Delhi Business Review
December 26, 2021
Divyansh Jain
Purpose: To present study the impact of yoga intervention on exam anxiety, mindfulness, attention, and memory in school-going children. Methodology: The study started with the camp organized by a Principal of RA. Geeta Sr. Secondary School. The study population was taken from those interested to take part in the one-month yoga intervention on their own will both male and female with the age...
Eduvest - Journal of Universal Studies
December 20, 2021
Tiyara Safitri, Sri Sumarni, Aris Santjaka
Background: Reports show the prenatal anxiety of Indonesia reaches a percentage of 28.7% of mothers experience anxiety. The COVID-19 pandemic influences pregnant mothers’ psychology, 76.2%. The physical, psychological, and spiritual balance of pregnant mothers should be healthily balanced. This healthy balance includes the childbirth process to avoid psychological interruption. The use of...
Psychiatriki
December 20, 2021
Grigorios N. Karakatsoulis, Eva-Maria Tsapakis, Konstantinos Ν. Fountoulakis
1 citation
Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD) calls for the development of effective interventions for mood elevation and stabilization. Recently, both ketamine and its S-enantiomer (esketamine) have been investigated with successful clinical trials demonstrating effectiveness in TRD. More specifically, in 2019, intranasally administered esketamine, as opposed to the more effective intravenous ketamine,...
BMC Public Health
December 18, 2021
Vaidehi Yogeswaran, Christo El Morr
Background: Medical school typically presents students with a combination of academic and personal stressors that may lead to substandard mental health wellbeing. Meditation practices such as mindfulness facilitate a greater awareness of one's thoughts and feelings, thereby decreasing emotional reactivity. The use of mindfulness-based interventions delivered online has considerable potential in...
Journal of Clinical Medicine
December 17, 2021
Mirian Santamaría-Peláez, Jerónimo Javier González-Bernal, Juan Carlos Verdes-Montenegro-Atalaya et al.
In primary health care, the work environment can cause high levels of anxiety and depression, triggering relevant expert and individual change. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs reduce signs of anxiety and depression. The purpose of this sub-analysis of the total project, was to equate the effectiveness of the standard MBSR curriculum with the abbreviated version in minimizing...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
December 17, 2021
Josephine Marschall, George Fejer, Pascal Lempe et al.
69 citations
Background: Microdoses of psychedelics (i.e. a sub-hallucinogenic dose taken every third day) can reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress according to anecdotal reports and observational studies. Research with medium to high doses of psilocybin points towards potential underlying mechanisms, including the modulation of emotion and interoceptive processing. Aims: In this preregistered...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
December 17, 2021
John R. Kelly, Claire M. Gillan, Jack Prenderville et al.
66 citations
Accumulating clinical evidence shows that psychedelic therapy, by synergistically combining psychopharmacology and psychological support, offers a promising transdiagnostic treatment strategy for a range of disorders with restricted and/or maladaptive habitual patterns of emotion, cognition and behavior, notably, depression (MDD), treatment resistant depression (TRD) and addiction disorders,...
PLoS One
December 15, 2021
Maren Westphal, Melanie M. Wall, Thomas Corbeil et al.
21 citations
Medical personnel working in emergency rooms (ER) are at increased risk of mental health problems and suicidality. There is increasing evidence that mindfulness-based interventions can improve burnout and other mental health outcomes in health care providers. In contrast, few longitudinal prospective studies have examined protective functions of dispositional mindfulness in this population. The...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
December 15, 2021
Malin V. Uthaug, Natasha L. Mason, Martha N. Havenith et al.
15 citations
Abstract Background Holotropic breathwork (Grof ® Breathwork), was developed by Stanislav Grof and Christina Grof as a ‘non-drug’ alternative technique to evoke altered states of consciousness (ASC). Interestingly, although HBW has been anecdotally reported to evoke experiences and mental health effects corresponding to those of psychedelic substances, the scientific literature on the matter is...
Revista Paulista de Pediatria
December 14, 2021
Daniela Figueiredo Ramos, Joana Magalhães, Paulo Santos et al.
ABSTRACT Objective: To report a case of recurrent isolated sleep paralysis (RISP), a benign parasomnia with worrisome and frightening sleep paralysis episodes. Case description: We describe a case of RISP in a sixteen-year-old girl who seeks medical attention for anxiety symptoms. The sleep paralysis and associated auditory and tactile hallucinations began three years before with worsening in...
Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
December 13, 2021
J. R. Yela, Antonio L Crego, Jose Buz et al.
OBJECTIVE The mindfulness and self-compassion (MSC) protocol has shown efficacy in reducing mental illness symptoms and increasing well-being. However, little is known on how the positive outcomes are produced. This study explores how reductions in experiential avoidance following MSC training may explain changes in the participants' levels of anxiety, depression, and well-being. METHODS The...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
December 13, 2021
Yuzheng Wang, Lingqiu Liao, Xiaoxiao Lin et al.
30 citations
This study comprehensively summarizes research in the field of meditation, especially mindfulness meditation from 1900 to 2021, by analyzing the knowledge map through CiteSpace and VOSviewer software. Using “mindfulness *” or “meditation *” as the topic, articles included in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index were searched in the web of science core database,...
Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal
December 12, 2021
Che Noriah Binti Othman, Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman, Maryam Farooqui et al.
Anxiety and depression are common among cancer patients and impact health-related quality of life. MBSR has long been used to treat psychological illnesses in various therapeutic settings worldwide. However, there is no solid evidence of MBSR effects among cancer patients in Malaysia. This cross-sectional study intervened in the five weeks of MBSR on cancer patients in Penang. Results found...
Journal of Attention Disorders
December 5, 2021
R. Fried, M. Disalvo, Abigail Farrell et al.
Objective: ADHD affects 11% of children in the United States and is associated with significant levels of anxiety. Although the literature supports mindfulness-based interventions as a promising strategy for managing anxiety, it falls short in the feasibility of digital mindfulness interventions. Method: This study investigated the usefulness of the pediatric version of Headspace, a digital...
The Professional Counselor
December 1, 2021
Jennifer Scaturo Watkinson, Gayle Cicero, Elizabeth Burton
It is widely documented that practicum students experience anxiety as a natural part of their counselor development. Within constructivist supervision, mindfulness exercises are used to help counselors-in-training (CITs) work with their anxiety by having them focus on their internal experiences. To inform and strengthen our practice, we engaged in a practitioner inquiry study to understand how...
Psychopharmacology
December 2021
C M Ruiz, Alexa Torrens, Valeria Lallai et al.
Adolescent exposure to ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychotropic constituent of cannabis, might affect brain development, and in rodent models leads to long-term behavioral and physiological alterations. Yet, the basic pharmacology of this drug in adolescent rodents, especially when ingested via ecologically relevant routes like aerosol inhalation, commonly referred to as "vaping," is...
Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora
November 30, 2021
Carlos Ramón Galindo-López, Luís A. Castro, Cynthia B. Pérez et al.
The number of people who experience anxiety disorders around the world has increased in the last few years. Studies report that meditation can reduce stress or anxiety. There are several videos on online platforms such as YouTube stating that they can reduce anxiety or stress. In this work, we present the results of a comparison between mediation at home following videos that can be found on...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
November 25, 2021
Tomislav Majić, Lasse Brandt, Christiane Montag
3 citations
3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA/"ecstasy") is widespread in the electronic club scene, but MDMA has also been suggested for the treatment of anxiety spectrum disorders like posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and social anxiety in autistic adults. Here, we report a case of a high functioning 24-old student with a sporadic recreational use of ecstasy, and a history of a single episode...
Scientific Reports
November 23, 2021
Keiichiro Nishida, Yosuke Morishima, Roberto Domingo Pascual-Marqui et al.
11 citations
Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) have revealed the capability to augment various types of behavioural interventions. We aimed to augment the effects of mindfulness, suggested for reducing anxiety, with concurrent use of tDCS. We conducted a double-blind randomized study with 58 healthy individuals. We introduced treadmill walking for focused meditation and active or sham tDCS on...
Nutrients
November 20, 2021
Johanna Louise Keeler, Janet Treasure, Mario F Juruena et al.
55 citations
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a highly complex disorder to treat, especially in severe and enduring cases. Whilst the precise aetiology of the disorder is uncertain, malnutrition and weight loss can contribute to reductions in grey and white matter of the brain, impairments in neuroplasticity and neurogenesis and difficulties with cognitive flexibility, memory and learning. Depression is highly...