Medicine
September 1, 2022
Seok-In Yoon, Seung Il Lee, Hyo-Weon Suh et al.
Background: Employee stress and well-being affect organizational efficiency and productivity, as well as physical and psychological health of employees. Mindfulness is believed to reduce stress, prevent diseases, and promote well-being. Mindfulness has been used as the main component of various smartphone-based healthcare applications. Previous studies have suggested that mindfulness...
Medicine
July 29, 2022
Si Myeong Lee, Hyo-Weon Suh, Hui-Yong Kwak et al.
Background: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the meditation-based intervention on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Methods: The following databases were searched up to April 2021: the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), EMBASE, Medline (via PubMed), PsycARTICLES, 4 Korean databases (Korean Medical Database [KMbase], Koreanstudies Information...
Medicine
January 7, 2022
Yu Chen, Renying Wang, Jie Yu et al.
Abstract Background: Survivors of intensive care unit (ICU) transfer to the common ward are often accompanied by psychological distress, negative emotions, fatigue, and sleep disturbances that affect recovery. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has achieved reliable results in improving physical and mental health. However, no clinical study has been conducted to evaluate the effects of...
Medicine
July 23, 2021
A. Włodarczyk, Wiesław Jerzy Cubała, Maria Gałuszko‐węgielnik et al.
23 citations
Abstract There is evidence for ketamine use in treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Several safety and tolerability concerns arise regarding adverse drug reactions and specific subpopulations. This paper aims to investigate the relationship between dissociative and psychometric measures in course of intravenous ketamine treatment in TRD inpatients with major depressive disorder and bipolar...
Medicine
June 11, 2021
Jens Knud Larsen
In view of the renewed interest in psychedelics in psychiatry it is timely to analyze psychedelic treatment in historical cohorts. Recently the therapeutic efficacy of psychedelics has been linked to the so-called phenomenon of "connectedness." The aim of the present study was to explore whether long-lasting personality changes were observed in any of the 151 Danish psychiatric patients who...
Medicine
July 2, 2020
Brendan Le Daré, Thomas Gicquel, Alain Baert et al.
11 citations
Abstract Rationale: Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) is a highly potent psychedelic drug derived from ergot alkaloids. The available literature data derived from controlled studies or usage in a medical setting seem reassuring; however the literature contains very rare cases of fatal self-inflicted injuries associated with LSD exposure. The behavioral disorder that created the conditions...
Medicine
March 1, 2020
Yunhui Chen, Jiayuan Zhang, Tiane Zhang et al.
Background: Growing body of scientific researches in recent years have suggested the promising effect of meditation on improving cognitive impairment of Alzheimer disease (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This paper aims to provide a protocol for systematic review to evaluate the efficacy of meditation on cognition performance of patient with AD and MCI. Methods: The Cochrane Library,...
Medicine
December 1, 2019
Antoine Berar, Jean-Sébastien Allain, Sophie Allard et al.
Abstract Rationale: 3-Methoxyphencyclidine (3-MeO-PCP) is a new psychoactive substance derived from phencyclidine. Although it can lead to severe intoxications, the main manifestations and optimal management have not been well characterized. Here, we report 2 cases of 3-MeO-PCP intoxication in the same patient, and summarize the manifestations of this intoxication reported in literature....
Medicine
June 1, 2019
Jiaming Xue, Yun Zhang, Ying Huang
Abstract: Background: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been reported to be efficacious in treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). However, the value of the control effect of MBIs on ADHD core symptoms remains controversial. To clarify the literature on the control effect of MBIs on the symptoms of ADHD and guide future researches, an effect-size analysis was...
Medicine
May 1, 2019
Seung-ho Lee, S. Hwang, Do‐hyung Kang et al.
Background: Hypertension and type 2 diabetes are chronic diseases, which generally require lifetime care. Meditation and yoga can be complementary to pharmacological therapies according to the scientific evidences so far. Brain education-based meditation (BEM) is a technique, which has been known to change brain structure, psychology, and physiology of healthy adult participants. This...
Medicine
October 2018
Moon Joo Cheong, Sung-Eun Son, Hyung Won Kang et al.
The heart continuously transmits information to the cerebrum during each pulse, and influences information processing such as perception, cognition, and emotion, which are processed in the cerebrum. This is the basis for the theory of oriental medicine widely used in psychiatric medicine and clinical practice, so-called Simjushinji (heart and brain) theory, that the heart controls the mind. The...
Medicine
September 1, 2018
Fernanda S. Correia-Melo, Gustavo C. Leal, Michelle S. Carvalho et al.
61 citations
INTRODUCTION: The use of ketamine as an option in the treatment of depressive disorder is growing rapidly, supported by numerous clinical trials attesting its efficacy and safety. Esketamine, the S (+) enantiomer of ketamine, is the most widely used form in the anesthetic environment in some countries, and new studies have shown that it may also be effective in depression and with better...
Medicine
January 31, 2018
Evangelia Liakoni, Chris Yates, Alison M. Dines et al.
38 citations
The aim of the study was to compare self-reported and analytically confirmed substance use in cases of acute recreational drug toxicity.We performed a retrospective analysis of emergency department presentations of acute recreational drug toxicity over 2 years (October 2013 to September 2015) within the European Drug Emergencies Network Plus project.Among the 10,956 cases of acute recreational...
Medicine
April 1, 2017
Yu-Hao Lee, Ya-Ju Hsieh, Yung-Jong Shiah et al.
To quantitate the meditation experience is a subjective and complex issue because it is confounded by many factors such as emotional state, method of meditation, and personal physical condition. In this study, we propose a strategy with a cross-sectional analysis to evaluate the meditation experience with 2 artificial intelligence techniques: artificial neural network and support vector...
Medicine
November 1, 2015
Mei-fen Zhang, Yong-Shan Wen, Weiyan Liu et al.
AbstractAnxiety and depression are common among patients with cancer, and are often treated with psychological interventions including mindfulness-based therapy.The aim of the study was to perform a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions for improving anxiety and depression in patients with cancer.Medline, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, and Google Scholar were...