Healthcare
September 27, 2025
Anna Panzeri, Ornella Bettinardi, Fabio Giommi et al.
Background: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare professionals (HCPs) faced extremely high levels of work-related stress, which negatively affected their mental health, job satisfaction, and patient care. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs can help mitigate these challenges. Method: A randomised controlled trial design was used to evaluate the...
Psychology, Health & Medicine
September 23, 2025
Rita Canella, Teresa Fazia, Concetta Gardi
Chronic psychosocial stress may exacerbate inflammation and oxidative stress, potentially contributing to the aetiology of many lifestyle-related diseases, including elevation of blood pressure (BP) and increased cardiovascular risk. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) improves psychological well-being, but few studies have investigated its effect on biological parameters related to...
Journal of Neuroscience Research
May 1, 2021
Emiliano Santarnecchi, Eutizio Egiziano, Sicilia D'Arista et al.
Mindfulness is a meditation practice frequently associated with changes in subjective evaluation of cognitive and sensorial experience, as well as with modifications of brain activity and morphometry. Aside from the anatomical localization of functional changes induced by mindfulness practice, little is known about changes in functional and effective functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)...
PLoS One
October 20, 2014
Emiliano Santarnecchi, Sicilia D'Arista, Eutizio Egiziano et al.
Several cross-sectional studies have documented neuroanatomical changes in individuals with a long history of meditation, while a few evidences are available about the interaction between neuroanatomical and psychological changes even during brief exposure to meditation. Here we analyzed several morphometric indexes at both cortical and subcortical brain level, as well as multiple psychological...