The European Journal of Psychiatry
March 1, 2010
Péter Simor, Szilvia Csóka, Róbert Bódizs
35 citations
Background and Objectives: Previous studies reported a high prevalence of nightmares and dream anxiety in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and the severity of dream disturbances correlated with daytime symptoms of psychopathology. However, the majority of these results are based on retrospective questionnaire-based study designs, and hence the effect of recall biases (characteristic for...
Prim Care
March 1, 2010
Meditation in medical practice: a review of the evidence and practice.
Journal of Pain
March 2010
Fadel Zeidan, Nakia S Gordon, Junaid Merchant et al.
This study investigated the effects of brief mindfulness meditation training on ratings of painful electrical stimulation. In Experiment 1, we used a 3-day (20 min/d) mindfulness meditation intervention and measured pain ratings before and after the intervention. Participants' numerical ratings of pain to "low" and "high" electrical stimulation significantly decreased after meditation training....
Anthropology of Consciousness
March 1, 2010
Francois Blanc
ABSTRACTThis article examines the neurobiological basis of the healing power attributed to shamanic practices in the Andes and Brazil in light of the pharmacology of neurotransmitters and the new technological explorations of brain functioning. The psychotropic plants used in shamanic psychiatric cures interfere selectively with the intrinsic neuromediators of the brain. Mainly they may alter:...
February 9, 2010
Erin Koffel, David G Watson
This paper reviews studies that have examined associations between unusual sleep experiences (including nightmares, vivid dreaming, narcolepsy symptoms, and complex nighttime behaviors) and dissociation and schizotypy. Using correlational studies and structural analyses, evidence is provided that unusual sleep experiences, dissociation, and schizotypy belong to a common domain. It is...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
February 2010
L Craig, John E. Fisk, C Montgomery et al.
Previous findings report use of the drug ecstasy (MDMA) to be associated with lower emotional intelligence (EI), and compromised functioning in brain areas responsible for emotion. This study explored the relationship between ecstasy use, EI, mood and parenting styles. Questionnaire measures of drug use, lifestyle, parenting style and EI were obtained, with separate IQ measures for fluid...
Personality and social psychology review : an official journal of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc
February 1, 2010
Aaron C Kay, Danielle Gaucher, Ian M. McGregor et al.
The authors review experimental evidence that religious conviction can be a defensive source of compensatory control when personal or external sources of control are low. They show evidence that (a) belief in religious deities and secular institutions can serve as external forms of control that can compensate for manipulations that lower personal control and (b) religious conviction can also...
Behavioural Brain Research
January 20, 2010
Csaba Ádori, Dóra Zelena, Júlia Tímár et al.
The recreational party drug "ecstasy" (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine MDMA) is particularly popular among young adults who are in the childbearing age and thus there is a substantial risk of prenatal MDMA exposure. We applied an intermittent treatment protocol with an early first injection on pregnant Wistar rats (15 mg/kg MDMA s.c. on the E4, E11 and E18 days of gestation) to examine the...
Research Bank
2010
Meredith Ann Secomb
1 citation
This study contributes to the development of a theological phenomenology of vocation. In so doing, it posits that the distressing condition of existential unrest can be a foundational motivation for the vocational search and argues that the discovery of one's vocation, which necessarily entails an engagement with existential mystery, is served by attentiveness to what is termed the...
Pharmacology
2010
Matthew Goddard, Paul F Smith, John C Ashton
Previous studies have suggested panic induced by cannabinoids may be potentiated by concurrently using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. We therefore tested for panic and anxiety-related behaviour in rats coadministered with the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor fluoxetine hydrochloride and the CB1 agonist delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol. Although each drug alone elicited behaviours...