June 25, 2025
Ricardo Ramos de Carvalho, Cláudia Berlim de Mello, Isadora Salvador Rocco et al.
preprint
Recently, body maps have increasingly been used to identify patterns in respect of the location of the physical sensations elicited by emotions. However, in addition to understanding how emotions are topographically manifest in the body, it is important to add a temporal aspect to deepen the interoceptive study of emotions. Therefore, the present study sought to explore the first perceived...
Jornal brasileiro de nefrologia
2025
Angélica Nickel Adamoli, Bruno Nunes Razzera, Raphaele Nonnenmacher Colferai et al.
Recent evidence indicates that mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) improve overall well-being and the ability to cope with kidney failure and hemodialysis stressors. However, intradialytic MBPs are poorly investigated. The aim of this study was to describe the study protocol, evaluate the feasibility and perceived effects of the Hemomindful Program. The results presented are from a mixed-methods...
Frontiers in Public Health
2024
Mayra Pires Alves Machado, Emérita Sátiro Opaleye, Andre Bedendo et al.
3 citations
Substance Use Disorder (SUD) is a chronic condition that impacts various facets of an individual's life, and society as a whole. The Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) protocol is an innovative intervention that can help to prevent relapse, particularly when used as a post-treatment approach. However, although there is significant evidence of its effectiveness in studies from...
International journal of mental health systems
October 13, 2023
Giovana Gonçalves Gallo, Daniela Fernandez Curado, Mayra Pires Alves Machado et al.
18 citations
The development of mental health disorders is common in the university population, and mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) seem to be effective in addressing them in different contexts. Thus, this study investigated the impact of an 8-week MBI adapted to university students from the Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBSR) on different symptoms related to mental health problems,...
Revista de Estudios e Investigación en Psicología y Educación
June 30, 2023
María Olivia Ortiz, Tamires de Lima Sousa Santos, Ana Regina Noto et al.
1 citation
Há evidências de que a prática de Mindfulness está associada com Funções Executivas e pode estimular habilidades socioemocionais na infância. Apesar dos benefícios potenciais, no Brasil ainda são poucos os programas estruturados que podem ser incorporados em ambiente escolar. Foi objetivo do presente estudo realizar a adaptação cultural do Kindness Curriculum for Preschoolers, programa baseado...
PLoS One
2023
Ana Paula Gonçalves Donate, Elizeu Coutinho De Macedo, Andre Bedendo et al.
This study aimed to investigate the effects of Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP) in decision-making, inhibitory control and impulsivity compared to Treatment as Usual (TAU) for individuals with Substance Use Disorders (SUD's) in Brazil. A randomized clinical trial was conducted with participants from a therapeutic community (n = 122). Decision-making (Iowa Gambling Task), impulsivity...
Addictive Behaviors Reports
November 11, 2022
Itamar José Félix-Junior, Ana Paula G Donate, Ana Regina Noto et al.
Inpatient treatment for Substance Use Disorder (SUD), such as Therapeutic Communities and Residential Treatment has been used to test the effect of Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI) over different outcomes. Although there is evidence of the effectiveness of MBIs, little is known about the particularities that the place may have in the outcomes. The main objective of this Systematic Review...
Research Square
July 6, 2022
Giovana Gonçalves Gallo, Daniela Fernandez Curado, Mayra Pires Alves Machado et al.
4 citations
preprint
Abstract The development of mental health disorders is common in the university population, and mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) seem to be effective in addressing them in different contexts. Thus, this study investigated the impact of MBIs on different symptoms related to mental health problems. University students (n = 136) were randomized into MBI group or wait-list group. All...
International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
October 1, 2018
Daniela Curado, Viviam Barros, Emerita Opaleye et al.
Purpose: To investigate dispositional mindfulness, psychiatric symptoms, and their relationship with insomnia severity among female chronic hypnotic users. Methods: Observational, cross-sectional study, including 76 women with chronic hypnotic use. Participants completed several self-report questionnaires: sociodemographic characteristics, depressive symptoms (CES-D), anxiety levels (STAI-T),...
PLoS One
March 16, 2018
Víviam Vargas de Barros, Emérita Sátiro Opaleye, Marcelo Demarzo et al.
9 citations
INTRODUCTION: Dispositional mindfulness can be described as the mental ability to pay attention to the present moment, non-judgmentally. There is evidence of inverse relation between dispositional mindfulness and insomnia and substance use, but as of yet, no studies evaluating the specific association between dispositional mindfulness and the components of hypnotic use disorder. OBJECTIVE: To...
Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria
September 1, 2009
Emérita Sátiro Opaleye, Ana Regina Noto, Zila van der Meer Sanchez et al.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the recreational use of benzydamine, an anti-inflammatory drug, among street youth in Brazil. METHOD: Design: a descriptive, cross sectional survey. Setting: 93 welfare services for the street youth in 27 Brazilian capitals. Participants: 2807 street youth, 10 to 18 years old. Main outcome measures: demographic characteristics, drug use pattern (lifetime use, use in the...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
March 2006
Murilo Campos Battisti, Ana Regina Noto, Solange Nappo et al.
The use of Ecstasy in Brazil has gained visibility in recent years. Nevertheless, scientific data on this issue remain scarce. The present study focused on clarifying this phenomenon by means of qualitative and ethnographic research. Observational studies (N = 8), information obtained from key informants (N = 14) and interviews with Ecstasy users (N = 32) from the city of São Paulo were part of...