L’approche méditative de concentration au sein des prises en charge thérapeutiques et son impact sur la santé mentale : une revue de la littérature sur des essais cliniques contrôlés et randomisés

Abstract

Research on meditation in the field of complementary and alternative therapies is increasingly important. Indeed, many works highlight the beneficial effects in terms of physical and mental health of meditation. Within the framework of the two main directions of meditation techniques (concentration and mindfulness), we will focus in this study on concentration meditation (mantra and transcendental meditation). After having framed the notion at a theoretical level, we will develop a review of the literature (randomized, before/after comparison) on this form of practice by precisely targeting transcendent and mantra meditation as well as other forms using only concentration in order to highlight the therapeutic effects of this approach on mental health and to emphasize its effectiveness. However, we will remain cautious about issuing hasty conclusions on the systematic beneficial effects of this practice by highlighting the importance of the methodological limitations that we find in this work for the past 40 years by proposing avenues for improvement.