July 1, 2020
Nathaniel A. Shanok, Carol Reive, Krystal D. Mize et al.
Abstract. Mindfulness meditation interventions (MMIs) are formal training programs which utilize mindfulness techniques to improve attentional control and reduce stress and anxiety. Past investigat...
JMIR Mental Health
June 17, 2020
Christo El Morr, Paul Ritvo, F. Ahmad et al.
Background A student mental health crisis is increasingly acknowledged and will only intensify with the COVID-19 crisis. Given accessibility of methods with demonstrated efficacy in reducing depression and anxiety (eg, mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy [CBT]) and limitations imposed by geographic obstructions and localized expertise, web-based alternatives have become...
FOCUS: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry
June 17, 2020
Franklin King, Rebecca Hammond
13 citations
Although psychedelics initially showed promise in treating anxiety disorders, psychedelics were criminalized and research halted in the early 1970s. A subsequent resurgence of research into psychiatric benefits of psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy in the last 20 years has led to a potential paradigm shift in the treatment of numerous psychiatric disorders, including anxiety disorders. Despite...
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
June 11, 2020
Elena Dikaios, Sophia Escobar, Marouane Nassim et al.
Mindfulness‐based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a novel treatment for depression. Our published randomized controlled trial shows that MBCT improves symptoms of late‐life depression (LLD) and anxiety (LLA). We now examine whether continuation sessions of MBCT (MBCT‐C) can prevent LLD/LLA symptom recurrence.
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
June 1, 2020
Mary F Love, Anjail Sharrief, Geri LoBiondo-Wood et al.
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Significant gaps exist in the identification and management of psychological effects of stroke on survivors. Interventions to enhance resilience, the ability to rebound from stress or adversity, could positively impact stroke recovery. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of meditation on resilience of community-dwelling stroke survivors and to identify...
Mindfulness
June 1, 2020
Kristina Sundquist, Karolina Palmér, Ashfaque A. Memon et al.
Abstract Objectives Identification of biological markers that can guide treatment selection is considered to be a viable solution for personalized treatment for patients with psychiatric disorders. This study investigated whether macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) levels at baseline were associated with mindfulness-based group therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy response in...
Psychological Reports
June 1, 2020
Helen Z. MacDonald, Anna Olsen
Mindfulness has been robustly associated with psychological health, predicting greater well-being, and lower levels of anxiety, depression, and stress across samples. Attentional control is the ability to voluntarily shift, focus, and train one’s attention and has also been linked with better psychological functioning. Less well-understood, however, are which domains of mindfulness may be...
East Asian Archives of Psychiatry
June 1, 2020
S. Ghahari, K. Mohammadi-Hasel, SK Malakouti et al.
BACKGROUND Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) has harmful effects on physical and mental health and quality of life. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a treatment option for GAD. This meta-analysis was conducted to determine the effectiveness of MBCT on GAD. METHODS Two authors independently performed the eligibility, quality assessment, and data extraction processes, and consensus...
Mindfulness
June 1, 2020
Bhikkhu Anālayo
AbstractThe body is a central object of the cultivation of mindfulness, in the way this has been described in relevant Pāli discourses and their parallels. At the background of such cultivation stands the absence of positing a mind-body duality and a lack of concern with a particular physical location of the mind in early Buddhist thought. Moreover, the various exercises that involve directing...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
May 21, 2020
Morgana M. Novaes, Fernanda Palhano-Fontes, Heloisa Onias et al.
110 citations
Pranayama refers to a set of yoga breathing exercises. Recent evidence suggests that the practice of pranayama has positive effects on measures of clinical stress and anxiety. This study explored the impact of a Bhastrika pranayama training program on emotion processing, anxiety and affect. We used a randomized controlled trial design with thirty healthy young adults assessed at baseline and...