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MDLinx  Psychiatry 5 minutes to stay current Your Article Summary Meditation for Anxiety and Depression? Johns Hopkins Medicine, 01/07/14 Johns Hopkins research suggests meditation may reduce symptoms. Some 30 minutes of meditation daily may improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, a new Johns Hopkins analysis of previously published research suggests. "A lot of people use meditation, but it's not a practice considered part of mainstream medical therapy for anything," says Madhav Goyal, M.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and leader of a study published online Jan. 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine. "But in our study, meditation appeared to provide as much relief from some anxiety and depression symptoms as what other studies have found from antidepressants." These patients did not typically have full–blown anxiety or depression. Other articles in Psychiatry >> Click here to see the complete list