British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
June 8, 2023
Fuat Can Çalışkan, Sibel Akmehmet-Şekerler, Zeynep Kızıltepe et al.
ABSTRACT Along with anxiety and depression, mindfulness has recently gained attention among the predictors of college adjustment. This study conducted in Türkiye, investigated the relationship between mindfulness and college adjustment through the mediating role of depression and anxiety. Data were collected using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, and...
International Journal of Surgery Global Health
June 2, 2023
Tooba Noor, Areej Shakil, Aimen Waqar Khan et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a surge in depression cases, a pervasive and debilitating mental illness1. This trend is evident in the increased prescriptions for antidepressants. Depression is a chronic condition that affects a significant proportion of the global population, with ~280 million people, or about 3.8%, suffering from it. As a result, it is a significant mental health...
Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
June 2023
Joanne Kraenzle Schneider, Saratu Garba Abdullahi, Scott D Easton et al.
WHAT IS KNOWN ON THE SUBJECT?: Researchers have examined several interventions for psychological distress, mindfulness being a popular one. One intervention that fosters mindfulness is mantram repetition. Mantram repetition is an ancient traditional practice of repeating a sacred word/phrase at various times throughout the day and whenever needed. Psychologically, mantram repetition can...
Journal of Music Therapy
June 1, 2023
Robert Knoerl, Emanuele Mazzola, Heather Woods et al.
The purpose of this secondary analysis was to explore physiological, psychological, and situational influencing factors that may affect the impact of a mindfulness-music therapy intervention on anxiety severity in young adults receiving cancer treatment. Young adults receiving cancer treatment for ≥ eight weeks were recruited from adult and pediatric oncology outpatient centers at Dana-Farber...
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
June 2023
Minji Bang, Borah Kim, Kang Soo Lee et al.
We aimed to examine the long-term benefits of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on white matter plasticity in the cortical midline structures (CMS) for a period of 2 years in patients with panic disorder and the relationships between white matter changes in the CMS and severity of state and trait symptoms. Seventy-one participants were enrolled and underwent diffusion tensor imaging at...
Journal of Holistic Nursing
June 1, 2023
Shu-Chen Wang, Wen-Yu Hu, Lloyd Lalande et al.
Guided respiration mindfulness therapy (GRMT) is a clinical model of breathwork that has shown promise as a treatment for depression, anxiety, and stress. This study examined the effectiveness of GRMT as a holistically oriented intervention for reducing psychological distress in nurses. Sixty-two nurses were assigned to either five sessions of GRMT or 5 sessions of a mindfulness-based...
Journal of Clinical Oncology
June 1, 2023
Manish Agrawal, Sarah Shnayder, Heather Honstein et al.
2 citations
12021 Background: Up to 25% of people living with cancer have depression. Existing psychological interventions have limited efficacy in treating depression. Psilocybin, a 5-hydroytrptamintergic psychedelic, coupled with group therapy is safe and effective in ameliorating symptoms of depression (Agrawal et al, ASCO 2022). Response to psilocybin treatment was observed in 83.3% of patients at 8...
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
June 1, 2023
Harry A Fagan, David S Baldwin
55 citations
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a common psychiatric condition, characterized by the presence of general apprehensiveness and excessive worry. Current management consists of a range of pharmacological and psychological treatments. However, many patients do not respond to first-line pharmacological treatments and novel anxiolytic drugs are being developed. In this review, the authors first...
Mental health & prevention
June 1, 2023
Lily Garcia, Shea E Ferguson, Leslie Facio et al.
17 citations
This pilot study aimed to explore the intersection of mindfulness, physical activity, and mental well-being within higher education populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. College students, faculty, and staff (n = 34) from a public university participated in the study during spring, summer, and fall 2021. All participants wore a Fitbit for two weeks and were assigned to a treatment group (n =...
Journal of Clinical Hypertension
May 31, 2023
Haifei Shen, Ri Zhang, Xiujie Zhang et al.
7 citations
To explore the moderating effect of mindfulness on the relationship between anxiety and somatization symptoms in middle-aged and elderly female patients with hypertension and provide a foundation for the development of more effective mindfulness intervention strategies. A total of 109 middle-aged and elderly female patients with hypertension participated in this cross-sectional study from April...
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
May 31, 2023
Kemei Wu, Miaomiao Wan, Huiqin Zhou et al.
ObjectiveTo investigate the clinical effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention combined with early cardiac rehabilitation (CR) on patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) assisted with an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP).MethodsA total of 100 AMI patients with IABP assistance due to hemodynamic instability at Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital were enrolled in the study....
Journal of Advanced Nursing
May 29, 2023
Yihong Leow, Nur Lidiya Binte Abdul Rashid, Piyanee Klainin‐Yobas et al.
Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on mental and cognitive outcomes including, anxiety, depression, attention, memory, global cognition and neuroplastic changes in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data source: A three-step search strategy was conducted on eight electronic databases, grey...
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
May 29, 2023
Óscar Lecuona, Jennifer E. Moreno‐Jiménez, Luz Sofía Vilte et al.
4 citations
Music performance anxiety (MPA) is a common damaging phenomenon in musicians' careers. Mindfulness stands as a promising construct to prevent MPA. However, the relationships between mindfulness and MPA are scarcely explored, alongside other relevant attention-based (e.g., self-consciousness) or emotion-based constructs (e.g., negative affect). This study explores the relationships between these...
Neuropharmacology
May 27, 2023
David J Heal, Sharon L. Smith, Sean J Belouin et al.
50 citations
This Special Issue of Neuropharmacology on psychedelics provides a timely and comprehensive update on progress following the previous Neuropharmacology Special Issue "Psychedelics: New Doors, Altered Perceptions". Remarkable advances have been made in basic and clinical research on psychedelics in the five years since 2018. It is partly based on the seminar series focused on psilocybin...
Medical Research Archives
May 26, 2023
Neeraj Panwar, Nupur Agarwal, Shivani Tanwar
Background: Adolescence is a phase blended with various challenges and changes. How someone takes these challenges and accepts the changes (physically, emotionally, or psychologically) are the major concerns of social scientists. Objective: Keeping that objective in mind, current research has been done to assess if emotional regulation leads to impulsivity and anxiety through the moderating...
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
May 26, 2023
J Corey Williams, Janaíre Hawkins
Amid rising national rates of childhood depression and anxiety,1,2 the development and accessibility of therapeutic psychosocial interventions for children have taken on paramount importance. Given the limited bandwidth of the existing clinical mental health services nationally, there is also an imperative to integrate therapeutic interventions within nonclinical, community-based settings (eg,...
Scientific Reports
May 22, 2023
Teresa Fazia, Francesco Bubbico, Andrea Nova et al.
62 citations
Pressures and responsibilities of medical school put a strain on medical student's personal wellbeing, leading among all to high rates of anxiety, emotional discomfort and stress. In this work we evaluated the effectiveness of a comprehensive Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) in reducing this load. The intervention comprised 10 twice-a-week Integral Meditation classes, dietary advice, and...
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
May 20, 2023
Małgorzata Frankowska, Karolina Wydra, Agata Suder et al.
The lack of selective pharmacological tools has limited the full unraveling of G protein-coupled receptor 18 (GPR18) functions. The present study was aimed at discovering the activities of three novel preferential or selective GPR18 ligands, one agonist (PSB-KK-1415) and two antagonists (PSB-CB-5 and PSB-CB-27). We investigated these ligands in several screening tests, considering the...
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
May 19, 2023
Abdallah F Abu Khait, Austin Menger, H. Al-Modallal et al.
Background: Jordan’s population of older adults is growing due to improved health care and lifestyle, but the country has limited mental health care resources, causing challenges for the health care system. Reminiscence is a point of nursing intervention and a way for psychiatric nurses to help people improve their mental health by expanding their personal boundaries (self-transcendence). Aims:...
PARIPEX INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH
May 15, 2023
Chirag Ambaliya, Dimple Gupta, Ashok Vala et al.
The purpose of this review article is to give a summary of the literature on the use of psychedelic drugs, such as psilocybin, LSD, ayahuasca, and MDMA, in the treatment of various mental health conditions, such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, and substance use disorders. This review's main goal is to highlight recent human studies on the use of particular psychedelic drugs, like psilocybin, LSD,...