Psychotherapy Research
June 2, 2021
Simon B. Goldberg, Sin U Lam, Willoughby B. Britton et al.
110 citations
OBJECTIVE: Meditation practice and meditation-based psychotherapies have become increasingly popular. Although psychological benefits associated with meditation are well-documented, potential risks are unclear. METHOD: We conducted a population-based survey to evaluate the occurrence of a broad range of meditation-related adverse effects (MRAE). RESULTS: Nine hundred and fifty three...
The American journal of family therapy
June 1, 2021
N. Rahmani, S. Teymuri, M. Bayazi et al.
Abstract This study aimed to investigate the effect of the family-friendly program (FFP) on reducing parental anxiety sensitivity (PAS) and also Separation Anxiety disorders (SAD) in children and adolescents. Subjects in both groups responded to the Screen for Child Anxiety Related Disorder-71 (SCARED-71) (to diagnose separation) and the anxiety sensitivity questionnaire for parents, before...
Technoetic Arts
June 1, 2021
Lucas Pawlik
Data analysis from diverse medical fields suggests that we have reached a tipping point in the digitalization dynamic through the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, leading to an escalation of physical inactivity and related diseases. The lack of prioritization of physical activity designed to intervene against obesity, diabetes, loneliness, depression, anxiety disorders and suicide risk could...
Journal of Education and Health Promotion
May 31, 2021
Hajar Zandi, Ali Amirinejhad, Akbar Azizifar et al.
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness as an intervention approach in mental health has been increasingly used to promote health in young people. The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness training on coping with stress, test anxiety, and happiness to promote health in female high school students. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The design of this study was quasi-experimental with...
Brain Sciences
May 29, 2021
Flavia Marino, Chiara Failla, Cristina Carrozza et al.
54 citations
BACKGROUND: Recently, there has been an increased interest in the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) for people with cardiovascular diseases (CVD), although the exact beneficial effects remain unclear. METHODS: This review aims to establish the role of MBI in the management of wellbeing for patients with CVD. Seventeen articles have been included in this systematic synthesis of...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
May 29, 2021
Pedro J. Teixeira, Matthew W. Johnson, Christopher Timmermann et al.
87 citations
Healthful behaviours such as maintaining a balanced diet, being physically active and refraining from smoking have major impacts on the risk of developing cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and other serious conditions. The burden of the so-called ‘lifestyle diseases’—in personal suffering, premature mortality and public health costs—is considerable. Consequently, interventions designed...
Mental Health Weekly
May 28, 2021
The use of psychedelics is evolving for the treatment of a variety of mental illnesses, including anxiety, depression, post‐traumatic stress disorder and other related uses, Financial News Media reported May 25. Some psychedelic drugs are extracted from plants or mushrooms, and some are synthetic (human‐made). These drugs are now considered effective for patients with treatment‐resistant...
May 28, 2021
Bruno Ramos Gomes
This research qualitatively investigated four treatments for addiction currently in Brazi that use ibogaine as the main tool in the process.Ibogaine is a substance derived from an African plant, Tabernanthe iboga, traditionally used in its region of origin and which leads to intense changes in physical and psychic sensations, considered a psychedelic.Before entering the field, an integrative...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
May 25, 2021
Laura Lozano Montes, Vandana Balakrishnan, S. Gopalakrishnan
Objective: We aimed to study the short-term effects of Integrated Amrita Meditation (IAM) technique in anxiety and depression states and to have a better understanding on the underlying physiological changes related to short-term and long-term IAM practice. Design: Short-term IAM practitioners (ST-IAM) and long-term IAM practitioners (LT-IAM) were compared to control groups of the same age and...
May 19, 2021
Evan Lewis-Healey, Ruben Laukkonen, Michiel van Elk
4 citations
preprint
Objective: Recent clinical trials have demonstrated that psilocybin may have strong antidepressant effects, and may be effective in the treatment of depressive disorders when embedded in a psychotherapeutic protocol (psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy; PAP). However, despite promising results, the mechanism(s) that may be responsible for the antidepressant effects of PAP remain contested. Within...
Infectious diseases of poverty
May 17, 2021
Ming-Yu Si, Wei-Jun Xiao, Chen Pan et al.
Background: COVID-19 can lead to increased psychological symptoms such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety among patients with COVID-19. Based on the previous mindfulness-based interventions proved to be effective, this protocol reports a design of a randomized controlled trial aiming to explore the efficacy and possible mechanism of a mindful living with challenge...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
May 12, 2021
Liguo He, Wei Han, Zhan Shi
This study examines the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) vs. wait list (WL) on the self-reference effect involving negative adjectives in individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD). Eighty-five participants with SAD were randomly assigned to 12 weeks of MBSR or WL and completed an incidental SRE task that assessed treatment-related negative self-representations....
PsyArXiv
May 11, 2021
Elizaveta Solomonova, Claudia Picard-Deland, Iris L Rapoport et al.
preprint
Background: An upsurge in dream and nightmare frequency has been noted since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and research shows increases in levels of stress, depression and anxiety during this time. Growing evidence suggests that dream content has a bi-directional relationship with psychopathology, and that dreams react to new, personally significant and emotional experiences. The first...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
May 11, 2021
Ridge G. Weston, Paul J. Fitzgerald, Brendon O. Watson
19 citations
The anesthetic drug ketamine has been successfully repurposed as an antidepressant in human subjects. This represents a breakthrough for clinical psychopharmacology, because unlike monoaminergic antidepressants, ketamine has rapid onset, including in Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) that is resistant to conventional pharmacotherapy. This rapid therapeutic onset suggests a unique mechanism of...
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
May 10, 2021
Zonghua Wang, Xiaoxiao Xu, Shuang Liu et al.
Objective Mindfulness-based interventions have been widely demonstrated to be effective in reducing stress, alleviating mood disorders, and improving quality of life; however, the underlying mechanisms remained to be fully understood. Along with the advanced research in the microbiota-gut-brain axis, this study aimed to explore the impact of gut microbiota on the effectiveness and...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
May 6, 2021
Federico Cavanna, Carla Pallavicini, Virginia Milano et al.
31 citations
Abstract Background and aims The COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences represent a major challenge to the mental health and well-being of the general population. Building on previous work on the potential long-term benefits of psychedelics, we hypothesized that lifetime use of these drugs could be linked to better mental health indicators in the context of the ongoing pandemic. Methods Two...
Current Psychology
May 1, 2021
Oskari Lahtinen, Jenni Aaltonen, Johanna K. Kaakinen et al.
Mental health problems like anxiety, depression, and stress have been increasing in many countries and the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has further exacerbated their toll. Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to provide evidence-based treatments for anxiety and depression, and accumulating evidence is emerging in support of using mindfulness apps yielding small-to-moderate treatment...
journal of ilam university of medical sciences
May 1, 2021
Golestan Nazari, Hasan Amiri, Karim Afshariniea et al.
Introduction: This study aimed to compare the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral therapy (MBCT) and acceptance-commitment therapy (ACT) on the fear of negative evaluation and anxiety in couples visiting counseling centers in Ilam. Materials & Methods: This quasi-experimental study was conducted based on a pretest-posttest design with a control group. The statistical...
Sleep
May 1, 2021
Tommy Begay, Dora Valencia, Sadia Ghani et al.
Abstract Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted individuals in many ways, including anecdotal reports of nightmares. However, little data exists regarding the experience of COVID-related nightmares, especially among the distressed population at the US-Mexico Border. This is especially relevant given the clinical importance of nightmares as risk factors for poor mental health and sleep...
Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery
April 29, 2021
Prashanthi Gurram, V. Narayanan, S. Chandran et al.
PURPOSE Oral-maxillofacial surgical procedures like Impacted third molar surgery (ITMS) may lead to increased perioperative anxiety and pain perception in patients. Psychological interventions like meditation have been shown to decrease acute anxiety levels in individuals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of heartfulness (HFN) meditation during ITMS. We hypothesized that...