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Mindfulness exercises can be as effective as anxiety drugs, study shows [washingtonpost.com]

 

By Amanda Morris, Photo: Getty Images, The Washington Post, January 23, 2023

Practicing mindfulnessto relieve anxiety can be just as effective as medication, new research shows.

A recent study published in JAMA Psychiatry showed that people who received eight weeks of mindfulness-based interventions experienced a decrease in anxiety that matched those who were prescribed escitalopram, a common anti-anxiety medication that is often prescribed under the brand name Lexapro.

A seven-point scale was used to assess anxiety among 208 participants, with a score of seven representing extreme anxiety and a score of one being normal. In both the medication and the mindfulness groups, the average score after treatment dropped from a moderate level of anxiety to a mild level of anxiety.

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"Mindfulness exercises can be as effective as anxiety drugs" ...

The chemical-sedation industry might not agree, though. ...

I don't believe it is just coincidental that the only two health professions’ appointments for which Canadians are fully covered by the public plan are the two readily pharmaceutical-prescribing psychiatry and general practitioner health professions.

Such non-Big-Pharma-profiting health specialists as counsellors, therapists and naturopaths (etcetera) are not covered at all.

Thus I get agitated when it's suggested or implied from within the media, however well-intentioned, to get therapy, as though it's reasonably readily financially accessible. Where I reside, it definitely is not: such psychotherapy averages $200-plus per hour.

Big Pharma greatly financially gains from the continual sedation and/or concealment of ACE-trauma's symptoms via tranquilizers and/or antidepressants.

I wouldn’t be surprised if industry representatives had a significant-enough say in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual’s original composition and continue to influence its revisions/updates.

From my understanding, only a small percentage of Canadian physicians currently are integrating ACE-trauma science into the diagnoses and (usually chemical) treatments of patients.

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