Medicine
May 30, 2025
Zuoju Zhang, Yanhong Dong, Yuxin Sun
2 citations
The prevention and management of cerebrovascular diseases, particularly cerebral infarction - the most prevalent type of cerebrovascular disease - pose significant challenges, severely affecting patients' physical and mental health. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has been shown to be effective in treating various mental and chronic conditions. However, there is limited evidence on...
Respiratory research
May 26, 2025
Hannah Tschenett, Florian Vafai-Tabrizi, Ralf Harun Zwick et al.
9 citations
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are effective in improving mental and physical health in various chronic conditions. While the GOLD 2024 report recommends MBIs for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), scientific evidence in this specific population is scarce. This prospective randomised controlled pilot study investigated the feasibility of an 8-week digital MBI and its...
Journal of Clinical Nursing
May 23, 2025
Meng Wei, Maziah Ahmad Marzuki, Xiaoguang Zhang et al.
1 citation
To summarise and critically appraise the evidence of mindfulness-based interventions for psychological distress in patients with cancer and their partners. A critical review. The critical appraisal checklists of the Centre for Evidence-Based Management were utilised for the quality appraisal while reporting the results using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses...
Journal of Medical Internet Research
May 23, 2025
Shu Jing, Zhenwei Dai, Xiaoyang Liu et al.
5 citations
Nursing students experience disproportionately high rates of mental health challenges, underscoring the urgent need for innovative, scalable interventions. Web-based mindfulness programs, and more recently, neurofeedback-enhanced approaches, present potentially promising avenues for addressing this critical issue. This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of the neurofeedback-assisted...
Journal of General Internal Medicine
May 19, 2025
Marieke Arts-De Jong, Dirk E. M. Geurts, Philip Spinhoven et al.
2 citations
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted the mental health of frontline healthcare workers (HCWs), but solid evidence on psychological interventions for HCWs remains limited. Whether an adjusted therapist-assisted Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction group intervention (adjusted MBSR) is superior to a minimal self-guided mindfulness-based intervention (self-guided MBI) in improving mental...
Carleton undergraduate journal of science.
May 16, 2025
Sumika Egner
Ketamine has a long history as an anesthetic but has recently demonstrated antidepressant effects at sub-anesthetic doses (Matveychuk et al., 2020). For individuals with treatment-resistant depression (TRD), typical antidepressants are frequently ineffective, whereas ketamine’s unique mechanisms have demonstrated promising results in reducing depressive symptoms where other treatments have...
Pediatric Reports
May 14, 2025
Bruno Daniel Carneiro, Daniel Humberto Pozza, José Tiago Costa-Pereira et al.
6 citations
Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) are important tools to address mental health issues in children and adolescents. However, previous studies provided variable results that suggest that the effectiveness of those third-wave Cognitive Behavioral Therapies remains uncertain. The main objective is to assess the impact of MBIs on anxiety, depression, and stress in children and adolescents. The...
Trials
May 13, 2025
Ka Yan, Nessa Ikani, Cleoputri Yusainy et al.
1 citation
Elevated levels of stress, anxiety, and depression persist among undergraduate students in Eastern countries, including Indonesia. Access to mental healthcare resources, however, remains difficult and costly for most young people. Furthermore, there is a strong tendency to avoid seeking professional help. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the effects of a brief 14-day online...
Scientific Reports
May 12, 2025
Naser M Alotaibi, Latifah Alenezi, Feddah M Ahmad et al.
1 citation
The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of a stress management program among students at the Health Science Center (HSC), Kuwait University. This study utilized a quasiexperimental research design in which the participants were randomly assigned to one of two groups: (1) the control group or (2) the experimental (intervention) group. The participants received a comprehensive...
Revista Científica Multidisciplinar Núcleo do Conhecimento
May 9, 2025
Gabriel Jorge Cascaes Santos Cavalcante, Amanda Thaís Magrini, Roberto Heck Rigelli et al.
Introdução: A utilização dos psicodélicos como alternativa no tratamento de transtornos mentais é debatida desde a sua descoberta, sendo que estudos a respeito dessas substâncias sofreram uma série de entraves jurídicos após a popularização do seu uso recreativo. Entretanto, a atenção sobre essa classe farmacológica ressurgiu, especialmente à utilização no esquema de “microdoses”, definido como...