1 Dr Ramesh Manocha MBBS BSc (med) PhD School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of...
29
1 Dr Ramesh Manocha MBBS BSc(med) PhD School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Natural Therapies Unit, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, Australia International Fellow, INSEAD, France
-
date post
19-Dec-2015 -
Category
Documents
-
view
213 -
download
1
Transcript of 1 Dr Ramesh Manocha MBBS BSc (med) PhD School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of...
1
Dr Ramesh Manocha MBBS BSc(med) PhDSchool of Women’s and Children’s Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Natural Therapies Unit, Royal Hospital for Women, Sydney, AustraliaInternational Fellow, INSEAD, France
Participant feedback from IBM Corporate Stressbuster
% o
f p
osi
tive r
esp
on
den
ts
Participant feedback from IBM Corporate Stressbuster- April 11, 2002, N=300
0
20
40
60
80
100
felt
peac
eful
pers
onal
ly re
leva
nt
rele
vant
to d
epar
tmen
t
a he
lpfu
l stra
tegy
for p
erso
nal w
ellb
eing
National Long TermMeditators Survey
-First of its kind
-All Australian practitioners of homogenous, mental silence technique (Sahaja Yoga)
-N=350, 2 to 30 years of practice
-SF36, K10 (population norms available from 1996, 2001 national health surveys)
-Basic demographics
-Meditation lifestyle factors
- Manocha R. World Psychiatry Association , “Working together for mental health: partnerships for policy and practice”, Melbourne Australia, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2007.
Long Term Meditators Survey
Health of Australian Meditators
Manocha R. World Psychiatry Association , “Working together for mental health: partnerships for policy and practice”, Melbourne Australia, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2007.
Health of Australian Meditators
Manocha R. World Psychiatry Association , “Working together for mental health: partnerships for policy and practice”, Melbourne Australia, Nov 28-Dec 2, 2007.
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
* *
**
*
Relationship Between Mental Silence & Mental
Health
Mental Health Subscale of SF36
Men
tal H
ealt
h
Sco
re
Relationship Between Thoughtless Awareness &
Mental Health
Mental Health Subscale of SF36
Men
tal H
ealt
h
Sco
re
Relationship Between Thoughtless Awareness &
Mental Health
Mental Health Subscale of SF36
**
*
Men
tal H
ealt
h
Sco
re
Menopausal Hot Flushes
-N=14, Single arm, uncontrolled, heuristic
-Perimenopausal women
-8 weeks, 2x week at Royal Hospital for Women
-8 week follow up
-No other pharmaceutical, herbal medications
- Manocha R, Semmar B, Black D. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2007;14(3):266–273.
Menopausal Hot FlushesPreliminary Study
Manocha R, Semmar B, Black D. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. 2007;14(3):266–273.
ADHD- N=60, Non randomised
- Waiting list control
- Children <12 yrs
- Confirmed diagnosis of ADHD
- Parent-adjusted doses of stimulant med’s
- 6 weeks, 2x/week, Prince of Wales Hosp
- Connors parent/teacher rating scale
- Qualitative/quantitative feedback- Harrison L, Manocha R, Rubia K. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2004;9(4):479–497.
Reduce Medication?
- 19 taking medication at start
- 6 reduced medication
- 3 more stopped completely
Harrison L, Manocha R, Rubia K. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2004;9(4):479–497.
Asthma-N=59, RCT
-Stress management control
-Mod/severe sufferers,
- receiving but unresponsive to maximal pharm’l therapy
-12 weeks, 1x week, Royal Prince Alfred Hosp
-8 week follow up
- Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.
Asthma RCT
MEDITATIONMentalSilence
Randomised
8 week follow-
up
16 week Intervention period, 1x/week
Stress management
Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.
AsthmaMeditation vs Stress
Management
SY Meditation
Stress Mgt
Airway Hyperresponsiveness
Mood
Manocha et al, Thorax, 2002
SY Meditation
Stress Mgt
Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.
Work Stress-N=178, RCT
-Relaxation, waiting list control
-Full time workers
-8 weeks, 2x /week
-Work related “Stress, anxiety and depression”
-PSQ (OSI), DD (POMS), State Anxiety (STAI)
Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.
Our Study
RecruitmentN=178
8 week Intervention period, 2x/week, Each session approx 1 hour duration
MEDITATION 1Mental Silence
Randomised
Waiting listNo intervention
MEDITATION 2Non-mentalsilence
Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.
Work Stress Mental Silence vs Contemplation
SY mental silence
Relaxation/contemplation
Waiting list
Psychological Strain
% Mean Improvement, 95% CI
Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.
POMS(DD)
STAI(St)
OSI(PSQ
) POMS(DD)STAI
(St)
OSI(PSQ)
POMS(DD)
STAI(St)
OSI(PSQ)
Manocha R. International Congress of Behavioural Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Aug 27-30, 2008.
Australian population
by comparison has only 36%
GPs after TreatmentGPs after Treatment
¼ of all ¼ of all participants shift participants shift
into low riskinto low risk
2 week home based
program
Health Professional Stress: GPs
Manocha R, Gordon A, Black D, Malhi G, Seidler R Australian Family Physician (in press)
Top Tier Law Firm
Manocha R, OHS Alert Newsletter, Issue 1, 13 Feb, 2009
Sahaja Yoga/ Mental Silence
Skin Temperature
Rest/generic meditation
Manocha R, Black D, Ryan J, Stough C, 3rd Australian Conference on Spirituality and Health 2009, Adelaide
High Resolution EEG Studies
Aftanas, LI Golochekeine, SA Neuroscience Letters, 2001
High Resolution EEG Studies
High Resolution EEG Studies
High Resolution EEG Studies
High Resolution EEG Studies
Acknowledgements
Sahaja Yoga Instructors
Research Participants Shri Mataji
School of Women’s & Children’s Health
Royal Hospital for Women
www.researchingmeditation.org
