Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

6 papers found

• 1990· Research Review· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Herron, R. E.; and Graff, W. W. The intelligence model of organizational effectiveness: Its implications for enhanced productivity. Proceedings of the Association of Management: 286–290, 1990.

  The authors review research on the importance of intelligence in job performance, and on the effect of the Transcendental Meditation program in increasing intelligence, in improving job performance and related variables in the business setting, and in improving the quality of the collective consciousness of the whole society.

  • Review Paper—Management: Review Paper—Management
• 1993· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Herron, R. E. The Impact of Transcendental Meditation practice on medical expenditures. Dissertation Abstracts International 53(12):4219A, 1993.

  Five hundred and ninety-nine people in Quebec, Canada, who learned the Transcendental Meditation program showed decreased expenses for physicians’ services during the following three years, controlling for age, gender, inflation, and time; greatest savings were found for those who previously had highest medical costs and for those over age 50.

  • Health Care Utilization: Decreased Payments for Physicians’ Services
  • Health Care Utilization: Greatest Savings for Elderly and High Medical Cost People
• 1996· The American Journal of Managed Care· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Herron, R. E.; Schneider, R. H.; Mandarino, J. V.; Alexander, C. N.; and Walton, K. G. Cost-effective hypertension management: Comparison of drug therapies with an alternative program. The American Journal of Managed Care 2: 427–437, 1996.

  This study found that among those suffering from mild hypertension, regular practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique was a more cost-effective single means of reducing high blood pressure than the use of antihypertensive drug treatment.

  • Health—Cardiovascular: Greater Cost-Effectiveness for Hypertension Management through Transcendental Meditation program in Comparison to Drug Therapies
• 1996· American Journal of Health Promotion· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 6
  Herron, R. E.; Hillis, S. L.; Mandarino, J. V.; Orme-Johnson, D. W.; and Walton, K. G. The impact of the Transcendental Meditation program on government payments to physicians in Quebec. American Journal of Health Promotion 10: 208–216, 1996.

  Individuals who began the Transcendental Meditation program showed reduced payments for physicians’ services during the subsequent years.

  • Health Care Utilization: Decreased Payments for Physicians’ Services
• 1997· American Journal of Managed Care· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Orme-Johnson, D. W.; and Herron, R. E. An innovative approach to reducing medical care utilization and expenditures. The American Journal of Managed Care 3: 135–144, 1997.

  This study of insurance data indicated that individuals participating in the Transcendental Meditation program, and also in many cases other approaches of Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health, showed substantially lower medical utilization and medical expenditure rates for all age groups and disease categories, in comparison to norms and matched controls.

  • Health Care Utilization: Fewer Hospital Patient Days than Norms
  • Health Care Utilization: Fewer Outpatient Visits than Norms
  • Health Care Utilization: Lower Total Medical Expenses than Norms
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• 2000· American Journal of Health Promotion· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  Herron, R. E.; and Hillis, S. L. The Impact of the Transcendental Meditation program on government payments to physicians in Quebec: An update. American Journal of Health Promotion 14: 284–291, 2000.

  This large-sample study of government insurance data indicated that individuals who learned the Transcendental Meditation program, in contrast to matched controls, displayed a significant reduction in physician expenses over a six-year period.

  • Health Care Utilization: Longitudinal Reduction in Government Medical Expenses for Physician Treatments