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Depression and Anxiety

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25 papers in the library · 1,468 citations · publishing 2007-2025

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Impact of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention on Symptoms and Emotion Regulation Strategies in Young Adolescents From the General Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Depression and Anxiety 2025 Camille Piguet, Zeynep Celen, Ben Meuleman et al. 2 citations

Adolescence is marked by major puberty-induced changes including increased reactivity to stress and a peak incidence of mental disorders. The implementation of early interventions during this developmental period is essential to prevent mental disorders. In this clinical trial, we examined the effects of a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) on internalizing symptoms, affects, and...

The Immediate Impact of App-Based Psychotherapeutic Exercises on Anxiety: An RCT.

Depression and Anxiety 2025 Julia Fabienne Sandkühler, Fabian Kahl, Magda Zena Sadurska et al. 2 citations

Background: Despite the growing integrative trend in psychotherapy, few studies have examined the potential for immediate anxiety relief of many different psychotherapeutic exercises side by side under the same conditions. This information might be important to enhance engagement and self-efficacy, stop negative feedback loops, and prevent avoidant or destructive behavior during crises....

Emotion Regulation as a Mechanism of Mindfulness in Individual Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders.

Depression and Anxiety 2024 Luise Pruessner, Christina Timm, Julia Kalmar et al. 22 citations

The global prevalence of depression and anxiety disorders underscores the need for a more profound comprehension of effective treatments. Mindfulness has shown promise in enhancing treatment outcomes and preventing relapse in these conditions, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. This study examined the role of emotion regulation as a mediator in the relationship between...

Use of Esketamine Nasal Spray in Patients with Treatment-Resistant Depression in Routine Practice: A Real-World French Study.

Depression and Anxiety 2024 Ludovic Samalin, Lila Mekaoui, Maud Rothärmel et al. 16 citations

The efficacy and safety of esketamine nasal spray (ESK) were established in registration trials in patients with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). This French real-world study aimed to describe the treatment patterns, effectiveness, and safety of ESK in TRD patients over a 12-month follow-up. This study used secondary data from patient files of hospital-based psychiatrists and started...

Rumination and Self-Compassion Moderate Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Patients With Recurrent and Persistent Major Depressive Disorder: A Controlled Trial.

Depression and Anxiety 2024 Jelle Lubbers, Dirk E. M. Geurts, Philip Spinhoven et al. 10 citations

Background: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is effective in reducing depressive symptoms in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Understanding for whom and how MBCT works may allow for improvements in treatment allocation and effectiveness. In this study, our aim was to investigate depressive rumination, content-independent perseverative thinking, mindfulness skills, and...

Change in Negative Affective Bias following a Single Ketamine Treatment for Treatment-Resistant Depression

Depression and Anxiety August 19, 2023 Anna J. Harvey, Stevan Nikolin, Nicholas Chand et al. 4 citations

Ketamine has recently emerged as a highly effective new treatment for people with treatment-resistant depression with rapid antidepressant effects. However, these effects are often short lasting, and the potential cognitive mechanisms underlying the therapeutic effects, such as effects on emotional processing bias, remain poorly understood. In the present study, we explored potential changes in...

The Effect of a Combined Mindfulness and Yoga Intervention on Soldier Mental Health in Basic Combat Training: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

Depression and Anxiety 2023 Thomas H Nassif, Ian A Gutierrez, Carl D Smith et al. 7 citations

Depression, anxiety, and sleep problems are prevalent in high-stress occupations including military service. While effective therapies are available, scalable preventive mental health care interventions are needed. This study examined the impact of a combined mindfulness and yoga intervention on the mental health of soldiers in Basic Combat Training (BCT). U.S. Army soldiers (N = 1,896) were...

Meditation‐based lifestyle modification in mild to moderate depression—A randomized controlled trial

Depression and Anxiety March 21, 2022 Holger C Bringmann, Andreas Michalsen, Michael Jeitler et al.

Depression is a global key challenge in mental health care. The implementation of effective, low‐risk and cost‐effective interventions to reduce its disease burden is a necessity. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of the new Meditation‐Based Lifestyle Modification (MBLM) program, a “second‐generation” mindfulness‐based intervention, in depressive outpatients.

Factors associated with relapse and recurrence of major depressive disorder in patients starting mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy

Depression and Anxiety November 9, 2021 J. D. de Klerk-Sluis, Marloes J. Huijbers, S. Löcke et al.

Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is effective for relapse prevention in major depressive disorder (MDD). It reduces cognitive reactivity (CR) and rumination, and enhances self‐compassion and mindfulness. Although rumination and mindfulness after MBCT are associated with relapse, the association of CR, rumination, self‐compassion, and mindfulness with relapse before initiation of MBCT...

The effect of esketamine in patients with treatment‐resistant depression with and without comorbid anxiety symptoms or disorder

Depression and Anxiety July 22, 2021 E. Daly, Ibrahim Turkoz, Giacomo Salvadore et al.

Comorbid anxiety is generally associated with poorer response to antidepressant treatment. This post hoc analysis explored the efficacy of esketamine plus an antidepressant in patients with treatment‐resistant depression (TRD) with or without comorbid anxiety.

Acute effects of cannabinoids on symptoms of obsessive-compulsive disorder: A human laboratory study.

Depression and Anxiety August 1, 2020 Reilly R Kayser, Margaret Haney, Marissa Raskin et al.

Preclinical data implicate the endocannabinoid system in the pathology underlying obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), while survey data have linked OCD symptoms to increased cannabis use. Cannabis products are increasingly marketed as treatments for anxiety and other OCD-related symptoms. Yet, few studies have tested the acute effects of cannabis on psychiatric symptoms in humans. We recruited...

Historic psychedelic drug trials and the treatment of anxiety disorders

Depression and Anxiety July 5, 2020 N. Weston, Damian Gibbs, Catherine Bird et al. 38 citations

INTRODUCTION: In this paper, we systematically review literature from 1940 to 2000 relating to the combined use of psychological therapies and psychedelic drugs in the treatment of ICD-10 anxiety disorders. METHODS: The databases Ovid MEDLINE(R), PsycINFO, and Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) were searched for case reports and trials involving humans in the treatment...

Efficacy of intravenous ketamine treatment in anxious versus nonanxious unipolar treatment-resistant depression

Depression and Anxiety December 30, 2018 Naji C. Salloum, Maurizio Fava, Marlene P. Freeman et al. 49 citations

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of high baseline anxiety on response to ketamine versus midazolam (active placebo) in treatment-resistant depression (TRD). METHODS: In a multisite, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 99 subjects with TRD were randomized to one of five arms: a single dose of intravenous ketamine 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0 mg/kg, or midazolam 0.045 mg/kg. The primary outcome measure...

Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy for patients with chronic, treatment‐resistant depression: A pragmatic randomized controlled trial

Depression and Anxiety August 8, 2018 Mira B. Cladder-Micus, Anne E. M. Speckens, J. Vrijsen et al.

Chronic and treatment‐resistant depressions pose serious problems in mental health care. Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an effective treatment for remitted and currently depressed patients. It is, however, unknown whether MBCT is effective for chronic, treatment‐resistant depressed patients.

A REVIEW OF KETAMINE ABUSE AND DIVERSION

Depression and Anxiety August 1, 2016 S. Sassano-Higgins, D. Baron, Grace Juarez et al. 200 citations

Ketamine was discovered in the 1960s and released for public use in 1970. Originally developed as a safer alternative to phencyclidine, ketamine is primarily used in clinical settings for analgesia and sedation. In recent years, other uses have been developed, including pain management and treatment of asthma and depression. Clinical use of ketamine causes dissociation and emergence delirium....

KETAMINE: A POTENTIAL RAPID-ACTING ANTISUICIDAL AGENT?

Depression and Anxiety April 15, 2016 Samuel T. Wilkinson, Gerard Sanacora 38 citations

Ketamine has attracted widespread attention as a potential rapid-acting antidepressant. There is also considerable interest in its use for the rapid treatment of patients deemed at risk for suicide. Here, we review the available evidence (open-label and randomized controlled trials) that examine the effects of ketamine on suicidal ideation (SI). Overall, data suggest that ketamine has a rapid...

KETAMINE'S MECHANISM OF ACTION: A PATH TO RAPID‐ACTING ANTIDEPRESSANTS

Depression and Anxiety April 6, 2016 Chadi G. Abdallah, Thomas G. Adams, Benjamin Kelmendi et al. 204 citations

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and debilitating psychiatric disorder. Traditional antidepressants are of limited efficacy and take weeks to months to yield full therapeutic effects. Thus, there is a clear need for effective rapid-acting antidepressant medications. The N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor (NMDA-R) antagonist, ketamine, has received a great deal of attention over the last...

ALTERED DEFAULT MODE NETWORK (DMN) RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY FOLLOWING A MINDFULNESS-BASED EXPOSURE THERAPY FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD) IN COMBAT VETERANS OF AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.

Depression and Anxiety April 1, 2016 Anthony P. King, Stefanie R Block, Rebecca K Sripada et al.

Recent studies suggest that mindfulness may be an effective component for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment. Mindfulness involves practice in volitional shifting of attention from "mind wandering" to present-moment attention to sensations, and cultivating acceptance. We examined potential neural correlates of mindfulness training using a novel group therapy (mindfulness-based...

EFFECTS OF KETAMINE ON EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT SUICIDAL COGNITION: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL IN TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION

Depression and Anxiety March 25, 2014 Rebecca B Price, Dan V. Iosifescu, James W. Murrough et al. 342 citations

BACKGROUND: Preliminary evidence suggests intravenous ketamine has rapid effects on suicidal cognition, making it an attractive candidate for depressed patients at imminent risk of suicide. In the first randomized controlled trial of ketamine using an anesthetic control condition, we tested ketamine's acute effects on explicit suicidal cognition and a performance-based index of implicit...

NEUROBIOLOGY OF STRESS, DEPRESSION, AND RAPID ACTING ANTIDEPRESSANTS: REMODELING SYNAPTIC CONNECTIONS

Depression and Anxiety March 10, 2014 Ronald S. Duman 213 citations

Stress and depression are associated with atrophy and loss of neurons in limbic and cortical brain regions that could contribute to the symptoms of depression. Typical monoamine reuptake inhibitor antidepressants have only modest efficacy and require long-term treatment, and are only weakly effective in blocking or reversing these structural changes caused by stress. Recent findings demonstrate...

A PILOT STUDY OF GROUP MINDFULNESS-BASED COGNITIVE THERAPY (MBCT) FOR COMBAT VETERANS WITH POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

Depression and Anxiety April 17, 2013 Anthony P. King, Thane M. Erickson, Nicholas D. Giardino et al. 258 citations

BACKGROUND: "Mindfulness-based" interventions show promise for stress reduction in general medical conditions, and initial evidence suggests that they are accepted in trauma-exposed individuals. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) shows substantial efficacy for prevention of depression relapse, but it has been less studied in anxiety disorders. This study investigated the feasibility,...

Tranceformations: hypnosis in brain and body.

Depression and Anxiety April 1, 2013 David Spiegel

In this review, the role of hypnosis and related psychotherapeutic techniques are discussed in relation to the anxiety disorders. In particular, anxiety is addressed as a special form of mind/body problem involving reverberating interaction between mental and physical distress. The history of hypnosis as a therapeutic discipline is reviewed, after which neurobiological evidence of the effect of...

Dissociative disorders in DSM‐5

Depression and Anxiety September 1, 2011 D. Spiegel, R. Loewenstein, R. Lewis-Fernández et al.

Background: We present recommendations for revision of the diagnostic criteria for the Dissociative Disorders (DDs) for DSM‐5. The periodic revision of the DSM provides an opportunity to revisit the assumptions underlying specific diagnoses and the empirical support, or lack of it, for the defining diagnostic criteria. Methods: This paper reviews clinical, phenomenological, epidemiological,...

Marijuana coping motives interact with marijuana use frequency to predict anxious arousal, panic related catastrophic thinking, and worry among current marijuana users.

Depression and Anxiety 2008 Marcel O Bonn-Miller, Michael J Zvolensky, Amit Bernstein et al. 29 citations

The present investigation evaluated whether coping motives for marijuana use interacted with past 30-day frequency of marijuana use in relation to anxiety-relevant variables among community-recruited young adult marijuana users (n=149). As expected, after covarying cigarettes per day, alcohol use, and total years of marijuana use, the interaction between frequency of past 30-day marijuana use...

Major depression: the relative contribution of gender, MDMA, and cannabis use

Depression and Anxiety March 7, 2007 Heather Durdle, Leslie H. Lundahl, Chris‐ellyn Johanson et al. 34 citations

Previous research has suggested that 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA; ecstasy) users have elevated depressive symptomatology, although it is not clear whether this is due to MDMA or other drug use. This study aimed to investigate the contributions of MDMA and cannabis use to Major Depressive Disorder in MDMA users. A total of 226 MDMA users were studied. Participants (65% male) reported...