Amit J Shah

2 papers in the library · 81 citations · publishing 2016-2017

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A Pilot Study of the Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms and Brain Response to Traumatic Reminders of Combat in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Combat Veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

Frontiers in Psychiatry August 25, 2017 J. Douglas Bremner, Sanskriti Mishra, Carolina Campanella et al. 81 citations

OBJECTIVE: Brain imaging studies in patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have implicated a circuitry of brain regions including the medial prefrontal cortex, amygdala, hippocampus, parietal cortex, and insula. Pharmacological treatment studies have shown a reversal of medial prefrontal deficits in response to traumatic reminders. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a...

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00157 Traumatic stress Anxiety Mindfulness-based stress reduction Prefrontal cortex +3

Attitudes of inner city patients with cardiovascular disease towards meditation.

Journal of integrative cardiology March 10, 2016 Amit J Shah, Robert J Ostfeld

Objectives: Meditation is a stress reduction intervention that is of potential benefit to patients with cardiovascular disease, but its interest in inner city cardiology patients is unknown. We surveyed patients at an inner city cardiology clinic about their interest in learning meditation and the impact of stress on their lifestyles. Methods: A survey was distributed to 215 consecutive...

DOI: 10.15761/jic.1000152 Full text Meditation Prevention Heart disease Attitudes +1