Rehabilitation
Title: The nation-wide implementation of Maharishi's
integrated system of rehabilitation in Senegal—A case study.
Findings: Almost complete cessation of fights between
inmates, very sharp reduction in irritability and
aggressiveness. Improvement in health. Decrease in the number
of medical consultations—as much as 70-80%. Marked decrease
in drug consumption. Improvement in sleep. Reduced national
recidivism.
ANKLESARIA, F., and KING, M. S. The nation-wide
implementation of Maharishi's integrated system of
rehabilitation in Senegal—A case study. In Scientific
Research on Maharishi's Integrated System of Rehabilitation,
eds. F. Anklesaria and M. S. King. Fairfield IA: MIU Press,
1993.
Recent Research 472.
Title: The role of the Transcendental Meditation technique
in promoting smoking cessation: A longitudinal study.
Findings: Increased smoking quit rate over a two-year
period.
ROYER, A. The role of the Transcendental Meditation technique
in promoting smoking cessation: A longitudinal study. Alcoholism
Treatment Quarterly 11: 219-236, 1994.
Recent Research 471.
Title: Treating and preventing alcohol, nicotine, and drug
abuse through Transcendental Meditation: A review and
statistical meta-analysis.
Findings: Meta-analysis of 198 studies: the
Transcendental Meditation Programme is uniquely effective for
treatment and prevention of drug, alcohol, and cigarette
abuse.
ALEXANDER, C. N.; ROBINSON, P.; and RAINFORTH, M. Treating
and preventing alcohol, nicotine, and drug abuse through
Transcendental Meditation: A review and statistical
meta-analysis. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 11: 13-87,
1994.
Recent Research 470.
Title: The Transcendental Meditation Programme and criminal
recidivism in California.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prison inmates: reduced
recidivism after release.
BLEICK, C. R., and ABRAMS, A. I. The Transcendental
Meditation Programme and criminal recidivism in California. Journal
of Criminal Justice 15: 211-230, 1987.
Collected Papers v5.398.
Title: Transcendental Meditation in the treatment of
post-Vietnam adjustment.
Findings: Improvements in post-Vietnam adjustment
problems:
- Decreased post-Vietnam stress disorder.
- Decreased anxiety.
- Decreased depression.
- Decreased alcohol consumption.
- Decreased insomnia.
- Improved employment status.
- Decreased family problems.
BROOKS, J. S., and SCARANO, T. Transcendental Meditation in
the treatment of post-Vietnam adjustment. Journal of
Counseling and Development 64: 212-215, 1985.
Collected Papers v4.313.
Title: Rehabilitation of juvenile offenders through the
Transcendental Meditation program: A controlled study.
Findings: Rehabilitation of juvenile offenders:
decreased anxiety.
ARON, A., and ARON, E. N. Rehabilitation of juvenile
offenders through the Transcendental Meditation program: A
controlled study. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society
of Police and Criminal Psychology, Nashville, Tennessee, October
28, 1982.
Collected Papers v3.288.
Title: The patterns of reduction of drug and alcohol use
among Transcendental Meditation participants.
Findings: Decreased use of tobacco. Decreased use of
alcohol. Decreased use of marijuana.
ARON, E. N., and ARON, A. The patterns of reduction of drug
and alcohol use among Transcendental Meditation participants. Bulletin
of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 2(1):
28-33, 1983.
Collected Papers v3.287.
Title: Influence of the Transcendental Meditation Programme
on criminal recidivism.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:
- Lower recidivism rate.
- Higher incidence of clean records.
- Fewer new convictions.
BLEICK, C. R. Influence of the Transcendental Meditation
Programme on criminal recidivism. Institute for Social
Rehabilitation, Berkeley, California, U.S.A., 1982.
Collected Papers v3.286.
Title: The effects of the Transcendental Meditation
technique on recidivism: A retrospective archival analysis.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:
- Lower recidivism rate.
- Fewer new convictions.
ALEXANDER, C. N.; GRANT, J.; and STADTE, C. VON. The effects
of the Transcendental Meditation technique on recidivism: A
retrospective archival analysis. Doctoral thesis of first author
(summary), Department of Psychology and Social Relations,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1982. Dissertation
Abstracts International 43 (1982): 539B.
Collected Papers v3.285.
Title: Ego development, personality and behavioural change
in inmates practising the Transcendental Meditation technique or
participating in other programs: A summary of cross-sectional
and longitudinal results.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:
- Greater self-development, capacity for warm
interpersonal relationships, and engagement in private,
avocational businesses.
- Lower pathological symptoms: lower psychopathic
deviation, anxiety, aggression, tension, and introversion.
- Growth toward higher states of consciousness.
- Longitudinal increases in self-development and decreases
in aggression, anxiety, and schizophrenic symptoms.
ALEXANDER, C. N., and MARKS, E. J. Ego development,
personality and behavioural change in inmates practising the
Transcendental Meditation technique or participating in other
programs: A summary of cross-sectional and longitudinal results.
Doctoral thesis of first author (summary), Department of
Psychology and Social Relations, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1982.
Collected Papers v3.284.
Title: Transcendental Meditation: A stress reducing
self-help support system.
Findings: Benefits for patients with psychiatric and
addictive disorders in a vocational rehabilitation unit:
- Greater ability to maintain employment on discharge.
- More frequently maintained on out-patient care alone.
BIELEFELD, M. Transcendental Meditation: A stress reducing
self-help support system. In Vocational rehabilitation: Do
psychologists really belong? Cleveland V.A. Medical Center,
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. Paper presented at the Annual Convention
of the American Psychological Association, Los Angeles,
California, U.S.A., 24 August 1981.
Collected Papers v3.283.
Title: The Science of Creative Intelligence and the
Transcendental Meditation program: Reduction of drug and alcohol
consumption.
Findings: Decreased use of alcohol. Decreased drug
abuse.
NIDICH, S. I. The Science of Creative Intelligence and the
Transcendental Meditation program: Reduction of drug and alcohol
consumption. Department of Education, Maharishi University of
Management, Fairfield, Iowa, U.S.A. Paper presented at the New
England Educational Research Organisation Conference, Lenox,
Massachusetts, U.S.A., May 1980.
Collected Papers v3.282.
Title: The use of the Transcendental Meditation (TM)
technique with severely disturbed psychiatric inpatients.
Findings: Benefits for psychiatric in-patients:
- Marked improvements in schizophrenia, manic-depressive
psychosis, and severe personality disorders.
- Decreased anxiety and tension.
CARTER, R., and MEYER, J. E. The use of the Transcendental
Meditation (TM) technique with severely disturbed psychiatric
inpatients. Institute for Social Rehabilitation, Pacific
Palisades, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 1979.
Collected Papers v3.281.
Title: A follow-up study of the effects of the
Transcendental Meditation Programme on inmates at Folsom Prison.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:
- Sustained reductions in neuroticism, anxiety, hostility,
and use of cigarettes.
- Improved sleep patterns (decreased time to fall asleep,
decreased awakenings per night).
ABRAMS, A. I. A follow-up study of the effects of the
Transcendental Meditation Programme on inmates at Folsom Prison.
Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, Iowa, U.S.A.,
1982.
Collected Papers v3.280.
Title: Transcendental Meditation and rehabilitation at
Folsom Prison: Response to a critique.
Findings: Verification of results of Paper 278 below.
ABRAMS, A. I., and SIEGEL, L. M. Transcendental Meditation
and rehabilitation at Folsom Prison: Response to a critique. Criminal
Justice and Behavior 6(1): 13-21, 1979.
Collected Papers v3.279.
Title: The Transcendental Meditation Programme and
rehabilitation at Folsom State Prison: A cross-validation study.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Decreased neuroticism, decreased resentment.
- Decreased negativism.
- Decreased irritability.
- Decreased hostility.
- Decreased prison disciplinary rule infractions.
- Improved sleep patterns (decreased time to fall asleep,
decreased awakenings per night, improved quality of
sleep).
ABRAMS, A. I., and SIEGEL, L. M. The Transcendental
Meditation Programme and rehabilitation at Folsom State Prison:
A cross-validation study. Criminal Justice and Behavior 5
(1): 3-20, 1978.
Collected Papers v3.278.
Title: Therapeutische Wirkungen der Transzendentalen
Meditation auf Drogenkonsumenten.
Findings: Decreased drug abuse. Decreased nervousness
(decreased psychosomatic disturbance)4. Decreased depression
(increased contentment, increased self-confidence). Increased
sociability (increased friendliness, increased liveliness).
Increased placidity (increased self-assuredness, increased
good humour, decreased tendency to procrastinate). Decreased
inhibition (increases in: naturalness, spontaneity,
self-sufficiency). Increased extroversion (increased capacity
for warm interpersonal relationships). Decreased neuroticism
(increased emotional stability, decreased tension). Increased
self-reliance (increased effectiveness, more balanced mood,
increased vigour).
GEISLER, M. Therapeutische Wirkungen der Transzendentalen
Meditation auf Drogenkonsumenten. Zeitschrift für klinische
Psychologie 7(4): 235-255, 1978.
Collected Papers v3.277.
Title: Decrease in cigarette smoking following
Transcendental Meditation.
Findings: Decreased or discontinued use of cigarettes.
SHAFII, M.; LAVELY, R.; and JAFFE, R. Decrease in cigarette
smoking following Transcendental Meditation. University of
Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. Findings
previously published in MERU Journal 24: 29 (Abstract),
1976.
Collected Papers v3.276.
Title: Secondary prevention of drug dependence through the
Transcendental Meditation Programme in metropolitan
Philadelphia.
Findings: Decreased drug abuse. Decreased use of
cigarettes. Decreased use of alcohol. Decreased use of
caffeine. Decreased need for tranquillisers and other
prescribed drugs.
MONAHAN, R. J. Secondary prevention of drug dependence
through the Transcendental Meditation Programme in metropolitan
Philadelphia. The International Journal of the Addictions 12(6):
729-754, 1977.
Collected Papers v2.163.
B: Productivity and Quality of Life
Title: The influence of Transcendental Meditation on
cessation of drug use: Some preliminary findings.
Findings: Decreased drug abuse. Decreased use of
cigarettes. Decreased use of alcohol.
DHANARAJ, H. The influence of Transcendental Meditation on
cessation of drug use: Some preliminary findings. Findings
previously published in RODA Summer Scholarship Abstracts,
National Health and Welfare, Canada, 1973.
Collected Papers v2.162.
Title: A self-report evaluation of the effects of the
Transcendental Meditation Programme at Massachusetts
Correctional Institution Walpole—a follow-up.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:
- Increased work efficiency.
- Increased ability to handle stress and tension.
- Increased ability to deal with others.
- Decreased use of alcohol and prescribed and
non-prescribed drugs.
- Decreased use of cigarettes.
- Decreased drug abuse.
FERGUSON, R. E. A self-report evaluation of the effects of
the Transcendental Meditation Programme at Massachusetts
Correctional Institution Walpole—a follow-up. Institute for
Social Rehabilitation, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles,
California, U.S.A., 1978.
Collected Papers v2.161.
Title: The Transcendental Meditation Programme at
Massachusetts Correctional Institution Walpole: An evaluation
report.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Decreased hostility.
- Decreased prison disciplinary rule infractions.
- Improved sleep patterns (decreased time to fall asleep,
decreased awakenings per night, improved quality of
sleep).
FERGUSON, R. E. The Transcendental Meditation Programme at
Massachusetts Correctional Institution Walpole: An evaluation
report. Institute for Social Rehabilitation, Pacific Palisades,
Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 1977.
Collected Papers v2.160.
Title: The Transcendental Meditation program, spiritual
crisis and enlightenment.
Findings: Resolution of spiritual crisis through
development of integration of personality: growth of
enlightenment.
BLOOMFIELD, H. H., and KORY, R. The Transcendental Meditation
program, spiritual crisis and enlightenment. Findings previously
published in Holistic way to health and happiness: A new
approach to complete lifetime wellness. 243-259. New York:
Simon and Schuster, 1978.
Collected Papers v2.159.
Title: The Transcendental Meditation Programme as a possible
treatment modality for drug offenders: Evaluation of a pilot
project at Milan Federal Correctional Institution.
Findings: Rehabilitation of imprisoned drug offenders:
- Enhanced self-esteem.
- Indications of increased emotional stability and
maturity:
- Decreased depression.
- Decreased neuroticism.
- Decreased guilt.
- Decreased psychasthenia.
- Decreased hypomania.
- Decreased schizophrenia.
- Increased social responsibility.
- Indications of decreased aggression:
- Decreased hostility.
- Decreased assault.
- Decreased irritability.
- Decreased suspicion.
- Decreased resentment.
- Decreased psychopathic deviation.
RAMIREZ, J. The Transcendental Meditation Programme as a
possible treatment modality for drug offenders: Evaluation of a
pilot project at Milan Federal Correctional Institution.
Department of Forensic Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington,
Indiana, U.S.A., 1975.
Collected Papers v2.158.
Title: Teaching Transcendental Meditation in a psychiatric
setting.
Findings: Benefits for psychiatric patients with
schizophrenia, neurosis, personality disorders, and alcohol
and drug problems:
- Decreased anxiety and tension.
- Decreased overactive or impulsive behaviour.
- Improved sleep patterns (decreased awakenings per night,
improved quality of sleep).
CANDELENT, T., and CANDELENT, G. Teaching Transcendental
Meditation in a psychiatric setting. Hospital &.
Community Psychiatry 26(3): 156-159, 1975.
Collected Papers v2.157.
Title: Some observations on the uses of the Transcendental
Meditation Programme in psychiatry.
Findings: Case histories illustrating benefits in the
treatment of psychiatric patients with a variety of disorders,
including anxiety neurosis, obsessive-compulsive neurosis,
depression, drug and alcohol abuse, psychosomatic disorders,
and chronic insomnia.
BLOOMFIELD, H. H. Some observations on the uses of the
Transcendental Meditation Programme in psychiatry. Institute of
Psychophysiological Medicine, San Diego, California, U.S.A.,
1975.
Collected Papers v1.95.
Title: A study of the Transcendental Meditation Programme in
the service of counselling.
Findings: Increased self-actualisation:
- Increased time competence (ability to live more fully in
the present, ability to connect past, present, and future
meaningfully).
- Increased inner-directedness (independence,
self-supportiveness).
- Increased existentiality (flexibility in application of
self-actualising values).
- Enhanced self-regard.
- Increased self-acceptance.
DICK, L. D., and RAGLAND, R. E. A study of the Transcendental
Meditation Programme in the service of counselling. Departments
of Psychology and Education, University of Oklahoma, Norman,
Oklahoma, U.S.A., 1973.
Collected Papers v1.94.
Title: The Transcendental Meditation technique and drug
abuse counsellors.
Findings: Improvements in mental health:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Decreased hypochondria.
- Decreased internal conflicts and confusion.
- Increased clarity of mind, relaxation, energy level, and
sensitivity to others.
ORME-JOHNSON, D. W.; ARTHUR, G. K.; FRANKLIN, L.; and
O'CONNELL, J. The Transcendental Meditation technique and drug
abuse counsellors. Department of Research and Evaluation, Drug
and Alcohol Abuse Control and Prevention Program, Fort Bliss,
Texas, U.S.A., 1972.
Collected Papers v1.93.
Title: The effects of the Transcendental Meditation
Programme on anxiety, neuroticism, and psychoticism.
Findings: Decreased anxiety. Decreased neuroticism.
Decreased psychoticism.
ROSS, J. The effects of the Transcendental Meditation
Programme on anxiety, neuroticism, and psychoticism. Master's
thesis, Graduate Department of Psychology, University of
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1972.
Collected Papers v1.92.
Title: A study of the relationship of the Transcendental
Meditation Programme to Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning.
Findings: Greater moral maturity.
NIDICH, S. I. A study of the relationship of the
Transcendental Meditation Programme to Kohlberg's stages of
moral reasoning. Doctoral thesis (abbr.), Department of Learning
and Development, College of Education, University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A., 1975. Dissertation Abstracts
International 36: 4361a-4362a, 1975.
Collected Papers v1.91.
Title: The use of the Transcendental Meditation Programme as
a therapy with juvenile offenders.
Findings: Rehabilitation of juvenile offenders:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Positive change as reported by both subjects and
parents.
- Decreased drug abuse.
- Decreased court problems.
- Increased happiness.
- Improved interpersonal relationships.
- Increased self-actualisation.
- Enhanced self-regard.
CHILDS, J. P. The use of the Transcendental Meditation
Programme as a therapy with juvenile offenders. Doctoral
dissertation (abbr.), Department of Educational Psychology and
Guidance, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.A.,
1973. Dissertation Abstracts International 34/08-A, 1973,
Order Number AAD74-03806.
Collected Papers v1.90.
Title: The Transcendental Meditation Programme at Stillwater
Prison.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Decreased prison disciplinary rule infractions.
- Fewer parole violations.
- Increased participation in recreational and educational
activities.
- Decreased drug abuse.
BALLOU, D. The Transcendental Meditation Programme at
Stillwater Prison. Graduate Department of Social Anthropology,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A., 1973.
Collected Papers v1.89.
Title: The Transcendental Meditation Programme and
rehabilitation: A pilot project at the Federal Correctional
Institution at Lompoc, California.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:
- Decreased anxiety.
- Other improvements in mental health.
CUNNINGHAM, M., and KOCH, W. The Transcendental Meditation
Programme and rehabilitation: A pilot project at the Federal
Correctional Institution at Lompoc, California. International
Meditation Society, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., 1973.
Collected Papers v1.88.
Title: Personality and autonomic changes in prisoners
practising the Transcendental Meditation technique.
Findings: Rehabilitation of prisoners:
- Increased physiological stability and psychological
adaptability: fewer spontaneous skin resistance responses.
- Decreased obsessive-compulsive behavior (increased
behavioural flexibility).
- Decreased social introversion (increased social ease and
outgoingness).
ORME-JOHNSON, D. W.; KIEHLBAUCH, J.; MOORE, R.; and BRISTOL,
J. Personality and autonomic changes in prisoners practising the
Transcendental Meditation technique. University of Texas at El
Paso, El Paso, Texas, U.S.A., 1971.
Collected Papers v1.87.
Title: A longitudinal study of the influence of the
Transcendental Meditation Programme on drug abuse.
Findings: Decreased drug abuse.
SCHENKLUHN, H., and GEISLER, M. A longitudinal study of the
influence of the Transcendental Meditation Programme on drug
abuse. Drug Rehabilitation Center of Arbeiterwohlfahrt
Kreisverband, Mülheim/Ruhr, W. Germany, 1974.
Collected Papers v1.86.
Title: Decreased drug use and prevention of drug use through
the Transcendental Meditation program.
Findings: Decreased use of alcohol. Decreased drug
abuse.
KATZ, D. Decreased drug use and prevention of drug use
through the Transcendental Meditation program. International
Center for Scientific Research, Maharishi University of
Management, Fairfield, Iowa, U.S.A., 1974.
Collected Papers v1.85.
Title: The effects of the Transcendental Meditation
Programme on anxiety, drug abuse, cigarette smoking, and alcohol
consumption.
Findings: Decreased anxiety. Decreased use of
cigarettes. Decreased use of alcohol. Decreased drug abuse.
LAZAR, Z.; FARWELL, L.; and FARROW, J. T. The effects of the
Transcendental Meditation Programme on anxiety, drug abuse,
cigarette smoking, and alcohol consumption. Graduate School of
Education, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.;
Department of Social Relations, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, U.S.A.; and Graduate Department of Biochemistry,
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1972.
Collected Papers v1.84.
Title: Meditation and the prevention of alcohol abuse.
Findings: Decreased use of alcohol.
SHAFII, M.; LAVELY, R. A.; and JAFFE, R. Meditation and the
prevention of alcohol abuse. American Journal of Psychiatry 132:
942-945, 1975.
Collected Papers v1.83.
Title: Meditation and marijuana.
Findings: Decreased drug abuse.
SHAFII, M.; LAVELY, R. A.; and JAFFE, R. D. Meditation and
marijuana. American Journal of Psychiatry 131: 60-63,
1974.
Collected Papers v1.82.
Title: Effects of the Transcendental Meditation Programme on
drug abusers: A prospective study.
Findings: Increased psychological stability. Increased
adjustment (increased self-acceptance, satisfaction, and
ability to handle one's situation). Decreased anxiety.
Decreased tension. Decreased psycho-motor retardation.
Decreased drug abuse.
BRAUTIGAM, E. Effects of the Transcendental Meditation
Programme on drug abusers: A prospective study. Department of
Psychology, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden, 1972.
Collected Papers v1.81.
Title: Decreased drug abuse with Transcendental Meditation:
A study of 1,862 subjects.
Findings: Decreased drug abuse. Decreased use of
alcohol. Decreased use of cigarettes. Decreased drug selling.
Increased tendency to discourage the use of drugs by others.
WALLACE, R. K., et al. Decreased drug abuse with
Transcendental Meditation: A study of 1,862 subjects. In Drug
Abuse: Proceedings of the International Conference, ed.
Chris J. D. Zarafonetis, pp. 369-376. Philadelphia: Lea and
Febiger, 1972.
Collected Papers v1.80.
Title: The Transcendental Meditation Programme and drug
abuse: A retrospective study.
Findings: Decreased drug abuse.
WINQUIST, W. T. The Transcendental Meditation Programme and
drug abuse: A retrospective study. Department of Sociology,
University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles,
California, U.S.A., 1969.
Collected Papers v1.79.
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