Decreased Anxiety in Traumatic Stress Patients

Patients seeking treatment for traumatic stress who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed significantly decreased anxiety in comparison to those receiving psychotherapy.(p<.005)Ref.Journal of Counseling and Development 64: 212-215, 1985

Decreased Anxiety in Industrial Workers

A study conducted at Sumitomo Heavy Industries by the Japanese National Institute of Industrial Health found decreased anxiety in workers who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme, in comparison to control workers.Ref.Japanese Journal of Industrial Health 32: 656, 1990

Decreased Anxiety

A statistical meta-analysis of 146 independent study results found that the Transcendental Meditation Programme is significantly more effective in reducing trait anxiety than procedures of concentration or contemplation, or other techniques.Ref.Journal of Clinical Psychology 45: 957–974, 1989

PTSD

Patients seeking treatment for traumatic stress who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed significantly decreased anxiety in comparison to those receiving psychotherapy.Ref.Journal of Counseling and Development 64: 212-215, 1985

Decreased Trait Anxiety in Prison Inmates

Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed a decreased level of trait (general) anxiety in comparison to controls.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978

Decreased Anxiety in Juvenile Offenders

Young people referred to juvenile court for a legal offense showed a significant decrease in anxiety level after learning the Transcendental Meditation Programme.Ref.Dissertation Abstracts International 34(8): 4732A, 1974

Decreased Anxiety in Government Personnel

Employees at a high-security government agency who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed decreased anxiety, in comparison to control employees who participated in an educational stress-management programme.Ref.Stress and Coping: An International Journal 10: 341–350, 1997

Long-Term Decrease of Anxiety in Government Personnel

Government employees who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme were measured again after three years, and were found to display a long-lasting decrease in anxiety, in comparison to control employees who had participated in an educational stress-management programme.Ref.Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal 10: 341–350, 1997