Education and Training
Examining the Effects of Regular Brief Internet-based Meditation Practice on Mental Health and Well Being
The study will examine the effects of online meditation training on stress and anxiety in healthy participants. It will also examine the dose-response relationship between the amount of daily focused attention meditation practice and established mental health outcome measures.
Stanford is currently accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- behavioral: SOS Meditation
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Able to follow basic instructions for prescreening and scheduling
- Compliant with investigator instructions during the consent process and participation
in the study
- Is not already a regular meditation practitioner
Exclusion Criteria:
- Age <18
- People with a current diagnosis of psychiatric or neurological disorders
- Be in current psychiatric treatment or medications
- Hospitalized for psychiatric disorders in the past year or so.
- Regular and long-term meditation practitioners
- Non-English speaking
- Non-USA mailing address to receive the activity tracker device
- Vision or hearing impairment severe enough to interfere with study participation
Ages Eligible for Study
18 Years - N/A
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Now accepting new patients
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Manish Saggar, PhD
650-723-3656
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