Psychological Medicine
October 2009
Paul D. Morrison, V Zois, D A McKeown et al.
Recent work suggests that heavy use of cannabis is associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia-like psychosis. However, there is a dearth of experimental studies of the effects of the constituents of cannabis, such as Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). In a study of intravenous (i.v.) synthetic THC in healthy humans, we aimed to study the relationship of the psychotic symptoms induced by...
British journal of midwifery
October 1, 2009
Annie Hughes, Mark G. Williams, Nancy Bardacke et al.
Mindfulness meditation is increasingly being used as a way of managing pain, reducing stress and anxiety and, in the form of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), as a way of reducing the risk of recurrence in depression (NICE, 2004). This article considers its potential for parents preparing for childbirth focusing on three areas: managing pain during pregnancy and labour; reducing risk...
American Journal of Hypertension
October 1, 2009
Sanford Nidich, Maxwell V Rainforth, David A F Haaga et al.
Background: Psychological distress contributes to the development of hypertension in young adults. This trial assessed the effects of a mind-body intervention on blood pressure (BP), psychological distress, and coping in college students. Methods: This was a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of 298 university students randomly allocated to either the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program or...
Imagination, Cognition and Personality
October 1, 2009
The aim of this study was to investigate if the highly sensitive personality variable affects the occurrence of mystical experiences and degree of altered states of consciousness during sensory isolation in flotation-tank. Forty-eight persons (20 males, 28 females) were included. Background variables and the Highly Sensitive Personality Scale (HSP) were assessed. The independent variable was...
Behavioral Neuroscience
October 1, 2009
Jacobi I. Cunningham, Jamie Raudensky, John Tonkiss et al.
27 citations
3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) is a drug of abuse worldwide and a selective serotonin (5-HT) neurotoxin. An important factor in the risk of drug abuse and relapse is stress. Although multiple parallels exist between MDMA abuse and stress, including effects on 5-HTergic neurotransmission, few studies have investigated the consequences of combined exposure to MDMA and chronic stress....
Behavioural Brain Research
September 14, 2009
Beth Tunstall, Simon Beckett, Rob Mason
Deficits in pre-pulse inhibition (PPI-indicative of psychosis in humans) can be replicated in rats using the NMDA receptor antagonist phencyclidine (PCP). Ultrasonic vocalisations (USVs) produced by rats in response to acoustic startle are indicative of heightened anxiety; here we tested the predictive validity of USVs as an indicator of PPI. Male juvenile Sprague-Dawley rats (n=10) were...
The Jewish Quarterly Review
September 1, 2009
Nathaniel Berman
2 citations
Menachem Kellner. Maimonides' Confrontation with Mysticism. Oxford and Portland, Oregon: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, 2006. Pp. xix. +343.Melila Hellner- Eshed. A River Issues Forth from Eden: On Language of Mystical Experience in Zohar (Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Am Oved Publishers Ltd., 2005. Pp. 462.Moshe Halbertal, Concealment and Revelation: Esotericism in Jewish Thought and Ita...
Biological Psychology
September 2009
Katya Rubia
This paper reviews the evidence for changes of Meditation on body and brain physiology and for clinical effectiveness in disorders of psychiatry. The aim of Meditation is to reduce or eliminate irrelevant thought processes through training of internalised attention, thought to lead to physical and mental relaxation, stress reduction, psycho-emotional stability and enhanced concentration....
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior
September 1, 2009
Vikas Duvvuri, Victoria B Risbrough, Walter H. Kaye et al.
7 citations
We propose a translational approach to the study of anorexia nervosa (AN) based on our human subject studies where there are characteristic elevations in 5-HT(1A) receptor binding, associated harm avoidance behaviors, reduced impulsivity, and comorbid anxiety disorders. Towards this goal, the hyponeophagia assay was implemented whereby food-deprived mice show increased latency to begin feeding...
Journal of Health Psychology
July 1, 2009
Kirsty Griffiths, P.M. Camic, J.M. Hutton
Recently there has been a growth of interest in mindfulness-based psychotherapeutic approaches across a range of medical problems. Cardiac rehabilitation patients often suffer from stress, worry, anxiety and depression, all of which can lead to poor prognosis and worsening of cardiac symptoms. Using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) of participant experiences, this study reports on...