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We all hope to become wiser with experience, especially as wisdom enhances medical and psychiatric health. In a meta-analysis of 57 randomized, controlled trials involving 7096 adults and children from the community or with psychiatric, behavioral, or medical disorders, researchers examined the benefit of interventions such as mentalization and emotional-intelligence training for three core components of wisdom: prosocial behaviors such as empathy, compassion, and altruism; emotional regulation; and spirituality.
Almost half of the studies demonstrated significant improvement in the targeted component. No differences in effectiveness were found between specific components and treatments, although individual therapies seemed more frequently e…