A new study provides solid evidence that meditation is as effective as daily medication for those suffering from anxiety disorders. And meditation comes without the risk of side effects. There are ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center pitted mindfulness meditation against a common antidepressant in a clinical trial targeting patients with anxiety ...

A new study found that patients who took medication and patients who completed a course in mindfulness-based stress reduction saw the same decrease in anxiety Practicing meditation could be just as ...

Treatments may include a type of antidepressant called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), beta-blockers (to reduce the physical symptoms associated with anxiety), or benzodiazepines — ...

Mindfulness meditation appeared to be similar to escitalopram (Lexapro) in reducing anxiety symptoms at 8 weeks based on several patient- and clinician-reported measures, a secondary analysis of a ...

Characterized by persistent and excessive worry, generalized anxiety disorder affects nearly 7 million adults in the U.S. “If you think of anxiety — there are anxious thoughts and there are anxious ...

BOSTON - Oct. 10 is World Mental Health Day and one condition that millions of Americans suffer from is anxiety. A new study finds that meditation can be just as effective in treating it as medication ...

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) was found to be as effective as the antidepressant escitalopram in reducing agoraphobia, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and social anxiety ...

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is as effective at reducing anxiety as the antidepressant escitalopram, a first-line pharmaceutical treatment, new research shows. "I would encourage ...

A new study reports that regular practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM) enables some active duty service members battling post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to reduce, or even eliminate, their ...