Medical Research Archives
2026
Abdullah Alabdulgader
Recent advances in psychedelic neuroscience have revitalized scientific inquiry into the biological foundations of consciousness. Large-scale neuroimaging studies have consistently demonstrated that psychedelics increase functional integration across distributed brain networks while weakening the stability of normally dominant neural architectures associated with self referential processing and...
Medical Research Archives
2026
Sarah Velissaris, Monique Sondhu, Fiona Fisher et al.
Aims: This study of people with motor neurone disease (MND) and caregivers examined how baseline levels of psychological distress influenced engagement with and psychological responses to a mindfulness intervention. This was with a view to guiding how services can best target mindfulness programs. Methods: Forty participants completed an MND-adapted four-session mindfulness-based stress...
Medical Research Archives
2026
Marco Pasquali, Martina Martins, Chana Simanowitz et al.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition marked by persistent social communication deficits and repetitive behaviors, with communication abilities ranging from nonverbal to verbally fluent yet socially impaired. These deficits, linked to disrupted neural connectivity in regions like the posterior superior temporal sulcus (pSTS), reward circuits, and dorsal/ventral speech...
Medical Research Archives
2025
Abdullah Alabdulgader
1 citation
This manuscript introduces the Alabdulgader Heart-Based Resonant Field Theory of Consciousness, a paradigm shifting framework proposing that human consciousness emerges from bioelectromagnetic interactions centered on the heart’s resonant field, rather than the cerebral cortex alone. Building upon biophysical, neurocardiological, and quantum informed principles, the HBRF Theory posits that the...
Medical Research Archives
2025
Mustafa Zaman, Aseel Aljeshi, Kuragamage Kuraga et al.
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The use of drugs for recreational purposes has changed dramatically, involving a variety of substances such as opioids, hallucinogens, and cannabinoids. Although these substances are often initially used for recreational purposes, their psychoactive properties can contribute to the development of addiction, withdrawal syndromes, and significant physical and mental health complications. The...
Medical Research Archives
2025
Matthew Halma, Joseph Varón, Sirjana Dhillon et al.
Psychedelic therapies have emerged as a modality of treatment for several treatment resistant diseases, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), treatment resistant depression, substance use disorders, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Arguably more than with other therapies, their success is dependent on the facilitator and the context of the administration. Several programs...
Medical Research Archives
2025
Salvador Harguindey
This article tries to define and reach a deep understanding of the intimate nature behind the present-day situation in science and medicine, and how this affects nowadays the human crisis of the world. It also shows how at the base of all these problems rests the stagnant stage of the level of consciousness of rational thinking of the status quo: namely, modern rationality as the unique...
Medical Research Archives
2025
A.M.L. Coenen
Dreaming has fascinated mankind since antiquity. In most Christian cultures people believe that dreams bring messages of supernatural beings such as gods, angels and demons to the sleeper. Dreams contain often hidden messages, warning the sleeper for danger, predicting the future, clarifying situations, or rewarding or punishing the sleeping person. Many religious people assume that Gods preach...
Medical Research Archives
2025
Abdullah Alabdulgader
The physical origins of conscious experience remain unresolved, particularly with respect to whether artificial systems can ever instantiate awareness. The Heart Based Resonant Field (HBRF) framework developed here proposes that consciousness in living organisms emerges from multiscale electromagnetic and quantum coherence sustained by the human heart. Drawing on quantum electrodynamics (QED),...
Medical Research Archives
2025
G. Cole
In 2022, the journal Cogent Psychology published my paper entitled “The Trans-Theoretical Model for Mindful Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: A Paradigm for Systematically Advancing Evidence-Based Practice and Research.” The paper traced the three historical waves of cognitive behavioral therapy (behavioral, cognitive, and mindfulness/acceptance-based) and introduced the Trans-Theoretical Model for...
Medical Research Archives
2025
Putois Putois, Marie-Paule Gustin, Flore Collong et al.
Purpose of the study: The objective of this study is to evaluate subjective changes in sleep, insomnia, and dream production in chronic benzodiazepine (BZ) users enrolled in a withdrawal program. BZs, widely prescribed to treat insomnia, are likely to alter sleep structure. This research aims to determine the extent to which discontinuing these treatments promotes the restoration of sleep and...
Medical Research Archives
2024
Daniel Kleinloog
Ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic with unique pharmacological and psychological properties. Its antidepressant effects are mediated through the glutamatergic system and subsequent neuroplasticity and can be amplified when combined with psychotherapy. The ketamine-induced dissociative state should not be seen as an unwanted side-effect, but as a unique opportunity for psychotherapeutic...