La méditation comme outil psychothérapeutique complémentaire : une revue de question

Meditation as a new therapeutic approach is the subject of growing interest in the field of psychotherapy. After having defined the concept of meditation, this article will be aimed at setting out 22 items that have been edited from 1982 until 2008, which highlight different techniques of meditation with an effect on physical and psychological health. These articles, selected on the basis of different criteria (controlled and randomized studies, indexation on the Medline, PsycINFO and Psyarticles databases), have undergone critical analysis. Some approaches, such as the mindfulness meditation used for stress reduction (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, MBSR), anxiety regulation and other kinds of pathologies, are some of the most frequently used techniques that highlight physical and mental health improvement. Its implementation leads to obvious improvements in the subjects, and the fact it can be implemented quite easily makes it an operational approach the clinicians could put to good use in the field of their professional practice. Additional studies must be carried out in order to show efficacy.