How do meditation and other mindfulness practices actually compare to medication as a treatment for anxiety? Here’s what the science shows.
The results of the first scientific study that directly compared meditation/mindfulness—specifically mindfulness-based stress reduction —to medication for anxiety were just published in
medication commonly prescribed for anxiety—escitalopram and the other half participated in a mindfulness-based stress reduction program. After eight weeks, participants in both groups reported a 30 percent decline in their anxiety levels as measured using a standardized assessment instrument. Their anxiety levels continued to decrease through the completion of the 24-week study.
However, taking a pill is convenient and easy, requiring virtually no time and only the need to remember to take it. Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction is a structured eight-week program that includes guided and self-practice and requires a substantial initial time commitment: Participants attended twice-weekly two-and-a-half-hour group classes for eight weeks and were asked to meditate at home for 45 minutes each day for the entire study period.
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