dr ramesh manocha mbbs bsc (med) phd school of women’s and children’s health,

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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

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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.

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Relationship Between Mental Silence & Mental

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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

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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

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