Neuropsychobiology
2004
Svenja Happe, Gerhard Klösch, Josef Zeitlhofer
Recent reports have led to the hypothesis of a central nervous system involvement in myasthenia gravis (MG). As the central cholinergic system also plays an important role in sleep/wake rhythms and in the regulation of REM sleep, sleep perception and dreaming may be altered in MG patients. Seventeen consecutive patients with MG (mean age 49.5 +/- 13.6 years) and 14 healthy controls (mean age...
CNS Drugs
2004
Daphne Simeon
Depersonalisation disorder is characterised by prominent depersonalisation and often derealisation, without clinically notable memory or identity disturbances. The disorder has an approximately 1 : 1 gender ratio with onset at around 16 years of age. The course of the disorder is typically long term and often continuous. Mood, anxiety and personality disorders are often comorbid with...
Neurotoxicity Research
2004
Jorge Manzanares, Leyre Urigüen, Gabriel Rubio et al.
In the last decade, a large number of studies using Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active principle derivative of the marijuana plant, or cannabinoid synthetic derivatives have substantially contributed to advance the understanding of the pharmacology and neurobiological mechanisms produced by cannabinoid receptor activation. Cannabis has been historically used to relieve some of...
Santé mentale au Québec
2004
Guido Bondolfi
Mindfulness is the fundamental attentional stance underlying all streams of Buddhist meditative practice. It has been described as "paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally." During the last years, mindfulness practice has been evaluated and introduced into several mental health treatments (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction; Dialectical...
Primary care companion to the Journal of clinical psychiatry
2004
Jennifer K. Carroll
OBJECTIVE: To study how mental illness is understood, expressed, and treated among Somali refugees and how these factors influence use of health services for mental problems. METHOD: Seventeen adult Somali refugees (9 women, 8 men) were recruited by mail or by word-of-mouth to participate in the study. The study setting was an urban community health center in Rochester, N.Y., that provides...
American Journal of Psychotherapy
2004
Joseph Meyerson, Marc Gelkopf
An out-of-body experience (OBE) is a unique dissociative event in which the person feels separated from his/her body. Studies and anecdotal reports have observed that this experience tends to appear spontaneously in stressful and hypnogogic situations. It often contributes to the person's later having a new perspective of himself and his conception of the world, and may influence his...
Complementary health practice review
2004
Maria Napoli
118 citations
This article discusses the results of three elementary school teachers’ feedback from a mindfulness-training program. Mindfulness is the ability to pay attention to what’s happening now without judgment. The training consisted of breathwork, bodyscan, movement, and sensorimotor activities. Results of interviews with the teachers revealed that teachers used the mindfulness skills to (a) aid in...
Adicciones
December 15, 2003
Josep Solé Puig
1 citation
Objetivo: realizar una revisión del LSD y otros alucinógenos desde un punto de vista histórico-cultural, farmacológico y de consecuencias clínicas, especialmente psiquiátricas. Resultados: datos aportados por el PNSD ponen de manifiesto que más del 2% de la población española reconoce haber consumido esta sustancia, que ejerce su acción a través de los sistemas de neurotransmisión...
Basic and Applied Social Psychology
December 1, 2003
Mario Mikulincer, Omri Gillath, Yael Sapir-Lavid et al.
216 citations
Abstract Three studies examined the effects of chronic and contextual activation of the sense of having a secure base on the endorsement of self-transcendence values. The sense of secure base was primed by asking Israeli undergraduates to recollect personal memories or watch a pictorial representation of supportive others, and this condition was compared against the priming of...
Journal of Traumatic Stress
October 1, 2003
David Forbes, Andrea J Phelps, Anthony F McHugh et al.
Nightmares are often a distressing symptom for veterans with chronic combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A psychological treatment that has recently shown considerable promise is Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT). In a pilot study by the current authors, IRT was demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of posttraumatic nightmares in a group of combat veterans up to 3-month...