Annals of Behavioral Medicine
January 22, 2019
E. Garland, Myranda A Bryan, Sarah E. Priddy et al.
Background Among opioid-treated chronic pain patients, deficient response inhibition in the context of emotional distress may contribute to maladaptive pain coping and prescription opioid misuse. Interventions that aim to bolster cognitive control and reduce emotional reactivity (e.g., mindfulness) may remediate response inhibition deficits, with consequent clinical benefits. Purpose To test...
Journal of Neuroscience
August 20, 2018
Kirill V Nourski, M. Steinschneider, A. Rhone et al.
The systems-level mechanisms underlying loss of consciousness (LOC) under anesthesia remain unclear. General anesthetics suppress sensory responses within higher-order cortex and feedback connections, both critical elements of predictive coding hypotheses of conscious perception. Responses to auditory novelty may offer promise as biomarkers for consciousness. This study examined...
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
February 1, 2017
E. Garland, M. Howard, J. Zubieta et al.
opioid misuse as defined by a validated cutoff point on the Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM >12) [7] . We used heart rate (HR) to measure cue responsiveness and high-frequency heart rate variability (HRV) to index parasympathetic regulation of hedonic responses, including attention to emotional information [8] . Participants were paid USD 200 for completing the IRB-approved study; all...
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
February 27, 2016
Albert Feliu-Soler, Xavier Borràs, M. Peñarrubia-María et al.
BackgroundThe EUDAIMON study focuses on fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), a prevalent chronic condition characterized by pain, fatigue, cognitive problems and distress. According to recent reviews and meta-analyses, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a promising therapeutic approach for patients with FMS. The measurement of biomarkers as part of the analysis of MBSR effects would help to...
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
November 11, 2014
E. Garland, Brett Froeliger, M. Howard
Abstract Dysregulated processing of natural rewards may be a central pathogenic process in the etiology and maintenance of prescription opioid misuse and addiction among chronic pain patients. This study examined whether a Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) intervention could augment natural reward processing through training in savoring as indicated by event-related brain...