Psychological Reports
June 1, 2020
Helen Z. MacDonald, Anna Olsen
Mindfulness has been robustly associated with psychological health, predicting greater well-being, and lower levels of anxiety, depression, and stress across samples. Attentional control is the ability to voluntarily shift, focus, and train one’s attention and has also been linked with better psychological functioning. Less well-understood, however, are which domains of mindfulness may be...
East Asian Archives of Psychiatry
June 1, 2020
S. Ghahari, K. Mohammadi-Hasel, SK Malakouti et al.
BACKGROUND Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) has harmful effects on physical and mental health and quality of life. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a treatment option for GAD. This meta-analysis was conducted to determine the effectiveness of MBCT on GAD. METHODS Two authors independently performed the eligibility, quality assessment, and data extraction processes, and consensus...
Mindfulness
June 1, 2020
Bhikkhu Anālayo
AbstractThe body is a central object of the cultivation of mindfulness, in the way this has been described in relevant Pāli discourses and their parallels. At the background of such cultivation stands the absence of positing a mind-body duality and a lack of concern with a particular physical location of the mind in early Buddhist thought. Moreover, the various exercises that involve directing...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
June 1, 2020
Mitch Earleywine, Joseph A. de Leo
12 citations
Abstract Despite the popular support for psychedelics as aids for depression, academics and the public frequently overestimate the efficacy of available medications and psychotherapies. Metaanalyses reveal that antidepressant medications alone help only one in four patients and rarely surpass credible placebos. Their effects, though statistically significant, might not impress depressed...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
May 21, 2020
Morgana M. Novaes, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes, Heloisa Onias et al.
110 citations
Pranayama refers to a set of yoga breathing exercises. Recent evidence suggests that the practice of pranayama has positive effects on measures of clinical stress and anxiety. This study explored the impact of a Bhastrika pranayama training program on emotion processing, anxiety and affect. We used a randomized controlled trial design with thirty healthy young adults assessed at baseline and...
Journal of Nursing Management
May 20, 2020
Sajed Faisal Ghawadra, Khatijah Lim Abdullah, W. Choo et al.
AIM To assess the effect of a 4-week Mindfulness-Based Training intervention on improving stress, anxiety, depression, and job satisfaction among ward nurses. BACKGROUND Previous literature showed that mindfulness training is useful for helping nurses cope with stress. METHOD Nurses who have mild to moderate levels of stress, anxiety, and depression identified from a teaching hospital were...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
May 18, 2020
Paulina Wróbel-knybel, Hanna Karakuła-juchnowicz, Michał Flis et al.
Sleep paralysis (SP) is a psychobiological phenomenon caused by temporary desynchrony in the architecture of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. It affects approximately 7.6% of the general population during their lifetime. The aim of this study was to assess (1) the prevalence of SP among Polish students in Lublin (n = 439) using self-reported online surveys, (2) the frequency of SP-related...
Bipolar Disorders
May 14, 2020
Roger S McIntyre, Orly Lipsitz, Nelson B Rodrigues et al.
64 citations
Abstract Objective To determine the effectiveness of intravenous (IV) ketamine on anxiety, irritability, agitation, and suicidality, in adults with treatment‐resistant major depressive disorder (MDD) or bipolar disorder (BD). Method Adults (N = 201) with treatment‐resistant MDD or BD received repeat‐dose IV ketamine treatment at a community‐based clinic. Mixed features were measured using...
Psychiatry Research
May 7, 2020
Xiang Zhou, Jieyu Guo, Guangli Lu et al.
In this study, we evaluated the efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) for young people with anxiety symptoms . We used many databases, including PubMed, PsycINFO, Web of Science, EMBASE, CINAHL and Cochrane Library (from inception to May 2019). We included randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing MBSR with various control conditions, including didactic lecture course,...
Journal of American College Health
May 5, 2020
Claire G. Crowley, L. Kapitula, Dana Munk
Abstract Objective To explore differences in mindfulness, happiness, and perceived anxiety in a sample of college students before and after taking a meditation course. Participants Participants were college students at a primarily undergraduate institution enrolled in an experiential meditation class (n = 74) and a non-meditation class comparison group (n = 73). Methods The study design was a...
International Journal of Social Welfare Promotion and Management
April 30, 2020
Se-La Lim, Heejun Lee
This study explored correlation of People of S city’s for chakra meditation experience motivation, and Anxiety to confirm mediation model and path of physical and emotional and social state perception. To this end, data was collected from 223 survey results conducted by 250. The survey consisted of, the Chakra Meditation Experience Motivation scale, the Mental Health (SCL90-R) Questionnaire for...
Brain and Behavior
April 23, 2020
Masoomeh Zarenejad, Mansooreh Yazdkhasti, Mitra Rahimzadeh et al.
Abstract Objective The aim of the study was to assess the effect of mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) on anxiety and self‐efficacy in coping with childbirth. Material and Methods This randomized controlled trial was conducted on 70 pregnant women in Abyek city of Qazvin province in Iran. The convenient sampling method was recruited. Samples were assigned to control and intervention...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
April 13, 2020
Morten L. Kringelbach, Josephine Cruzat, Joana Cabral et al.
326 citations
Significance In a technical tour de force, we have created a framework demonstrating the underlying fundamental principles of bidirectional coupling of neuronal and neurotransmitter dynamical systems. Specifically, in the present study, we combined multimodal neuroimaging data to causally explain the functional effects of specific serotoninergic receptor (5-HT 2A R) stimulation with psilocybin...
INFAD
April 9, 2020
Irene Scordo
This research aims at the assessment of healthy effects of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) on anxiety among teachers. Indipendent scientific researches, all over the world, have proved that the category of teachers, among the so called helping professions, is mainly undergoing stress. We must care, and cure, our educational spaces, both promoters and users of education, going directly to the...
Society Register
April 6, 2020
Geeta Shyam
The scale of disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to adversely affect the mental health of a large number of people. In this Note, the author shares her strategies for dealing with uncertainty and anxiety. Recounting her personal experiences, she reveals how simple breathing exercises and meditation practices helped her accept and respond to a traumatic experience as well as...
April 2, 2020
G. McDowell, Jahnavi Valleru, M. Adams et al.
ABSTRACT Anxiety is common in adolescents, when acuity spikes, higher intensity services may be required. However, it can be challenging to retain these adolescents in ongoing care once a crisis resolves. The aim of this quality improvement study was to evaluate within the crisis management segment of our behavioral health-care system the potential benefit of a mindful movement intervention for...
Journal of Clinical Medicine
April 1, 2020
G. L. Torre, Antonino Raffone, Margherita Peruzzo et al.
Mindfulness-based interventions have emerged as unique approaches for addressing a range of clinical and subclinical difficulties such as stress, chronic pain, anxiety, or recurrent depression. Moreover, there is strong evidence about the positive effects of yoga practice on stress management and prevention of burnout among healthcare workers. The aim of this study was to conduct a single-arm...
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
April 1, 2020
Matthew L. Dixon, Manesh Girn, Kalina Christoff
14 citations
preprint
Abstract Individuals use various strategies to cope with challenging emotions such as anxiety. Mindful acceptance involves broadening attentional scope and fully experiencing present moment sensory feelings (whether pleasant or unpleasant) without judgment or elaboration. In contrast, narrative-evaluation involves focusing on a narrow band of sensory experience and generating an elaborate...
Journal of Palliative Medicine
April 1, 2020
Yvan Beaussant, Justin J. Sanders, Zachary Sager et al.
39 citations
Background: Recent and preprohibition studies show that patients with serious illness might benefit from psychedelic-assisted therapies for a range of symptoms, physical, psychosocial, and existential. Objective: To explore the potential roles and research priorities of these therapies in patients with serious illness. Design, Setting, and Participants: Qualitative study based on semistructured...
Cell
April 1, 2020
David Nutt, David Erritzøe, Robin Carhart-Harris
330 citations
After a legally mandated, decades-long global arrest of research on psychedelic drugs, investigation of psychedelics in the context of psychiatric disorders is yielding exciting results. Outcomes of neuroscience and clinical research into 5-Hydroxytryptamine 2A (5-HT2A) receptor agonists, such as psilocybin, show promise for addressing a range of serious disorders, including depression and...