Building Healthy Academic Communities Journal
June 7, 2019
Samantha Whitford, Keith Warren
Background: Meditation is likely to be a useful intervention for anxiety and depression, and is increasingly common as a clinical intervention and informal practice among university students. However, meditation dropout rates are high, and it is likely that perceived barriers to meditation play a role. While neuroticism is known to predict dropout, there has been no study relating personality...
Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine
June 5, 2019
Rifky Tkatch, Dawn Bazarko, Shirley Musich et al.
Interventions to reduce caregiver burden are of great interest as the number of informal family caregivers continues to grow. The purpose of this study was to test the feasibility of an online mindfulness meditation intervention for community-dwelling older adult caregivers and to evaluate its impact on quality of life, caregiver burden, and psychological well-being. A total of 40 caregivers...
Archives in Neurology & Neuroscience
May 31, 2019
T. Komori
It is well known that amygdala plays a critical role in the development of stress responses and anxiety. It has been reported that nerve cells in the amygdala fire less by prolonged expiration, but clear evidence has not been shown. As a “ninja” technique, there is an extremely prolonged expiratory breathing technique called Okinaga, which keeps expiration for one minute. As a pilot study, I...
ChemBioChem
May 31, 2019
Janis Fricke, Alexander M. Sherwood, Robert B. Kargbo et al.
38 citations
Abstract Psilocybin and its direct precursor baeocystin are indole alkaloids of psychotropic Psilocybe mushrooms. The pharmaceutical interest in psilocybin as a treatment option against depression and anxiety is currently being investigated in advanced clinical trials. Here, we report a biocatalytic route to synthesize 6‐methylated psilocybin and baeocystin from 4‐hydroxy‐6‐methyl‐ l...
Trials
May 29, 2019
Patrick Pui Kin Kor, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Wai Tong Chien
Background: Caring for people with dementia (PWD) is stressful and poses many life challenges for the family caregivers. Interventions targeting the stress and psychological well-being of the caregivers have been proposed but the sustainable effects and efficacies of these interventions vary considerably. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has been shown to be effective at reducing...
Behavioural Brain Research
May 17, 2019
Mohaddeseh Ebrahimi-Ghiri, Mohammad Nasehi, Mohammad-Reza Zarrindast
Depression and anxiety disorders are among the most common illnesses and a close relationship between them has been found. Because the psychotropic effects and abuse liability of cannabis prevent its therapeutic application in depression and anxiety states, we decided to investigate the effects of the combination of ineffective doses of cannabinoid CB1 receptor agonist...
International Journal of Drug Policy
May 8, 2019
Megan Webb, Heith Copes, Peter S. Hendricks
75 citations
BackgroundMicrodosing involves ingesting a small dose of a classic psychedelic (e.g., LSD and psilocybin) at regular intervals for prolonged periods. The practice is said to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and offer several creative and practical benefits to users. Using the narrative identity theoretical framework, our aim was to explore the experiences of those who microdosed classic...
Practical Theology
May 3, 2019
Darren Cronshaw
The attraction of this book for me was multi-layered. Breathing is central to meditation and prayer. It is a foundation for mental health and managing anxiety. I have to keep breathing (and keep my breathing calm and under control) for endurance sport and especially the rhythm of swimming. And my yoga teacher consistently reminds me to breathe through my exercises while stretching. I have...
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
May 2019
Grant J McGeechan, Catherine Richardson, Lynn Wilson et al.
Mindfulness-based training has been shown to provide benefits for adults with numerous conditions such as cancer, chronic pain, and depression. However, less is known about its impact for young people. Early adolescence (typically 10-14 years) is a time fraught with challenges such as cognitive changes, social, and academic pressures in the form of exams, all of which can provoke anxiety. While...
British Journal of Pharmacology
May 2019
Alyssa M Myers, Patrick B Siegele, Jeffrey D Foss et al.
It has been suggested that the non-euphorogenic phytocannabinoid cannabidiol (CBD) can ameliorate adverse effects of Δ9 -tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). We determined whether CBD ameliorates cognitive deficits and withdrawal signs induced by cannabinoid CB1 /CB2 receptor agonists or produces these pharmacological effects on its own. The effects of THC or the CB1 /CB2 receptor full agonist WIN55212...