness of concentrating on "the situation in which you are placed", "emotion", "breathing" at the time, not in the past or the future, has been shown to have a health benefit by recent studies On the other hand, the eyes are doubted that the efficacy is over-advertised.

Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1745691617709589

Where's the Proof That Mindfulness Meditation Works? - Scientific American
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wheres-the-proof-that-mindfulness-meditation-works1/


In a study published on 10th October 2017 at Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15 prominent psychologists and cognitive scientists said that mindfulness lacked scientific evidence contrary to its popularity Pointed out. In particular, many of the previous studies have no consistent definition of "what is mindfulness", and the fact that comparative experiments to examine the placebo effect are not done is inadequate as data.

According to a report published in American Psychologist in 2015, the proportion of mindfulness studies prepared for the control group is only 9%, and in the meta-analysis considering the placebo effect, the practice of mindfulness It is said that the result is "not impressive" result. In addition, in the year 2014, 47 clinical trials for a total of about 3,500 subjects were reevaluated, where mindfulness strengthened attention ·Substance abuseIt is said that it was shown that it has nothing to do with treatment, sleep, weight control etc etc.

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Professor Nicholas Van Dam, a clinical psychologist at the University of Melbourne, insists that the effect of mindfulness is exaggerated for money. Meditation and mindfulness training is being conducted in the US, and it is said that the market size is as much as $ 1.1 billion (about 120 billion yen). Professor Van Dam recognizes that mindfulness has a positive effect on anxiety, depression, pain, etc. in past studies, "Our research says that mindfulness is meaningless It is not that we are doing it, but with the rigor of science it can be said that there is nothing that can make a major claim. "

Professor Willem Kuken of the University of Oxford who studies about mindfulness cognitive therapy has not participated in this study, but "such reviews are welcome, which introduces accuracy and balance in new fields It looks like it is trying to do. " "There are many fields where programs based on mindfulness are acceptable, but we need to make an accurate trial that is randomized at a larger scale," Professor Kuken said.

On October 4, 2017Science AdvancesIn the study published at Mindfulness training, although it reduces subjects' perceptions of stress, it is said to be stress hormoneCortisolIt does not decrease the level of On the same day, as a result of training on attention, such as mindfulness,Prefrontal cortexofIncreased thicknessAlthough research results have also been announced, researchers conclude that "the need for further investigation" on what the meaning of this content clinically means.

On the other hand, although there are many research results using the "like mindfulness" approach as described above, the method of mindfulness itself is not standardized and it is difficult to compare separate research There is a problem.

Mindfulness was originally a Buddhist term "Satie"That means" keeping in mind certain things ". Professor Jon Kabat-Zinn, a cognitive scientist at the University of Massachusetts in the 1970s, developed "a method of reducing stress based on mindfulness" as an alternative therapy for a number of symptoms that are difficult to treat, so that mindfulness Became popular in Europe and the United States. And in the 2000s, the popularity of mindfulness has further expanded, and various approaches that are different from the beginning will be taken. Professor Van Dam urges attention because it is trying to create a new way without adequate scientific appraisal.

bySabine Schulte

"In general, I think that many of the ones that promise health is not fulfilling their duties, and the intervention of mindfulness in therapy and smartphone applications is put on the market without accurate testing and appropriate experimentation "But, given the things we have seen to date, there will be evidence that mindfulness training will help the symptoms associated with anxiety, depression, and stress. I think, "Professor Van Dam.

While acknowledging that the definition of mindfulness is diversifying, Professor Eric Loucks, a Behavioral Social Science researcher at Brown University, said, "Mindfulness is a personal experience and various understandings are made by people There is, "I believe it is very difficult to standardize the spiritual concept of mindfulness for research.