Human Brain Mapping
December 20, 2017
Daniela Rabellino, Maria Densmore, Sherain Harricharan et al.
64 citations
The bed nucleus of the stria terminals (BNST) is a subcortical structure involved in anticipatory and sustained reactivity to threat and is thus essential to the understanding of anxiety and stress responses. Although chronic stress and anxiety represent a hallmark of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), to date, few studies have examined the functional connectivity of the BNST in PTSD. Here,...
Journal of Geriatric Mental Health
December 18, 2017
Swapnajeet Sahoo, Sandeep Grover
Sensory deprivation is understood as diminution or absence of perceptual experiences to the usual external stimuli. Sensory deprivation in elderly is reported to be associated with depression, anxiety, psychosis, dementia, etc. In this report, we present the case of an 84-year- elderly man who developed auditory hallucination and after 1 year of onset of hearing difficulties. He was managed...
Cadernos de Saúde Pública
December 18, 2017
Ana Tereza Costa Galvanese, Nelson Filice de Barros, Ana Flávia Pires Lucas d'Oliveira
The article presents an analysis of contributions and challenges associated with bodily practices and meditation for health promotion in the public primary care system. The qualitative study was developed in 16 healthcare units in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, using interviews with 29 health professionals and 36 practitioners of bodily practices and meditation, including participant...
Mindfulness
December 18, 2017
Lise Juul, Karen Johanne Pallesen, Jacob Piet et al.
22 citations
We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) when implemented in a community setting as a self-referred and self-paid course. Pre-post changes and Cohen’s d effect sizes were calculated for questionnaire measures of mindfulness, perceived stress, and symptoms of anxiety and depression. We compared these effect sizes with those from intervention groups in...
Salud Mental
December 12, 2017
Carlos Roncero, Servicio de Psiquiatría Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca (causa) Instituto de Biomedicina de Salamanca (ibsal) Universidad de Salamanca Salamanca España., Raul Felipe Palma-álvarez et al.
11 citations
Background. Cannabis is the most widely used illegal drug in the world. Both an early cannabis use onset and the amount used contribute to the risk of suffering mental disorders in adulthood. Objective. Review longitudinal studies conducted on adolescents associating early cannabis use with the subsequent occurrence of mental disorders. Method. A search was conducted in PubMed until December...
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
December 7, 2017
Paul Louis March
49 citations
I describe how close attention to the process of sculpting clay from the perspective of Material Engagement Theory can create a detailed description of a mutable sense of agency and of self. First, I show that sculpting is associated with a loss of sense of agency and self. Second, that to sense agency as a systemic phenomenon (rather than a personal attribute) creates anxiety. Third, that...
South African Journal of Psychiatry
December 7, 2017
Celestine Okorome Mume, Innocent C Ikem
The occurrence of sleep paralysis in the absence of narcolepsy is not uncommon in the population. A good number of normal individuals sometimes report the experience of episodes of profound muscular paralysis on waking from sleep in the morning or during the night. These episodes are very disturbing, especially since the individual is generally unable to breathe deeply or voluntarily. Previous...
PLoS One
December 6, 2017
Eric L Garland, Adam W. Hanley, Phillipe R. Goldin et al.
161 citations
Background and objective: The Mindfulness to Meaning Theory (MMT) provides a detailed process model of mindful positive emotion regulation. Design: We conducted a post-hoc reanalysis of longitudinal data (N = 107) derived from a RCT of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) versus cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for social anxiety disorder to model the core constructs of the MMT...
The Journal of Headache and Pain
December 2017
Licia Grazzi, Emanuela Sansone, Alberto Raggi et al.
Chronic Migraine (CM) is a disabling condition, worsened when associated with Medication Overuse (MO). Mindfulness is an emerging technique, effective in different pain conditions, but it has yet to be explored for CM-MO. We report the results of a study assessing a one-year course of patients' status, with the hypothesis that the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based approach would be similar...
Acta oncologica
December 2017
Heidemarie Haller, María M Winkler, Petra Klose et al.
The aim of this meta-analysis was to systematically update the evidence for mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in women with breast cancer. In October 2016, PubMed, Scopus, and Central were searched for randomized controlled trials on MBSR/MBCT in breast cancer patients. The primary outcome was health-related quality of life. Secondary...