A general reading of the total literature makes it obvious that method validity is the major challenge to meditation research. More specifically, the main problems are: first, the use of appropriate control strategies to exclude non-specific effects (more widely known as the “placebo effect”), second, the need for randomization and other strategies to eliminate bias [...]
The characteristic features of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), such as hyperkinesis, poor attention and impulsiveness, are seem to be more or less the opposite of those qualities that meditators wish to cultivate. Meditation, in many ways seemed like an ideally designed antidote.
Treatment program
The intervention was conducted over a 6 week period and consisted of [...]
ADHD is characterized by a symptom triad of inattention, hyperactivity and poor impulse control. Meditation is precisely directed at developing the opposite features, that is, stable attention, calm and measured behaviour and the ability to contain one’s impulses.
The use of complementary and alternative medicines and other non-pharmacological strategies as a treatment for children diagnosed with [...]
On the 25th of November Dr Ramesh Manocha will give a talk on the his research on meditation in Chatswood, Sydney. The speech will focus on the effects of meditation including stress reduction, and will cover the specific effects associated with the state of mental silence. Following the talk will be a meditation workshop [...]
Back in 2003 when Pan Pharmaceuticals were forced to recall all of their products, ABC reporter George Negus interviewed a number of people about the context and repercussions of the recall. Dr Ramesh Manocha, at the time working in the Natural Therapies Unit of the Royal Hospital for Women, participated in the discussion. Seeking to [...]
Dr Manocha will be speaking at the Safety Conference held at the Sydney Showground on the 27th-29th of October. He will be speaking about the application of meditation for the management of work stress, with a focus on his recent research on mental silence based meditation.
Information about the conference can be found here.
Watch this Today Tonight segment on the Generation Next seminar series, featuring an interview with Dr Ramesh Manocha.
Dr Manocha discusses the flaws in western medicine that are causing people to seek alternate treatments in this article from the Sydney Morning Herald.
The continuing rise in the popularity of alternative therapies can be attributed to much more than a search for quick-fix, tactile pleasures – there has been a fundamental shift in our understanding [...]
Dr Manocha appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald talking about the medicinal properties of meditation.
“Dr Ramesh Manocha, a clinical research fellow at the Sydney Royal Hospital for Women’s Natural Therapies Unit, says: ‘One of the problems with meditation research is that the definitions are very imprecise, and that has led to very mixed and mediocre [...]
Dr Manocha comments on the rise in violence by girls
An article in the Sydney Morning herald on Monday discussed the rise in violence by girls in Australia, with Dr Manocha contributing his knowledge on youth and education. ‘‘What we are seeing is that behaviour problems are increasing in adolescent girls at a more rapid rate. Our research shows that the Number 1 concern for [...]