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Session: Research on Spirit, Mind and Meditation
3187.0: Monday, November 06, 2006: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM
Oral
Research on Spirit, Mind and Meditation
Studies examining the impact of spiritual practice as well as mindfulness meditation techniques have improved over the past decade. Presented in this session are four windows for seeing the relationship between health, spirit, mind and mediation. The first study examines how people with serious mental illnesses integrate, enhance or replace conventional therapies with unconventional ones. The second study summarizes the results of a National Health Interview Study in relation to mediation use in the US. The third study found, surprisingly, that higher levels of mediation can be associated with WORSE health outcomes in some studies. The fourth study examines the personal spiritual beliefs of physicians, including: “clear conviction that medical practice is ministry and patient care is doing “God's work” to individuals who view their practice of medicine as a series of modern scientific applications made possible by human ingenuity.”
Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to: (1) Distinguish among three models of complementary use of conventional and unconventional therapies by individuals with serious mental illnesses; (2) Describe the national profile of meditation use; (3) Recognize the limitations of cross-sectional epidemiologic studies particularly in subject areas related to prayer and mediation, and; (4) how medical professionals are influenced by spirituality.
Moderator(s):Adam Burke, PhD, MPH, LAc
12:30 PMUnconventional therapies and use of mental health services by individuals with serious mental illnesses  [ Recorded presentation ]
Zlatka Russinova, PhD
12:50 PMA National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Report on Meditation Use in the US
Adam Burke, PhD, MPH, LAc, Dawn M. Upchurch, PhD, Claire Dye, MSPH, Laura Chyu, MA, Ellen Levine, PhD, MPH
1:10 PMPrayer/Meditation and Health Status among African Americans and Whites in Georgia  [ Recorded presentation ]
Peter Baltrus, PhD, Kirstin Byrd, BS, Yong Liu, MS
1:30 PMHow spirituality and religious thinking influence current medical practice among American physicians  [ Recorded presentation ]
Elizabeth A. Catlin, MD, Wendy Cadge, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Alternative and Complementary Health Practices
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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