David Lukoff,PhD

Spiritual Competency Resource Center
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Quiz and Quest Questions

The meditation techniques used as therapies originally derive from

a) laboratory discoveries

b) Native American traditions

c) Asian spiritual practices

d) Christian practices

Meditation is classified by the NCCAM as a type of

a) Religious practice

d) Relaxation

According to the NCCAM, mind-body interventions employ a variety of techniques designed to facilitate the mind's capacity to affect________.

a) brain waves

b) bodily function and symptoms

c) outcomes

d) ability to meditate

Which of these is not a type of meditation practice

a) Vipassana

b) Mindfulness

c) Concentration methods

d) biofeedback

Long term follow up of patients treated for anxiety with meditation showed

Meditation has been used successfully to control the symptoms of all these disorders except

List one article from your PubMed search for meditation research articles

List one article from your PubMed search for meditation research articles using a Boolean connector (eg, meditation and pain)

List one title of a research article from the CAM Citation Index

According to the Braith JA, McCullough JP, Bush J study, relaxation-induced anxiety in chronically anxious subjects is

a) extremely rare

b) best treated with meditation training

c) a risk with a substantial minority of patients

a) none of the above

Benson found that religious beliefs

a) tend to interfere with religious practice

b) are often strengthened by meditation

c) and meditation are incompatible

d) none of the above

Meditation

a) is contraindicated while in psychotherapy

b) is a valuable adjunctive technique in psychotherapy

c) is an unethical intervention by current professional guidelines

d) is approved by the APA and AMA for treatment of hypertension

Which best describes the relation between alpha brain states and meditation?

a) The alpha state is the best indicator of successful meditation

b) Meditation harmonizes the alpha state, and balances the brain

c) Alpha brain wave activity is increased by meditation practice

d) The alpha state is the goal of meditation

In what way is meditation related to Prozac?

a) Prozac is an effortless meditation

b) They both increase the available serotonin in the brain

c) They both have significant negative side-effects

d) Meditation is a cheaper version of Prozac

How does meditation affect brain neurochemistry?

a) Meditation increases available serotonin and melatonin to the brain

b) Meditation increases the alpha state, and balances brain chemistry

c) Meditation doesn't have a specific effect, so it can't directly influence anything

d) Depression is due to excess serotonin which meditation reduces

Did the course expand your knowledge and skills?

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Are you confident that you can describe the two basic meditation techniques and their clinical applications?

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Are you confident that you can conduct searches on the Internet for research and clinical articles on meditation?

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Are you confident that you can conduct searches on the Internet for research and clinical articles on meditation

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Are you confident that you know conditions for which meditation is clinically beneficial and for which it is contraindicated?

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Are you confident that you can find web sites with client self-help resources on meditation?

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Was material relevant to your professional activities?

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Were the course lessons written and organized clearly?

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Was the course appropriately challenging?

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Was the online course confusing and difficult to complete?

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Would you take another course from this instructor?

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