Depressive symptoms are a significant psychological complication of stroke, impacting both survivors and informal caregivers of survivors. Randomized controlled trials are needed to determine optimal non-pharmacological strategies to prevent or ameliorate depressive symptoms in stroke survivors and their informal caregivers. A prospective, randomized, parallel-group, single-center, feasibility...
Medical alphabetJanuary 11, 2023R. K. Kostin, I. A. Rozhnov, E. A. Korabelnikova et al.1 citation
Aim. To assess the impact of nightmarish dreams on various aspects of medical students' lives. Materials and methods. A sociological survey was conducted among students of 1–6 courses of five medical universities using an online form which included the following questionnaires: the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, the Hamburg Nightmare Questionnaire, the Insomnia Severity Scale, the Hospital...
Harmful usage of tobacco is a global public health problem associated with adverse health effects and addiction. Yet, in the Peruvian Amazon, the native region of Nicotiana rustica L., this plant is used in remarkably different manners: it is considered a potent medicinal plant, applied in liquid form for oral ingestion to treat mental health problems, a common and ancient healing practice in...
Prenatal exposure to maternal immune activation (MIA) and chronic adolescent cannabis use are both risk factors for neuropsychiatric disorders. However, exposure to a single risk factor may not result in major mental illness, indicating that multiple exposures may be required for illness onset. Here, we examine whether combined exposure to prenatal MIA and adolescent...
Self-care is how nurses promote their own physical and mental health. Effective self-care is any strategy practiced on a regular basis to prevent stress and anxiety and to enhance the health and well-being. Self-care ranges from getting more rest to seeking professional help. Meditation practice is known to be an effective self-care strategy. The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of...
Deliberate control of the breath (breathwork) has recently received an unprecedented surge in public interest and breathing techniques have therapeutic potential to improve mental health. Our meta-analysis primarily aimed to evaluate the efficacy of breathwork through examining whether, and to what extent, breathwork interventions were associated with lower levels of self-reported/subjective...
Naturally occurring psychedelics have been used for a long time as remedies or in religious ceremonies and recreational activities. Recent studies have proven the therapeutic potential of some psychedelic compounds to safely treat a wide range of diseases such as anxiety, depression, migraine, and addiction. It is hypothesized that psychedelic compounds like tryptamines can exert their effects...
Background: Advancements in research have confirmed that gut microbiota can influence health through the microbiota-gut-brain axis. Meditation, as an inner mental exercise, can positively impact the regulation of an individual's physical and mental health. However, few studies have comprehensively investigated faecal microbiota following long-term (several years) deep meditation. Therefore, we...
Abstract Objectives Mapping the neurobiology of meditation using 3 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) has burgeoned recently. However, limitations in signal quality and neuroanatomical resolution have impacted reliability and precision of extant findings. Although ultra-high strength 7 Tesla MRI overcomes these limitations, investigation of meditation using 7 Tesla fMRI is still in its infancy....
Revista Científica do UBMJanuary 3, 2023Bruna Letícia Martins, Emanuele Da Silva Leite, Raquel Ellen Vicente Salomé et al.1 citation
A depressão é uma patologia cada vez mais inerente ao cotidiano de milhares de pessoas no mundo. Apesar de eficaz, o tratamento convencional com antidepressivos pode estar associado a diversos efeitos adversos, levantando assim a ideia da medicina natural como via alternativa terapêutica. O estudo teve como objetivo apresentar as alegações, e discuti-las, de benefícios do uso da Ayahuasca no...