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A training programme involving automatic self-transcending meditation in late-life depression: preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial – RETRACTION

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2021

Akshya Vasudev ,
Amanda Arena ,
Amer M. Burhan ,
Emily Ionson ,
Hussein Hirjee ,
Pramudith Maldeniya ,
Stephen Wetmore  and
Ronnie I. Newman
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BJPsych Open , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , May 2021 , e105
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We, the Editors of BJPsych Open, have retracted the following article: Vasudev, A., Arena, A., Burhan, A. M., Ionson, E., Hirjee, H., Maldeniya, P., Wetmore, S. and Newman, R. I., BJPsych Open (Reference Vasudev, Arena, Burhan, Ionson, Hirjee, Maldeniya, Wetmore and Newman2016), Cambridge University Press, 2(2), pp. 195–198. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002394

The primary outcome measure listed in the trial protocol (NCT02149810) is change in heart rate variability. The primary outcome measure is not reported in this paper, the secondary outcome measure of depression severity is reported instead.

Additionally, the basis of this paper is a preliminary analysis of results. The preliminary analysis is not specified in the trial protocol.

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Vasudev, A., Arena, A., Burhan, A., Ionson, E., Hirjee, H., Maldeniya, P., Wetmore, S. and Newman, R. (2016). A training programme involving automatic self-transcending meditation in late-life depression: Preliminary analysis of an ongoing randomised controlled trial. BJPsych Open, 2(2), 195–198. doi:10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.002394CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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