This study developed a program that can help recover from depression and anxiety, which have emerged as a social problem along with the phenomenon of the COVID-19 pandemic, from a perspective of art therapy instead of using medicines. The purpose of this study is to develop a new program with simple movements, breathing exercises, and meditation that have been reorganized with a focus on Korean...
The paralysis that occurs when waking up causes fear and anxiety, called sleep paralysis (SP). SP occurs between the stages of sleep and wakefulness. When SP occurred, the subject felt fully awake but unable to move, perceived with sensations such as chest pressure, shortness of breath, and hallucination of images of scary figures. The muscle paralysis that occurs in REM functions to protect...
Middle-aged women undergo a critical phase marked by intricate physical, emotional, and social transformations that deeply impact their mental well-being. This period demands a nuanced understanding of mental health concerns and the development of targeted interventions. This review explores the prevalence of mental health disorders among middle-aged women, with a focus on hormonal influences,...
Near-death experiences (NDEs) and psychedelic drug experiences (YDEs) enable access to dimensions of non-ordinary sensation, perception, and insight beyond typical day-to-day phenomenology. Both are as-sociated with a dissolution of conventional spatio-temporal conceptual distinctions, and a corresponding sense of connectedness and unity which is difficult to describe. Moreover, NDEs and YDEs...
This study evaluated the impact on student and staff well-being of a mindfulness-based cognitive-behavioral coping program, Be REAL (Resilient Attitudes & Living), delivered by campus staff using a task-sharing approach. The program was adapted for online delivery during COVID19. Study participants included 325 undergraduate students and 100 staff members at a large tri-campus university in the...
Objective: To test the feasibility and effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention in rural-to-urban migrant Chinese children using trained community volunteers. Method: Migrant students ages 9 to 16 from 5 schools in Shanghai (N = 653) were randomly assigned to a mindfulness only group (n = 167), a mindfulness plus life skills group (n = 118), or a waitlist control group (n = 368). The...
Abstract Adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have a lower quality of life (QoL) than neurotypical adults and a higher risk of psychiatric comorbidities. We reviewed the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in the treatment of adults with ASD. Data were collected from 6 eligible interventional studies (4 adequate quality, 2 weak quality; 245 total participants). The...
BackgroundEcological momentary interventions open up new and exciting possibilities for delivering mental health interventions and conducting research in real-life environments via smartphones. This makes designing psychotherapeutic ecological momentary interventions a promising step toward cost-effective and scalable digital solutions for improving mental health and understanding the effects...
Psilocybin, a psychoactive alkaloid with hallucinogenic properties, exists in a variety of hallucinogenic mushrooms. As a study tool to imitate psychosis, psilocybin has aroused a lot of interest in the biological community due to its various possible therapeutic benefits. It is also a very popular and widely misused natural hallucinogens with distinct metabolism pathways and toxicity. In this...
Nowadays in Western countries, there is much interest in studies of Buddhist meditation practice. This article is focused on an analysis of the relationship between brainwaves in electroencephalography (EEG) and concentration practices in Theravāda Buddhism. The following are the findings: meditation has a good effect on the brain. Despite the fact that we can detect these good effects by...