Cerebral Cortex
December 15, 2011
Tim Gard, Britta K. Hölzel, Alexander T. Sack et al.
275 citations
Pain can be modulated by several cognitive techniques, typically involving increased cognitive control and decreased sensory processing. Recently, it has been demonstrated that pain can also be attenuated by mindfulness. Here, we investigate the underlying brain mechanisms by which the state of mindfulness reduces pain. Mindfulness practitioners and controls received unpleasant electric stimuli...
Emotion
December 12, 2011
Margaret E Kemeny, Carol Foltz, James F Cavanagh et al.
Contemplative practices are believed to alleviate psychological problems, cultivate prosocial behavior and promote self-awareness. In addition, psychological science has developed tools and models for understanding the mind and promoting well-being. Additional effort is needed to combine frameworks and techniques from these traditions to improve emotional experience and socioemotional behavior....
Journal of Holistic Nursing
December 2011
Violet M Malinski, Vidette Todaro-Franceschi
The purpose of this pilot study was to explore whether co-meditation, shared or cross-breathing, could reduce anxiety and enhance relaxation in a nursing school setting. The specific outcomes to be assessed in the quantitative component were blood pressure, pulse, respirations, and anxiety, both state and trait. A qualitative component explored participants' experiences with co-meditation...
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior
November 1, 2011
Sarah M Turgeon, Daniel S. H. Kim, Melissa Pritchard et al.
Previous research in our laboratory revealed sexually dimorphic effects of prior exposure to phencyclidine (PCP) on elevated plus maze behavior. In an attempt to examine the developmental time course of this effect and determine the extent to which it generalizes to other anxiety paradigms, young adult (61-64 days old) and adult (96-107 days old) male and female rats were treated with PCP (15...
Psychosomatic Medicine
November 1, 2011
R. Gina Silverstein, Anne-Catharine H. Brown, Harold D. Roth et al.
165 citations
OBJECTIVES: Treatments of female sexual dysfunction have been largely unsuccessful because they do not address the psychological factors that underlie female sexuality. Negative self-evaluative processes interfere with the ability to attend and register physiological changes (interoceptive awareness). This study explores the effect of mindfulness meditation training on interoceptive awareness...
Behavior Therapy
October 1, 2011
Willoughby B. Britton, Ben Shahar, Ohad Szepsenwol et al.
The high likelihood of recurrence in depression is linked to a progressive increase in emotional reactivity to stress (stress sensitization). Mindfulness-based therapies teach mindfulness skills designed to decrease emotional reactivity in the face of negative affect-producing stressors. The primary aim of the current study was to assess whether Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is...
Inkanyiso
September 13, 2011
Luke Clark, S. D. Edwards, Wellington Didibhuku Thwala et al.
5 citations
The stressful lifestyles that accompany modern living generate levels of anxiety that become a major concern in society. Psychopharmacological medication and psychotherapy for anxiety is expensive for government health departments as well as for individual consumers. Although the value of yoga as a beneficial and cost effective therapy for anxiety has long been advocated, there have been very...
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
June 28, 2011
Jason M. Lavender, Kim L Gratz, Matthew T Tull
Although researchers have examined the efficacy of acceptance- and mindfulness-based interventions in the treatment of eating disorders, few studies have explored the association between trait mindfulness and eating pathology. Therefore, the purpose of the current investigation was to examine the unique associations between multiple facets of mindfulness (acting with awareness, nonreactivity,...
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
June 9, 2011
David J. Kearney, Kelly McDermott, Michelle E. Martinez et al.
63 citations
BACKGROUND: Stress perception and GI-specific anxiety play key roles in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a widely available stress reduction course, which has not been evaluated for IBS. AIM: To determine whether participation in MBSR is associated with improvement in bowel symptoms, GI-specific anxiety, and IBS-Quality of Life. METHODS: This is a...
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior
June 2011
Alexandre Seillier, Andrea Giuffrida
Sub-chronic administration of PCP produces a social interaction deficit that is reversed by URB597, an inhibitor of the catabolic enzyme of the endocannabinoid anandamide. Since increased anxiety may contribute to social withdrawal and URB597 has been shown to have an anxiolytic action, we studied whether this drug affected saline- and PCP-treated rats' performance in the Elevated-Plus-Maze...
Journal of Rational-Emotive & Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
June 2011
Lobsang Rapgay, Alexander Bystritsky, Roger E Dafter et al.
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) severely impacts social functioning, distress levels, and utilization of medical care compared with that of other major psychiatric disorders. Neither pharmacological nor psychotherapy interventions have adequately controlled cardinal symptoms of GAD: pervasive excessive anxiety and uncontrollable worry. Research has established cognitive behavioral therapy...
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
May 25, 2011
Meditation for the management of adjustment disorder anxiety and depression.
Contemporary Buddhism
May 1, 2011
Ruth A. Baer
271 citations
The commitment to evidence-based practice in clinical psychology requires scientific investigation of the effects of treatment and mechanisms of change. Empirical evidence suggests that mindfulness-based treatments provide clinically meaningful improvement for people suffering from many important problems, including depression, anxiety, pain, and stress. However, the processes of change that...
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
April 17, 2011
Sarah A Hayes-Skelton, Susan M Orsillo, Lizabeth Roemer
In response to clinical observations and research findings that individuals with Generalized Anxiety Disorder are reactive to their internal experiences, avoid and suppress painful emotions, thoughts, and sensations, and limit their involvement in meaningful activities, an Acceptance Based Behavioral Therapy (ABBT) was developed to specifically target these responses. ABBT incorporates...
Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
April 13, 2011
Sandy Sachse, Saskia Keville, Janet Feigenbaum
Objectives: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) was originally developed to prevent relapse in recurrent depression. More recently it has been applied to individuals at high risk of suicide or currently suffering with anxiety and depression. The aim of this study was to consider the feasibility of MBCT for individuals with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Design: The...
Independent Nurse
April 1, 2011
Suzy Bashford
NICE recommends the use of mindfulness techniques as a psychological therapy.
Revista de Psicopatología y Psicología Clínica
April 1, 2011
María Teresa Miró, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérez, Jeanette Pérez Ramos et al.
27 citations
The aim of this study was to determine the degree of clinical effi cacy of mindfulness based treatments in the treatment of anxiety and/or depressive disorders, from a systematic review of relevant studies in the scientifi c literature. From a total of 1,450 references identifi ed, 15 studies met the selection criteria. Systematic analysis of these studies showed that interventions based on...
Journal of College Student Psychotherapy
March 31, 2011
Jaimie L. Burns, Randolph M. Lee, Lauren J. Brown
78 citations
The effects of meditation, specifically Transcendental Meditation (TM), on college students' experience of stress, anxiety, depression, and perfectionistic thoughts was investigated using 43 undergraduate students. Self-report measures of the variables were completed prior to the start of the study. Student groups were trained in TM and practiced the technique consistently over a two-semester...
Attachment & human development
March 1, 2011
Mario Mikulincer, Phillip R Shaver, Neta Avihou-Kanza
Self-reported individual differences in attachment insecurities (anxiety and avoidance) are sometimes assumed to tap only conscious mental processes, although many studies have found correlations between such measures and responses to the Thematic Apperception Test, the Rorschach Inkblot Test, and diverse laboratory measures of unconscious mental processes. Dreams offer another route into the...
Anxiety, Stress, and Coping
March 1, 2011
The direct and indirect benefits of dispositional mindfulness on self-esteem and social anxiety.