Journal of Traumatic Stress
October 2008
Lynn C Waelde, Madeline Uddo, Renee Marquett et al.
This pilot study examined the effects of a manualized meditation intervention (called Inner Resources) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety symptoms among 20 African American and Caucasian mental health workers in New Orleans beginning 10 weeks after Hurricane Katrina. They participated in a 4-hour workshop followed by an 8-week home study program. Complete...
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
October 1, 2008
Marco Mula, Stefano Pini, Simona Calugi et al.
This study evaluates the validity and reliability of a new instrument developed to assess symptoms of depresonalization: the Structured Clinical Interview for the Depersonalization-Derealization Spectrum (SCI-DER). The instrument is based on a spectrum model that emphasizes soft-signs, sub-threshold syndromes as well as clinical and subsyndromal manifestations. Items of the interview include,...
Neuropsychopharmacology
October 2008
Tiziana Rubino, Daniela Vigano', Natalia Realini et al.
Few and often contradictory reports exist on the long-term neurobiological consequences of cannabinoid consumption in adolescents. The endocannabinoid system plays an important role during the different stages of brain development as cannabinoids influence the release and action of different neurotransmitters and promote neurogenesis. This study tested whether long-lasting interference by...
Imagination, Cognition and Personality
October 1, 2008
Ephrem G. Pano, Michelle C. Hilscher, Gerald C. Cupchik
Eighty-nine students from the University of Toronto completed a 20-item self-consciousness questionnaire. They also provided a written account of a self-conscious (e.g., embarrassing) episode from everyday life as well as a self-conscious episode from a dream. Factor analysis of the questionnaire responses revealed 6 factors, with public and private self-consciousness emerging as the dominant...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
October 2008
Fenghao Xu, Kazuo Uebaba, Hiroko Ogawa et al.
Ayurvedic oil-dripping treatment, Shirodhara, involves the use of medicated herbal sesame oils. In our previous reports, we found that Shirodhara with plain sesame oil induced anxiolysis and an altered state of consciousness (ASC) in healthy subjects. We studied the pharmaco-physio-psychologic effect of Shirodhara with medicated sesame oil including an essential oil from Lavendula angustifolia...
ANIMA Indonesian Psychological Journal
October 1, 2008
Nurlaila Effendy, Johana E. Prawitasari, Thomas Dicky Hastjarjo et al.
2 citations
Abstract.The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a transpersonal psychotherapy using meditation, visualization, and praise method. Subjects (N = 6) were HIV and AIDS patients. Results reveal an increase of quality of life with transpersonal psychotherapy and an increase (based on WHO criterion) of CD4 criterion. Subjects of stadium II and III can not rely on the psychotherapy...
Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry
October 1, 2008
Benjamin St John Sessa
AbstractAfter a hiatus of nearly 40 years, psychedelic drugs (or hallucinogens) are being increasingly researched as possible adjuncts to psychotherapy for treatment‐resistant anxiety disorders and addictions.This research offers an exciting future for this class of drugs whose image has been tarnished by recreational use since the 1960s.Through cautious and evidence‐based studies, these...
Annales pharmaceutiques francaises
August 2008
J Costentin
Today, the main route of introduction of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active substance of cannabis, into the human body is via the lungs, from smokes produced by combustion of a haschich-tobacco mixture. The use of a water pipe (nargileh-like) intensifies its fast supply to the body. THC reaches the brain easily where it stimulates CB1 receptors; their ubiquity underlies a wide variety...
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
August 2008
Amy B Wachholtz, Kenneth I Pargament
Migraine headaches are associated with symptoms of depression and anxiety (Waldie and Poulton Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry 72: 86-92, 2002) and feelings of low self-efficacy (French et al. Headache, 40: 647-656, 2000). Previous research suggests that spiritual meditation may ameliorate some of the negative traits associated with migraine headaches (Wachholtz and Pargament...
Schizophrenia Bulletin
July 17, 2008
Paul H Lysaker, John T Lysaker
Contemporary researchers have tended to examine dysfunction among the lives of persons with schizophrenia as a matter of the impact of biological and social forces. While this has greatly advanced the knowledge base, any account of schizophrenia without a full consideration of the illness's first-person dimensions risks missing that schizophrenia is a disorder that interrupts the lives of...