In recent years, mindfulness meditation has become increasingly popular as a way to relieve negative emotions. Although many studies have shown the advantages of the most immersive virtual reality (VR) technologies to support mindfulness meditation, few have summarized a standardized process for developing a VR tool to aid mindfulness meditation. We propose an interaction design model for VR...
Nitrous oxide has rapid antidepressant effects in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), but its underlying mechanisms of therapeutic actions are not well understood. Moreover, most of the current studies lack objective biological indicators to evaluate the changes of nitrous oxide-induced brain function for TRD. Therefore, this study assessed the effect of nitrous oxide on brain...
Background Trauma experience increases the risk of suicidal ideation, but little is known about potentially psychological mechanisms underlying this relationship. This study aims to examine the relationship between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related traumatic event (CTE) exposure and suicidal ideation among hospital workers, and identify mediating roles of sleep disturbances in this...