Background: While Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) is widely recognized for its physical and mental health benefits, its mindful components are often overlooked in traditional training. Mindfulness-enhanced Tai Chi Chuan (MTCC) has been proposed to address this limitation, yet little research has explored its long-term impact on exercise motivation and physical fitness. This study extends previous findings...
CureusOctober 1, 2025Xinmin Jiang, Minghui Zhang, Jiaqi Wang et al.
This meta-analysis was conducted to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on the treatment and improvement of traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Up until February 6, 2025, PubMed, Web of Science, and Embase databases were searched for randomized controlled trials of MBSR-based treatment for PTSD patients. RevMan 5.4 software (The Cochrane Collaboration, London, UK)...
Ketamine, a psychoactive substance strictly regulated by international drug conventions, is classified as a "new type drug" due to its excitatory, hallucinogenic, or inhibitory effects. The etiology of ketamine-induced psychiatric symptoms is multifaceted, with the immune regulatory mechanism being the most prominent among several explanatory theories. In recent years, the interaction between...
The intricate interplay between peripheral adaptive immune cells and the central nervous system (CNS) has garnered increasing recognition. Given that alterations in cell quantities often translate into modifications in metabolite profiles and that these metabolic changes can potentially traverse the bloodstream and enter the CNS, thereby modulating the progression of mental illnesses, we sought...
With the increase in the incidence of malignant tumors year by year, the number of patients is also increasing. While drug treatment for cancer patients, we have to pay attention to the psychological problems that may occur during this period. In recent years, “mindfulness” has gradually entered the clinical nursing practice of malignant tumor patients as a self-regulation method. This article...
Some scholars concluded that mind-body theories had come to an impasse. Trying to include mental phenomenon addressed in Buddhism and other value-seeking philosophies in eastern cultures, this thesis provides a solution based on a recognition of a wider range of the mental phenomena and the differences of their qualities. Through a “census” of most types and constitutes of mental phenomena and...