Evaluation Study of Three Diagnostic Methods for Helicobacter pylori Infection
July 1, 2018
Pegah Seidi, Abubakr Ahmad
5 citations
This study aimed to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on reducing of test anxiety in students. The research method was Quasi experimental with pretest-posttest and control groups. The statistical population consisted of all students at the University of Garmian in the 2017-2018 academic years. Sample was selected among them by using the result of Spielberger's Test...
International Journal of Preventive Curative & Community Medicine
June 29, 2018
S. Gupta
Corresponding Author: Dr. Shubhra Agrawal Gupta, Department of Community Medicine, Pt. J. N. M. Medical College, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. E-mail Id: shubhraagrawalgupta@gmail.com Orcid Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6956-2771 How to cite this article: Gupta SA, Gupta AK, Tiwari C et al. Effect of Psychoneurobics (Meditation Technique) on Status of Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Cataract Surgery:...
Journal of Psychiatrists Association of Nepal
June 28, 2018
Samjhana Thapaliya, K. D. Upadhyaya, Rohan Borschmann et al.
9 citations
Introduction: Mindfulness based interventions (MBIs) have emerged as effective interventions for various psychiatric conditions including depression and anxiety. Asia being home to Buddhist tradition, it will be interesting to explore the trend and efficacy of MBIs in Asian population in Asian settings. The aim of this study is to perform a systematic review of mindfulness based interventions...
Internet Interventions
June 22, 2018
Natalie Kladnitski, Jessica Simons Smith, Adrian R. Allen et al.
31 citations
Transdiagnostic internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapies (iCBT) are effective for treating anxiety and depression, but there is room for improvement. In this study we developed a new Mindfulness-Enhanced iCBT intervention by incorporating formal and informal mindfulness exercises within an existing transdiagnostic iCBT program for mixed depression and anxiety. We examined the...
International Clinical Neuroscience Journal
June 19, 2018
Tahereh Haji Seyed Javadi, Fakhri Tajikzadeh, Hossein Bayat et al.
8 citations
Background: The present study aimed to compare the effectiveness the metacognition treatment (MCT) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on anxiety, depression, and stress in the females with breast cancer. Methods: The planning of this study is through a quasi-experimental method of pretest and posttest type with control group. The target society of the research included every cancer...
International Journal of Child Abuse & Neglect
June 1, 2018
Lianne H. English, Melanie Wisener, Heidi N. Bailey
The current study investigated factors thought to contribute to facial emotion processing. Female university students (N = 126) completed self-report measures of childhood emotional maltreatment, anxiety symptoms, attachment anxiety and avoidance, and trait mindfulness before completing a facial emotion recognition task, where they viewed sequences of faces that incorporated progressively more...
School Psychology International
June 1, 2018
Dana Carsley, Nancy L. Heath
The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of a mindfulness art activity (mandala) with a free draw/colouring activity on test anxiety in adolescents with an examination of gender differences, and to assess the effect of dispositional mindfulness on students’ experience of mindfulness and test anxiety states. Participants were 193 Grade 8 students (56.6% female; M age = 13.49...
Frontiers in Psychology
June 1, 2018
Marlene V. Strege, Deanna M. Swain, Lauren Ann Bochicchio et al.
34 citations
Randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is efficacious in reducing residual depressive symptoms and preventing future depressive episodes (Kuyken et al., 2016). One potential treatment effect of MBCT may be improvement of positive affect (PA), due to improved awareness of daily positive events (Geschwind, Peeters, Drukker, Van Os, &...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
June 2018
Paul Glue, Shona Neehoff, Natalie J. Medlicott et al.
In this maintenance treatment study, we sought to evaluate the effect on anxiety ratings, safety and tolerability of 3 months of weekly ketamine in 20 patients with treatment-refractory DSM IV generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) and/or social anxiety disorder (SAD), and subsequent assessment of remission post-treatment. This was an uncontrolled open-label study in 20 patients who had been...
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
June 1, 2018
Dušan Kolar
38 citations
Treatment-resistant mood disorders and anxiety disorders require intensive treatment, but treatment options should balance benefits and adverse effects or other potential detrimental effects on patients, including the risk of developing prescription medication addiction. Some of the newer treatment modalities for mood and anxiety disorders may have similar properties to benzodiazepines. The...