A pilot study of loving-kindness meditation for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia

David P. Johnson; David L. Penn; Barbara L. Fredrickson; Ann M. Kring; Piper S. Meyer; Lahnna I. Catalino; Mary Brantley

doi:10.1016/j.schres.2011.02.015

A pilot study of loving-kindness meditation for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia

David P. Johnson, David L. Penn, Barbara L. Fredrickson, Ann M. Kring, Piper S. Meyer, Lahnna I. Catalino, Mary Brantley

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Abstract

This pilot study examined loving-kindness meditation (LKM) with 18 participants with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders and significant negative symptoms. Findings indicate that the intervention was feasible and associated with decreased negative symptoms and increased positive emotions and psychological recovery.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	137-140
Number of pages	4
Journal	Schizophrenia Research
Volume	129
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2011.02.015
State	Published - Jul 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Funding for this study was provided by a 2008 Dissertation Award Grant from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, who had no role in study design, analysis and interpretation of data, writing of the report; nor in the decision to submit the paper for publication.

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Positive psychology
Psychosis
Recovery

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