ecancermedicalscience
June 26, 2026
Anirban Pal, Purnava Mukhopadhyay, Nidhi D Pal et al.
Background: Cancer patients suffer from higher rates of psycho-social challenges. In the Indian context, their stress and psycho-social morbidities are often inadequately addressed. The researchers introduced a brief structured mindfulness group (Group M) therapy for them in a community cancer-care setting. The primary objective was to see an improvement in mental stress. Additionally, changes...
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
December 1, 2024
Anirban Pal, Purnava Mukhopadhyay, Nidhi D Pal
1 citation
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic contributed enormously to the psychosocial distress of Indian healthcare providers. The mental well-being of the healthcare community remains an underappreciated priority in India. The primary objective was to observe the results of an online brief mindfulness-based intervention on stress, anxiety, and depression, and the secondary objective was...
Indian Journal of Psychiatry
October 1, 2023
Anirban Pal, Purnava Mukhopadhyay, Rajasree Biswas et al.
2 citations
In India, the awareness about the psycho-social dimension of chronic pain is minimal among physicians and patients. The research with community-based group therapies (like mindfulness) to address the psycho-social aspects in chronic pain patients remains limited. The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to see the effects of mindfulness on pain intensity, pain catastrophizing, chronic...
Healthline
September 30, 2023
Anirban Pal, Purnava Mukhopadhyay, Nidhi Dawar Pal et al.
Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic was aggravating the mental stress of vulnerable Indian college students. This mixed-method study aims to explore Mindfulness as astress - relief tool. Method: One hundred and fifty students were randomized to attend online Mindfulness-based intervention (Group M) or usual-care sessions (Group U). Quantitative data in form of perceived stress scores (PSS-10)...
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
July 1, 2023
Anirban Pal
Indians have a high prevalence of chronic pain (19.3% among men and 25.2% among women).[1] Mindfulness-based therapies modulate the cognitive, emotional, and behavioural factors related to chronic pain. Mindfulness was introduced into pain practice by Kabat-Zinn in the West and has been helping patients cope with chronic pain for more than four decades.[2] It has secured a place in American...
Indian Journal of Psychiatry
2022
Anirban Pal, Purnava Mukhopadhyay, Soma Datta et al.
The Indian population is suffering from a high prevalence of mental stress and the situation has been worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Mindfulness, which can also be conducted online, has been used as a stress-relieving therapy in the Western world. There is not much experience with mindfulness in the Indian population. The COVID-19 pandemic demands the development of alternative therapies...