Mindfulness
June 1, 2020
Kristina Sundquist, Karolina Palmér, Ashfaque A. Memon et al.
Abstract Objectives Identification of biological markers that can guide treatment selection is considered to be a viable solution for personalized treatment for patients with psychiatric disorders. This study investigated whether macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) levels at baseline were associated with mindfulness-based group therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy response in...
Trials
October 17, 2018
Peter Nymberg, Eva Ekvall Hansson, Emelie Stenman et al.
9 citations
BACKGROUND: In the Swedish population aged between 50 and 64 years only 7.1% reach the recommended level of physical activity. Physical activity on prescription (PAP) has been used in Sweden since the beginning of the twenty-first century with moderate adherence of approximately 50%. Mindfulness seems to affect motivation to and satisfaction with physical activity. The aim is to test the...
Early Intervention in Psychiatry
July 3, 2018
Jan Sundquist, Karolina Palmér, Ashfaque A. Memon et al.
Although mindfulness‐based group therapies (MGTs) for depressive, anxiety or stress and adjustment disorders are promising, there is a substantial lack of knowledge regarding the long‐term improvements after such therapies in these common psychiatric disorders.
The International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
January 10, 2018
Xiao Wang, Kristina Sundquist, Karolina Palmér et al.
26 citations
Background: Macrophage migration inhibitory factor is a proinflammatory cytokine that has been associated with various psychiatric disorders. MicroRNA-451a can directly target macrophage migration inhibitory factor and downregulate its expression in cells. However, the role of macrophage migration inhibitory factor and microRNA-451a in psychiatric patients treated with psychotherapeutic...
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
August 3, 2017
Carl Antonson, Frida Thorsén, Jan Sundquist et al.
27 citations
Psychiatric symptoms and stress are on the increase among Swedish adolescents. We aimed to study the potential effect and feasibility of two Internet-based self-help programmes, one mindfulness based (iMBI) and the other music based in a randomised controlled trial that targeted adolescents. A total of 283 upper secondary school students in two Swedish schools were randomised to either a...
European Psychiatry
February 8, 2017
Jan Sundquist, Karolina Palmér, Lars-Åke Johansson et al.
40 citations
BACKGROUND: The need for psychotherapy in primary health care is on the increase but individual-based treatment is costly. The main aim of this randomised controlled trial (RCT) was to compare the effect of mindfulness-based group therapy (MGT) with treatment as usual (TAU), mainly individual-based cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), on a broad range of psychiatric symptoms in primary care...
Psychological Medicine
January 2015
G N Giordano, H Ohlsson, Kristina Sundquist et al.
Although cannabis abuse (CA) is known to be associated with schizophrenia, the causal nature of this association is unclear, with prodromal effects complicating its interpretation. From Swedish national registry databases, we used a co-relative case-control design with full-sibling, half-sibling and first-cousin comparisons, alongside a general Swedish population sample. Using ICD codes, 5456...