Healthcare
March 15, 2022
Alicia Sánchez-pérez, Daniel Mendialdua-Canales, Miriam Hurtado-Pomares et al.
A person affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD) gradually loses the ability to perform activities of daily living and becomes dependent on caregivers, thereby having a negative impact on the caregivers' quality of life. There is evidence that suggests that interventions aimed at caregivers, such as mindfulness, may be effective at reducing this burden and emotional issues, such as depression and...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
March 14, 2022
Edmund C. Neuhaus, George M. Slavich
14 citations
One of the most recent and potentially promising advancements in the health sciences has involved the attempted use of psychedelics for treating mental and behavioral health problems, such as anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and addiction. Despite surging scientific and public interest in this work, however, we presently have no standard of care or consensus regarding how...
Journal of Philosophy of Education
March 13, 2022
A. Szymański
If mental health has become a reactionary concept, much like the notion of public health in the age of the Covid-19 pandemic, then how can critical theory best elaborate a concern for well-being which includes both a psychic and social dimension? This article proposes the concept of existential health to grasp the salubrious zest for life that has been extinguished from social life since March...
EJNMMI Research
March 13, 2022
Paolo Dell’Oglio, Danny M. van Willigen, Matthias N. van Oosterom et al.
Abstract Background With the rise of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radioguided surgery, which is performed using a microdosing regime, demand for visual target confirmation via fluorescence guidance is growing. While proven very effective for radiotracers, microdosing approaches the detection limit for fluorescence imaging. Thus, utility will be highly dependent on the tracer...
Brain Sciences
March 12, 2022
Anya Ragnhildstveit, Matthew Slayton, Laura Kate Jackson et al.
Eating disorders (EDs) are serious, life-threatening psychiatric conditions associated with physical and psychosocial impairment, as well as high morbidity and mortality. Given the chronic refractory nature of EDs and the paucity of evidence-based treatments, there is a pressing need to identify novel approaches for this population. The noncompetitive N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAr)...
Frontiers in Pharmacology
March 9, 2022
Drummond E-Wen Mcculloch, Maria Zofia Grzywacz, Martin Bruun Madsen et al.
91 citations
Psychedelic drugs such as psilocybin have shown substantial promise for the treatment of several psychiatric conditions including mood and addictive disorders. They also have the remarkable property of producing persisting positive psychological changes in healthy volunteers for at least several months. In this study (NCT03289949), 35 medium-high doses of psilocybin were administered to 28...
پژوهشهای علوم شناختی و رفتاری
March 8, 2022
Shahrooz Nemati, Rahim Badri, Zahra Khani-salavat
The current research aimed to study the effectiveness of mindfulness training on attention and comprehension in children with a specific learning disability with impairment in Reading. To assess the impact of mindfulness therapy the quasi-experimental design titled pre-test post-test with a control group was used. In the same vein, 30 specific learning disabilities with impairment in reading...
Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences
March 7, 2022
Dwi Mulianda, Ainnur Rahmanti, Margiyati Margiyati et al.
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic could increase stress which will impact the student’s achievement during the pandemic situation. AIM: The purpose of the study was to analyze stress among Indonesian nursing students’ after giving the interventions of behavioral activation (BA), mindfulness exercises (ME), and loving-kindness meditation exercise (LKME) during the...
Comparative Theology
March 7, 2022
Homeyra Arsanjani
Buddhism is one of the world's great religions intending to bring about a moral, ideal, and thoughtful living. Buddhism changed the conception of faith by emphasizing meditation and self-knowledge instead of belief and ritualism. Buddhist texts speak of faith (saddha) and confidence in the Buddha as a teacher, which is a necessary condition for the first step on the path. This faith is not,...
Intelligent Medicine
March 7, 2022
Leah Vines, Diana Sotelo, Allison Johnson et al.
21 citations
Ketamine, a noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist, has been exclusively used as an anesthetic in medicine and has led to new insights into the pathophysiology of neuropsychiatric disorders. Clinical studies have shown that low subanesthetic doses of ketamine produce antidepressant effects for individuals with depression. However, its use as a treatment for psychiatric disorders has been...