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Margaret Maxwell

2 papers in the library · publishing 2025

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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Testing the Feasibility and Acceptability of Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke (HEADS: UP): An Online Mindfulness-Based Intervention for Stroke Survivors

Mindfulness July 1, 2025 Maggie Lawrence, Bridget Davis, Naomi E. Clark et al.

Abstract Objectives The purpose of this study was to assess feasibility and acceptability of a stroke-specific mindfulness-based intervention called Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke (HEADS: UP). Method This study was a mixed-methods pilot randomized controlled trial comparing HEADS: UP to treatment as usual (TAU). HEADS: UP is a 9-week mindfulness intervention for stroke...

Converging pathways: shared brain circuitry engaged by monoaminergic antidepressants, ketamine and psilocybin

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) May 30, 2025 Pavel Osten, K Sunny Joseph, Jane Collins et al. preprint

Abstract Ketamine has transformed depression treatment by providing therapeutic relief within a single day, unlike monoaminergic antidepressants that require weeks to take effect. Here, we conducted whole-brain screening in mice to compare drug-evoked c-fos expression—acting as a marker of brain activity leading to protein synthesis-dependent forms of plasticity—following treatment with...