Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental
May 1, 2022
Jason B. Luoma, Ben Shahar, M Kati Lear et al.
26 citations
Researchers have suggested that psychotherapy may be enhanced by the addition of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), particularly in the treatment of disorders wherein interpersonal dysfunction is central, such as social anxiety disorder. We review literature pertaining to three potential processes of change that may be instigated during sessions involving MDMA administration in the...
Journal of Biotechnology and Strategic Health Research
April 30, 2022
Muhammet Sevi̇ndi̇k, Şerif Bora Nazli, Orhan Murat Koçak
Introduction: The relationship between anxiety and dissociative symptoms is frequently mentioned, but dissociative symptoms are not seen in all patients with anxiety disorder. The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between dissociative symptoms and temperament-character features in patients with anxiety disorders. Methods: The study sample consisted of 75 patients diagnosed...
The Scientific Journal of Cosmointel
April 17, 2022
Soraya Behboodi, M. Taheri
Psymentology is one of the fields in Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Iran, and concerning Mind-Psychology, founded and introduced by Mohammad Ali Taheri (having over 40 years of history). This complementary medicine has a supra-holistic view of human beings. It aims at the cognition of humans and their existential software as well as diagnosis and treatment of human psychological...
Psychosomatic Medicine
April 14, 2022
M. Gao, Alexandra Roy, Alana Deluty et al.
ABSTRACT Objective Sleep disturbance is experienced by nearly 20% of Americans and is highly comorbid with anxiety. Sleep disturbances may predict the development of anxiety disorders. Mindfulness training (MT) has shown efficacy for anxiety yet remains limited by in-person-based delivery. Digitally delivered MT may target habitual worry processes, yet its effects on sleep have not been...
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
April 14, 2022
Shuai Yang, Ke Xu, Xuan Xu et al.
This study aims to explore the regulatory effect of S-ketamine on the mechanical allodynia, anxiety-like behaviors and microglia activation in adult male rats exposed to an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The rat PTSD model was established by the exposure to single-prolonged stress (SPS), and 1 day later, rats were intraperitoneally injected with 5 mg/kg S-ketamine or...
Molecules
April 13, 2022
Henry Lowe, Ngeh J. Toyang, Blair Steele et al.
53 citations
The word “psychedelic” (psyche (i.e., the mind or soul) and delos (i.e., to show)) has Greek origin and was first coined by psychiatrist Humphry Osmond in 1956, who had been conducting research on lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) at the time. Psychedelic drugs such as N,N-DMT/DMT (N,N-dimethyltryptamine), 5-MeO-DMT (5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine), LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide), MDMA...
April 12, 2022
Henry Chafee
<p><b>Depressive and anxiety disorders are debilitating psychiatric illnesses that affect a substantial portion of the world population. Current pharmaceutical interventions, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, are generally regarded as front-line treatments but are not universally effective at reducing symptomology. Psilocybin, the active component in Psilocybe cubensis mushrooms,...
Journal of Education and Health Promotion
April 11, 2022
Anjali Pal, Sunil Kumar Panigrahi, Sagarika Majumdar
BACKGROUND: The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic induced the governments around the world to impose harsher preventive measures like stay at home order, lock down etc., to contain the spread of infection. This measure increased the stress of the general population through isolation of masses, loss of employment, and loss of recreation. There is a dearth of quality data...
Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
April 1, 2022
Anoop Peter, R. Srivastava, Alka Agarwal et al.
Background: The increasing mental health problems of Indian adolescents are of great concern but child-health mental service is in a nascent stage. Anxiety is the most common psychological problem found in school-going children. The psychological intervention for this high-risk population at an early stage of adolescence can prevent mental health problems. Aim: The study aimed to assess the...
Psychiatry Research
April 1, 2022
Mengye Yang, Xiaoli Zhou, Cuiwei Ye et al.
Mindfulness intervention, which trains participants to monitor momentary experiences with an accepting attitude, is effective for reducing maternal anxiety and depression. Monitoring and acceptance are two central components of mindfulness training. The aim of the study is to clarify whether adding acceptance component to monitoring training can help improve the mental health of pregnant people...