Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
November 2005
Mark A. Lau, Shelley F McMain
Recent innovations in psychological treatments have integrated mindfulness meditation techniques with traditional cognitive and behavioural therapies, challenging traditional cognitive and behavioural therapists to integrate acceptance- and change-based strategies. This article details how 2 treatments, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy, have met this...
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
June 1, 2005
Erika Dyck
88 citations
In the popular mind, d-lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) research in psychiatry has long been associated with the CIA-funded experiments conducted by Ewen Cameron at the Allen Memorial Institute in Montreal, Quebec. Despite this reputation, a host of medical researchers in the post World War II era explored LSD for its potential therapeutic value. Some of the most widespread trials in the...
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
May 1, 2005
Mehmet Yucel Agargun, Mustafa Gulec, Ali Savas Cilli et al.
To examine whether there is a relation between nightmares and serum lipid levels. Fifteen subjects who met DSM-IV criteria for the diagnosis of nightmare disorder and 15 healthy control subjects participated in the study. We used an enzymatic colorimetric method for cholesterol and triglyceride determination. We measured high-density lipoprotien (HDL) cholesterol using the direct...
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
October 1989
J L Craven
Meditation has been increasingly recommended as a practice with potential psychotherapeutic benefit. This paper provides a description of meditative practice and discusses selected issues related to the conceptual and technical integration of meditation with modern psychotherapeutic interventions. Evidence suggests that meditation may contribute to psychotherapeutic change and that the...
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
February 1, 1983
A Seltzer
7 citations
Three cases of spirit possession were studied to determine common underlying psychodynamic factors. The spirits were believed to represent culture bound defense mechanisms, and attempts at problem solving in individuals suffering from unresolved conflicts. These being anomic anxiety, dependency, sexual identity and aggression. The symptoms, therefore, were considered to be attempts at conflict...
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie
March 1, 1979
J E Runions
6 citations
This paper reviews the phenomenology of the mystical experience and its varied contexts epilepsy, toxicity, organic brain syndromes, the major psychoses and hysterical dissociative states as well as in apparently normal persons. The impact of the experience on the personality is noted and its significance briefly reviewed. The author notes that two fallacies await the unwary psychiatrist: the...