Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
June 26, 2017
C. Spears, Donald Hedeker, Liang Li et al.
Objective: To examine cognitive and affective mechanisms underlying mindfulness-based addiction treatment (MBAT) versus cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and usual care (UC) for smoking cessation. Method: Participants in the parent study from which data were drawn (N = 412; 54.9% female; 48.2% African American, 41.5% non-Latino White, 5.4% Latino, 4.9% other; 57.6% annual income <$30,000) were...
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
June 26, 2017
B. R. Cahn, Matthew S. Goodman, C. Peterson et al.
Thirty-eight individuals (mean age: 34.8 years old) participating in a 3-month yoga and meditation retreat were assessed before and after the intervention for psychometric measures, brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), circadian salivary cortisol levels, and pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines. Participation in the retreat was found to be associated with decreases in self-reported anxiety...
Brain and Behavior
June 23, 2017
Yinghong Jiang, Yiqiang Wang, Xiaoran Sun et al.
63 citations
Abstract Objective This research was aimed to evaluate the behaviors of short‐ or long‐term antidepressant effects of ketamine in rats exposed to chronic unpredictable stress (CUS). Background Ketamine, a glutamate noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist, regulates excitatory amino acid functions, such as anxiety disorders and major depression, and plays an important role in synaptic plasticity...
JMIR Research Protocols
June 5, 2017
Imre Cikajlo, Ursa Cizman Staba, Suzana Vrhovac et al.
Worldwide, there has been a marked increase in stress and anxiety, also among patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Access to psychology services is limited, with some estimates suggesting that over 50% of sufferers are not accessing the existing services available to them for reasons such as inconvenience, embarrassment, or stigmatization concerns around mental health. Health service...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
June 2017
Richard C. Kevin, Katie E Wood, Jordyn Stuart et al.
Synthetic cannabinoids (SCs) have rapidly proliferated as recreational drugs, and may present a substantial health risk to vulnerable populations. However, information on possible effects of long-term use is sparse. This study compared acute and residual effects of the popular indazole carboxamide SC compounds AB-PINACA and AB-FUBINACA in adolescent rats with ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
June 2017
Holly Hazlett-Stevens, Yelena Oren
This randomized controlled investigation examined the effectiveness of a self-help bibliotherapy format of the evidence-based mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention. College students seeking stress reduction were randomly assigned to a 10-week MBSR bibliotherapy intervention group (n = 47) or a no-treatment control group (n = 45). Self-report measures were collected at baseline...
The Journal of Laryngology and Otology
June 2017
M Arif, M Sadlier, D Rajenderkumar et al.
Psychotherapeutic interventions have been adopted effectively in the management of tinnitus for a long time. This study compared mindfulness meditation and relaxation therapy for management of tinnitus. In this randomised controlled trial, patients were recruited for five sessions of mindfulness meditation or five sessions of relaxation therapy. Patients' responses were evaluated using the...
Contemporary Clinical Trials
June 2017
Cynthia R Gross, Maryanne Reilly-Spong, Taehwan Park et al.
Patients with progressive kidney disease experience increasing physiologic and psychosocial stressors and declining health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We conducted a randomized, active-controlled, open-label trial to test whether a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program delivered in a novel workshop-teleconference format would reduce symptoms and improve HRQOL in patients...
CrossCurrents
June 1, 2017
Peter Heinegg
Religiously Flavored Therapy, Therapeutically Flavored Morality Peter Heinegg Why Buddhism Is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment. By Robert Wright, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2017. xii + 321 pp. $27. There is no one quite like Robert Wright on the American literary scene today, an ex‐Baptist secular humanist (agnostic, not atheistic), intellectual journalist...
Psychopharmacology
May 27, 2017
Patrick C. Dolder, Felix Müller, Yasmin Schmid et al.
118 citations
RATIONALE: 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is used recreationally and investigated as an adjunct to psychotherapy. Methylphenidate and modafinil are psychostimulants that are used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and narcolepsy, respectively, but they are also misused as cognitive enhancers. Little is known about differences in the acute effects of equally...