Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
2024
Beatrix Krause-Sorio, Sergio Becerra, Prabha Siddarth et al.
1 citation
Exposure to art, nature, or meditation, all transcending human experiences, has beneficial effects on health and wellbeing. Focusing inward or watching art and nature videos elicits positive emotions that can help heal stress-related conditions. In a pilot functional magnetic resonance (fMRI) study, we explored the effect of watching digital art or nature videos compared to contemplating the...
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
July 1, 2023
Benjamin Vanderschelden, M. A. Gebara, H. Oughli et al.
13 citations
To examine whether psychological well‐being, sleep, and suicidality improved with treatment with intravenous (IV) ketamine for late‐life treatment‐resistant depression (TRD).
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
December 1, 2022
H. Oughli, M. A. Gebara, A. Ciarleglio et al.
33 citations
Objective: Evidence-based treatment options for late-life treatment-resistant depression (TRD) are limited. Ketamine is a promising treatment for TRD; however, there is a paucity of data on its safety and efficacy in older adults. Methods: In this pilot clinical trial, 25 adults aged ≥60 years with TRD received IV ketamine openly twice a week for 4 weeks; partial responders at the end of this...
Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
February 8, 2021
Felipe A Jain, Sergey V. Chernyak, Lisa D Nickerson et al.
Background: Family dementia caregivers experience high rates of depression and anxiety that often go untreated due to time demands. We aimed to determine the feasibility of a brief, 4-week Mentalizing Imagery Therapy intervention, which couples mindfulness with guided imagery practices aimed at bolstering mentalizing capacity, to reduce caregiver psychological symptoms and to explore potential...
2021
Kelsey T. Laird, Felipe A Jain, Helen Lavretsky
Mind–body therapies that include meditation (e.g., mindfulness-based therapies, transcendental meditation, mantra meditation, and yoga) have demonstrated efficacy for enhancing mental health in a range of clinical and healthy populations. Of the forms of meditation, empirical research has most commonly focused on mindfulness-based approaches. Existing evidence suggests that, on average, both...
Trials
September 22, 2020
Gladys E Ibañez, Kristopher Fennie, Linda Larkey et al.
Background: Almost half of people living with HIV (PLWH) in the USA are over 50 years of age; this is expected to increase to 70% by 2020. Yet, few interventions exist for older PLWH that address psychological and physical symptoms combined, both prevalent in this population. There is a need to find innovative and accessible interventions that can help older PLWH to manage their symptoms....
Current Psychiatry Reports
January 25, 2018
Kelsey T. Laird, Pattharee Paholpak, Michael Roman et al.
A growing body of research supports the use of mind-body therapies (MBTs) as minimally invasive and effective approaches for the management of late-life mood and cognitive disorders. Recent randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses indicate that MBTs are effective for enhancing well-being, mood, sleep, and cognition in older adults. Evidence suggests that mindful movement (e.g., yoga, tai...
Current behavioral neuroscience reports
October 18, 2016
Bianca P. Acevedo, Sarah Pospos, Helen Lavretsky
83 citations
Meditation has been shown to have physical, cognitive, and psychological health benefits that can be used to promote healthy aging. However, the common and specific mechanisms of response remain elusive due to the diverse nature of mind–body practices. In this review, we aim to compare the neural circuits implicated in focused-attention meditative practices that focus on present-moment...
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
2016
Hongyu Yang, Amber M Leaver, Prabha Siddarth et al.
Behavioral interventions are becoming increasingly popular approaches to ameliorate age-related cognitive decline, but their underlying neurobiological mechanisms and clinical efficiency have not been fully elucidated. The present study explored brain plasticity associated with two behavioral interventions, memory enhancement training (MET) and a mind-body practice (yogic meditation), in...