BMC Psychiatry
August 9, 2024
Roni Chaaya, Chen Jiang, Runtang Meng et al.
Background: The Nightmare Distress Questionnaire (NDQ), known and commonly used for its adequate psychometric properties, is the most widely used instrument for the measurement of nightmare distress. This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a newly translated Arabic version of the Nightmare Distress Questionnaire (NDQ-AV). Methods: A total of 546 Lebanese adolescents was...
Bandung Conference Series: Psychology Science
August 5, 2024
Dewi Sartika, Muhamad Arif Saefudin
Abstract. Future anxiety is a psychological problem that tends to emerge in their twenties or during their college years. Future anxiety can impact their mental health and academic and non-academic performance. Trait mindfulness, which is defined as the ability to be aware of thoughts, feelings, and sensations in the present moment with an attitude of acceptance and non-judgement of self...
Journal of Engineering and Science in Medical Diagnostics and Therapy
August 1, 2024
Lili Zhang
Abstract The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on relieving symptoms of emotional disorders caused by anxiety and depression in college students. Fifty college students with generalized anxiety disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale scores >7 and self-rating depression scale (SDS) scores ≥50 were randomly divided into a blank group and an...
Cureus
August 1, 2024
Priyanka Saraswati, Satish Kanaujia, Bhuwan Chandra Kapri
Background Athletes have a variety of obstacles that might shrink their chances of getting adequate rest, including competing and training times, travel, stress, academic responsibilities, and overtraining. Furthermore, athletes have been reported to have poor self-reports of their sleep length and quality. The study aims to assess the impact of yoga practice on sleep quality, stress, anxiety,...
Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing
August 1, 2024
Jennifer R Majumdar, Cidalia J Vital, Justin M O'Leary et al.
4 citations
Patients undergoing surgery, particularly patients undergoing surgery for oncology diagnoses, experience anxiety. Surgery remains the primary treatment for many common types of cancer. One promising potential intervention to alleviate anxiety in the preoperative and postoperative period is meditation, an integrative medicine intervention. However, there remains a gap in the literature regarding...
Journal of Natural Remedies
July 31, 2024
V Suresh, Jitendra Lakhani, R Balaraman
Cancer patients are more vulnerable to developing psychiatric disorders like anxiety and depression. These conditions give an additional burden leading to poor quality of life. The available antidepressant and antianxiety drugs are not very useful in improving quality of life by reducing anxiety and depressive episodes. Therefore, there is a need for good drugs to alleviate the psychiatric...
مجله علوم پزشکی صدرا
July 28, 2024
Azam Sobhani Najafabadi, Mahbobeh Sadat Fadavi, Ali Mahdad
Introduction: Aggression in children and teenagers can lead to psychological and social harm to themselves and those around them. Given this, the present study aimed to examine the effect of child-centered mindfulness therapy on reducing social anxiety and bullying among aggressive male students.Methods: The research method employed in this study was quasi-experimental, with a pre-test,...
Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences
July 28, 2024
Can Gu, Yunyun Peng, Yueyang Peng et al.
1 citation
The efficacy of monotherapy in alleviating psychological disorders like anxiety and depression among breast cancer patients is suboptimal, necessitating effective psychosocial interventions. Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to mitigate anxiety-depression symptoms and encourage beneficial behaviors. The online mindfulness-based cancer recovery (MBCR) offers flexibility and guides...
July 28, 2024
Jonathan David, Aviva Berkovich-Ohana, Yair Dor-Ziderman
2 citations
preprint
Background: How the human psyche interacts with the theme of death is fundamental to individual and societal life, profoundly influencing cognition, affect, and behavior. Death-related psychological phenomena, such as death anxiety and acceptance, have been shown in clinical studies to be influenced by psychedelic (LSD and psilocybin) interventions. However, the literature lacks a comprehensive...
Journal of Nursing and Women's Health
July 26, 2024
M. Park, YS Yoon
Abstract Purpose: To examine effects of a self-transcendence intervention program in middle-aged women using an equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Methods: Fifty-nine middle-aged women (29 in the experimental group and 30 in the control group for comparison) were selected as participants. Self-transcendence intervention was applied, and its effect was determined from May 15, 2020...
JMIR Formative Research
July 25, 2024
Ioannis Iliakis, Maria Anagnostouli, George P Chrousos
1 citation
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease affecting the central nervous system, often leading to poor sleep quality and diminished quality of life (QoL) for affected patients. Sleep disturbances in MS do not always correlate linearly with other symptoms such as anxiety, depression, fatigue, or pain. Various approaches, including stress reduction techniques such as...
Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research
July 24, 2024
Ibrahim Lanre Folorunsho, Nkechinyere Mary Harry, Chukwubueze Obiajunwa et al.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental health condition that can occur after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. The impact of PTSD extends beyond the individual, affecting families, communities, and society as a whole. This study aims to investigate the potential of psilocybin as a treatment for PTSD. Psilocybin, after being metabolized to psilocin, binds to...
Studies in health technology and informatics
July 24, 2024
Tso-Ying Lee, Cha-Jung Hsieh, Pi-Hsia Lee
COVID-19 epidemic bring a great threat to human physical and mental health. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of an online mindfulness platform in improving mental status. Patients from a regional hospital were randomly divided into the experimental and control groups. The experimental group received online mindfulness interventions, and control group received general health...
Life
July 18, 2024
Szabolcs Kéri, Alexander Kancsev, Oguz Kelemen
6 citations
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is marked by prolonged and excessive worry, physical signs of anxiety, and associated neuroinflammation. Traditional treatments, like pharmacotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), often leave residual symptoms and have high relapse rates. This study aimed to explore the efficacy of algorithm-based modular psychotherapy (MoBa), a combination of CBT...
ENGLISH JOURNAL OF INDRAGIRI
July 16, 2024
Rommel Utungga Pasopati, Myrilla Shafa Camila, Rindrah Kartiningsih et al.
This paper exposes anxiety and its coping mechanism towards mindfulness in Joe Eurell’s flash fiction entitled The Shooter’s Moment of Mindfulness. This paper employs qualitative method with closed reading as data collection technique and content analysis as data analysis technique. Through Freud’s paradigm of reality anxiety, the story is analyzed to explore the protagonist’s disturbances of...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
July 16, 2024
André Do, Vanessa Michaud, Jean-François Stephan et al.
3 citations
Psilocybin has reemerged as a promising treatment for difficult-to-treat depression (DTD). Although there is limited evidence regarding interactions between psilocybin and other psychotropic drugs, clinical trials require that patients discontinue their antidepressants before study entry to isolate the benefits of psilocybin and to minimize the risk of adverse events. We present the first case...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
July 14, 2024
Kritika Shukla -, Dr. Monalisa Nayak -
Death anxiety, defined as strong worry and concern about death and dying, can have a substantial impact on a person's mental health and quality of life. This study investigates the effectiveness of mindfulness activities in reducing death anxiety by encouraging a present-focused and welcoming mindset. Mindfulness, which includes essential features such as observing, describing, responding with...
Archives of The Medicine and Case Reports
July 11, 2024
Anxiety during the third trimester of pregnancy can negatively impact both maternal and fetal well-being. Relaxation meditation has shown promise as a non-pharmacological intervention for anxiety reduction. This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a structured relaxation meditation program on anxiety levels in third-trimester pregnant women at Embung Fatimah Regional Hospital Batam,...
Journal of Anesthesia and Translational Medicine
July 11, 2024
Kenji Hashimoto, Mingming Zhao, Tingting Zhu et al.
32 citations
Ketamine, a dissociative anesthetic, is widely utilized in both human and veterinary anesthesia. Its (S)-enantiomer, esketamine, is similarly employed for anesthesia and analgesia. The anesthetic effects of both ketamine and esketamine arise from their antagonism of the N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR). In field of psychiatry, the rapid-acting antidepressant properties of ketamine for...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
July 7, 2024
Beverley Martin, Blake Peck, Daniel Terry
5 citations
Contemplative pedagogy, specifically yoga, introduced into the higher education curriculum has the potential to develop and entrain intellectual, emotional, and social development in relation to mental health among university students studying for medical and nursing degrees. The objective of the study is to determine the extent of the current literature on the prevalence of yoga as a...