Frontiers in Public Health
September 15, 2026
Pedram Dara
As psychedelic interventions move from controlled clinical trials into broader implementation, critical dimensions of lived experience among patients, trial participants, families, and caregivers remain systematically undermeasured in research, service design, and oversight. The resulting gap between protocol-defined outcomes and real-world experiences over time creates blind spots in current...
Frontiers in Public Health
August 6, 2026
R. Cameron Wolf, Rick Lambert, Sara Shoar et al.
Use of psychedelic substances is increasing across unregulated, state-regulated, research, ceremonial/religious, and medical settings in the United States. Concurrently, a growing body of clinical research signals the potential for therapeutic applications for specific psychedelics in the treatment of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance use disorders, and other health...
Frontiers in Public Health
July 20, 2026
Vivian Wl Tsang, Pamela Kryskow, Crosbie Watler et al.
Background Psilocybin-assisted therapy is continuing to show significant positive effects for palliative cancer patients, both in reducing symptoms and improving one’s sense of hope and meaning. Most research has focused on individual therapy models, limiting access and overlooking potential community-based benefits. Methods This qualitative study describes the results of patients experiencing...
Frontiers in Public Health
June 17, 2026
Lawrence Leeman, Maya Armstrong, Dara Menashi et al.
Informed by a community engagement process, we have developed a pragmatic, open-label, hybrid feasibility-implementation study of Group Psilocybin-Assisted Therapy (GPAT) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As psychedelic-assisted therapies begin to enter the broader mental health arena, engaging communities in the design of research and care models is essential to ensuring that those...
Frontiers in Public Health
June 2, 2026
Chiara Saracini
In recent years, the development of neurotechnologies has stimulated extensive ethical and legal debates around the concepts of neurorights, cognitive liberty, and mental privacy (Ienca & Andorno, 2017). Yet, the current debate has been shaped largely by a technocratic logic originating in Global North contexts, where neurotechnological innovation is often framed in terms of cognitive...
Frontiers in Public Health
April 14, 2026
Anthony L. Back, Bonnie A. Mcgregor, Leslie L. Thorn et al.
Introduction: Psilocybin therapy has demonstrated efficacy for cancer-related anxiety and depression, but resource-intensive individual treatment models raise important questions for psychedelic public health about equitable access and scalability. In our prior Phase 1/2 study of group retreat psilocybin therapy for patients with metastatic cancer, we observed partial responders who did not...
Frontiers in Public Health
April 14, 2026
Su Xia Chen, Zhi Xue Lyu, Zong Ji Hao et al.
Background Methamphetamine (MA) addiction is a chronic relapsing disorder that impairs physical health, induces mental distress (e.g., anxiety), and triggers abnormal inflammatory and neurotransmitter responses, all contributing to high relapse rates. Mindfulness and yoga interventions may alleviate psychological distress and improve physical well-being in substance users; however, few studies...
Frontiers in Public Health
February 5, 2026
Shudian Cao, Yuantao Cheng, Jia Liu et al.
Background: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are psychological skills training approaches that are well recognized for enhancing psychological factors that influence sports performance. However, some factors, such as time commitment, cost, and accessibility required for traditional MBIs, can be a barrier to regular practice. As a result, brief MBIs with a duration of ≤ 30 min have gained...
Frontiers in Public Health
January 29, 2026
Vivian W. L. Tsang, Camille Roney, Pamela Kryskow et al.
Psilocybin-assisted therapy (PAT) is an emerging intervention that combines the administration of psilocybin with structured psychological support to address profound psychological, emotional, and existential distress. Central to this model is the recognition that many forms of suffering-particularly at end of life-are relational in nature and require relational forms of healing. It is our...
Frontiers in Public Health
2026
Neelam Oswal, Pranita Jagtap, Pradnya Dasarwar
The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of regular ānāpāna practice, a beginning step of vipassanā meditation, in the framework of the MITRA program, over one academic year, on attention and mental well-being among secondary school students. Two classes of 8th-grade students from a single school were treated either as experimental group (EG: n = 44) or control group (CG: n = 45),...
Frontiers in Public Health
2026
Lori Rubenstein Fazzio, Anne Pitman, Shelly Prosko
Death anxiety is prevalent across many modern cultures and is associated with significant psychological, social and economic costs, including avoidance of advance care planning and the overuse of life-prolonging medical interventions at the end of life. From a yogic perspective, this pervasive clinging to life reflects abhinivesha, one of the five kleshas (mental afflictions) described as a...
Frontiers in Public Health
2026
My Ngoc To, Ramona Beltrán, Keli King
Contemplative practices encompass a range of mental and physical exercises that cultivate awareness, steadiness, and compassion. While contemplative practices have been shown to treat trauma, their application toward historical trauma is limited. To address this gap, our scoping review aims to answer the following research questions: (1) What contemplative practices have been applied toward...
Frontiers in Public Health
December 16, 2025
Bingyan Meng, Jun Cao, Yunyun Wei et al.
1 citation
Amidst ongoing urbanization, understanding how to effectively enhance visitor well-being (e.g., Psychological Thriving) in accessible natural settings like urban parks is crucial. Mindfulness interventions offer a promising avenue, yet the comparative efficacy of different delivery modes (digital vs. traditional) and their underlying psychological pathways remain underexplored. Targeting this,...
Frontiers in Public Health
2025
Jiaxin Shi, Hao Tian, Jingwen Wei et al.
2 citations
Meditation has gained increasing recognition as a simple, cost-effective, and non-invasive therapeutic approach for older adults with subjective cognitive decline (SCD), mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). This meta-analysis aimed to systematically evaluate its effectiveness on this population. A comprehensive search across nine databases was performed from inception...
Frontiers in Public Health
2025
Ambra Gentile, Sara Vivirito, Musa Kirkar et al.
1 citation
Age-related cognitive decline typically begins during middle age and persists into old age. In parallel, mood (and, in particular, anxiety and depression) can be a significant predictor of neurodegenerative pathologies. To prevent these negative consequences, mindfulness trainings were used to improve mood and executive functioning in middle-aged and older adults. Less is known about cold water...
Frontiers in Public Health
2025
Richa Gawande, Felipe Kalatauma Rosario, Carlos Santiago et al.
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Disparities in substance use treatment access and outcomes between communities with racially, economically, linguistically, and mentally/physically marginalized identities and more privileged populations are staggering. Communities of color lack access to culturally resonant treatment options that incorporate the role of racial oppression, address the chronic effects of stress on the nervous...
Frontiers in Public Health
2025
Mateus Torres-Cruz, Mariana Moura-Alves, Renata Pereira Lima et al.
1 citation
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated mental health issues, particularly in vulnerable communities. Non-psychiatric interventions, including psychological emotional regulation, contemplative practices, and physical activity, can be powerful tools for improving mental health, especially in vulnerable populations. The present study evaluates the effect of a novel low-cost Socioemotional and Physical...
Frontiers in Public Health
2025
Jakub Sobieraj, Jakub Sleziak, Michał Szyszka et al.
Mental health disorders such as depression are a rising issue among university students. Some of them use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as self-administered therapy instead of or together with professional care. Defining the scale of the problem, its underlying reasons and possible implications are crucial for addressing it in clinical psychiatry and public health strategies. A...
Frontiers in Public Health
2025
Sukesh Paranthatta, Titty George, H M Vinaya et al.
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Incorrect Funding In the published article, there was an error in the Funding statement. We mentioned that there was “no financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. The correct Funding statement appears below.FUNDINGThe current study was supported by the Institutional Seed Money Grant by Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA),...
Frontiers in Public Health
2025
Chao Liu, Yehui Tu, Li-Jen Lin et al.
This study examined the effectiveness of a short video app-guided Loving-Kindness Meditation (LKM) intervention in enhancing interpersonal mindfulness, empathy, interdisciplinary collaboration, affective states, and workplace well-being among working professionals. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted with 100 full-time employees (aged 25-60), randomly assigned to an intervention...
Frontiers in Public Health
December 11, 2024
Amy Bartlett, Challian Christ, Bradford Martins et al.
8 citations
The intersection of queer identity and psychedelics has not been thoroughly explored by the research community, historically or in the present day. With growing access to legal psychedelic therapies, it is essential that queer psychedelic experiences are understood sufficiently by clinicians in order to provide the most safe and effective care possible. Psychedelics and queerness are...
Frontiers in Public Health
September 4, 2024
Mei Fernandez-Crespo, José I. Recio-Rodríguez, Hsin‐Chien Lee et al.
3 citations
Background: Nomophobia is a specific phobia characterized by the appearance of anxiety, nervousness, discomfort and distress when the mobile phone is not used and is considered an emerging public health problem because of the negative consequences on the physical and mental health of young people and adolescents, especially women. Neurofeedback-Assisted Mindfulness Training Programs may prove...
Frontiers in Public Health
May 13, 2024
Andy Hau Yan Ho, Stephanie Hilary Xinyi Ma, Jing Ting Ng et al.
4 citations
IntroductionThe current study builds on the expertise of National Gallery Singapore and Nanyang Technological University Singapore (NTU) in developing and piloting an enhanced version of the Slow Art program, namely “Slow Art Plus” for mental health promotion.MethodsA single-site, open-label, waitlist Randomized Control Trial (RCT) design comprising of a treatment group and waitlist control...
Frontiers in Public Health
January 25, 2024
Yu Kyung Lee, Mark S. Gold, Kenneth Blum et al.
45 citations
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a major public health threat, contributing to morbidity and mortality from addiction, overdose, and related medical conditions. Despite our increasing knowledge about the pathophysiology and existing medical treatments of OUD, it has remained a relapsing and remitting disorder for decades, with rising deaths from overdoses, rather than declining. The COVID-19...
Frontiers in Public Health
2024
Agnieszka Zok, Monika Matecka, Artur Bienkowski et al.
6 citations
This article examines the effectiveness of yoga in managing stress, with a particular focus on work-related stress. Yoga combines physical postures, breath control, and meditation, and has gained recognition for its potential to relieve stress. This study aimed to investigate the motivating factors behind individuals adopting yoga exercises and to assess the effects of regular yoga practice,...