Scientific Reports
March 14, 2023
Qingke Guo, Sisi Li, Jingu Liang et al.
This study examined the role of dispositional mindfulness in the association between intelligence and prosocial behavior. A total of 759 college students (mean age is 22.03; 477 females) participated in exchange for extra credit in psychology course. The results confirmed a positive relationship between intelligence and prosocial behavior as revealed by many studies, with empathy serving as a...
March 10, 2023
Mika Turkia
1 citation
preprint
In February 2023, Australia became the first country in the world to allow psychiatrists to prescribe 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This may have left interested clinicians looking for practical examples of the use of MDMA. In the 1950s and 1960s, psychedelics were successfully utilized in the treatment of alcoholism. This case study, the...
March 10, 2023
Mika Turkia
4 citations
preprint
In medicine, psychedelics were initially considered as a tool for clinicians to understand psychotic states. Based on the presented case data, a reversal of that concept is proposed: psychedelics could be conceptualized as a tool for people chronically anxious and depressed since early childhood to understand ordinary states of mind (e.g. calmness, hopefulness, relaxation, and joy). The case...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
March 9, 2023
Alex Sielaff, Dylan E. Horner, Jeff Greenberg
3 citations
Prior research suggests that unique phenomenological experiences called “mystical-type experiences” (MTEs) have the potential to induce significant and persisting worldview changes. In this article, two studies add to this literature by using cross-sectional data from 837 and 1,086 participants, respectively, to investigate whether people who have had one of these experiences differ in...
Medicine
March 1, 2023
Li Yang, Lv Na, Jia Xiang Rui
Aims: In this study a web-based mindfulness cultivation program was implemented to investigate its effectiveness on the addiction symptoms and negative emotions of college students with social network addiction. Methods: A total of 66 students were recruited and randomly divided into the intervention group or the control group. Participants in the intervention group received a web-based...
European Psychiatry
March 1, 2023
J. Ramírez González, I. Fernández Márquez, Serafín González et al.
Introduction The use of hallucinogens has accompanied the human being throughout history. In the 1970s, studies focused on the therapeutic potential of hallucinogens were blocked due to their misuse in the young population. At present, psilocybin is re-emerging as the center of attention due to its possible therapeutic potential in different psychiatric pathologies such as depression, anxiety...
March 1, 2023
David Nutt, David Castle
4 citations
Abstract There is substantial contemporary interest in psychedelic agents as medicines for maladies of the mind. This follows research in the 1950s and 1960s exploring the use of LSD and other psychedelics to treat a range of psychiatric illnesses as well as addictions. This research was shut down after prohibition of these drugs; however, the last decade has seen a major renewal of interest in...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
February 21, 2023
Chan-Young Kwon
Public and research interest in mindfulness has been growing, and the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic seems to have accelerated this growth. This study was conducted to investigate the public and research interest in mindfulness in the context of COVID-19. The term 'Mindfulness' was searched in Google Trends, and data were collected from December 2004 to November 2022. The...
Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
February 17, 2023
Nicholas Tze Ping Pang, Vincent Chung Sheng Tio, Amardeep Singh Bhupendar Singh et al.
COVID-19 has trickle-down psychological effects on multiple strata of society, particularly university students. Apart from the worry of contracting or spreading COVID-19, Malaysian university students were also locked down on their campuses, suffering significant psychological distress. Hence, an online mindfulness intervention was proposed to alleviate psychological distress and improve...
Research Square
February 14, 2023
Frank Sánchez-Quijano, Diana Ximena Puerta-Cortés, Julio Eduardo Mazorco-Salas
preprint
Abstract This pilot study aims to compare the effects of mindfulness and holotropic breathwork treatments on adolescents in the rehabilitation process for psychoactive substance use. Participants comprised 18 female adolescents aged 15–18 admitted to the Fundación Grupo de Apoyo, affiliated with the Colombian Family Welfare Institute. The Fundación is dedicated to rehabilitation from,...