Research on the Transcendental Meditation and TM-Sidhi Programs

3 papers found

• 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· Psychoneuroendocrinology· Empirical· Collected Papers Vol. 7
  MacLean, C. R. K.; Walton, K. G.; Wenneberg, S. R.; Levitsky, D. K.; Mandarino, J. P.; Waziri, R.; Hillis, S. L.; and Schneider, R. H. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation program on adaptive mechanisms: Changes in hormone levels and responses to stress after 4 months of practice. Psychoneuroendocrinology 22: 277–295, 1997.

  This experimental study found that those who learned the Transcendental Meditation technique, in contrast to controls who took a stress education class, showed after four months of practice a more adaptive response to stress, as measured by increased cortisol responsiveness to stressors together with reduced basal cortisol and reduced average cortisol. Findings on other hormones also differen­tiated the Transcendental Meditation and stress education groups.

  • Response to Stress: More Adaptive Pattern of Cortisol in Relation to Stress: Decreased Basal Cortisol and Average Cortisol, Increased Cortisol Responsiveness to Stressors
  • Response to Stress: Response to Stressors Different than Controls for Other Hormones (Growth Hormone and Thyroid Stimulating Hormone)
• 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