Authors: Jennifer S. Mascaro, Sean Kelley, Alana Darcher, Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Carol Worthman, Andrew Miller, Charles Raison
Year: 2018
Title: Meditation buffers medical student compassion from the deleterious effects of depression
Summary: The body of evidence demonstrating that compassion training offers significant benefit to its practitioners (and the wider community) is growing. This particular study investigated cognitive-based compassion training’s (CBCT) relationship to the wellbeing of medical students in their second year of training. Compassion is a particularly important issue for people working in clinical settings. Because of the nature of their activity, a degree of compassion is desirable if not essential. However, there is concern over issues connected to ‘compassion fatigue and ‘burn out’. A total of 59 students engaged in the research, those participants that received CBCT reported increased compassion and decreased loneliness and depression.
Perspective: Contemplative science, health psychology
Link: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17439760.2016.1233348
The Science of Meditation and Mindfulness 
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