Janis Ancans
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Legal access to psilocybin almost always requires a medical diagnosis first, usually treatment-resistant depression (TRD) or severe PTSD, as though informed consent alone was not sufficient. This article makes two connected arguments. Extending the autonomy argument already accepted for terminally ill patients, competent adults who understand the potential benefits and risks of a psilocybin...
John Paul Minda, Jeena Cho, Emily Nielsen et al.
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Research has shown that lawyers often experience symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in their lives. Mindfulness meditation may be an effective way to reduce the many negative effects associated with work stress. We asked a group of 46 lawyers to participate in an eight week mindfulness meditation program that was designed for lawyers. The mindfulness program was based on The Anxious...
E. S. Louise Faber
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Abstract: Spiritual practices are gaining an increasingly wider audience as a means to enhance positive affect in healthy individuals and to treat neurological disorders such as anxiety and depression. The current study aimed to examine the neural correlates of two different forms of love generated by spiritual practices using EEG; love generated during a loving kindness meditation performed by...
Vera U. Ludwig, Jenny Wey, Mahir Sudad et al.
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OBJECTIVES: This study tested whether in-person Contemplative Dyad Meditation (CDM) can help young adults connect and improve well-being. In CDM, two individuals take turns sharing present-moment experiences while the other listens non-judgmentally. CDM was compared to an active social comparison condition, Fast Friends (FF), and a no-intervention group (NI).METHODS: This preregistered,...
Mohamad Baydoun, Zen Gajtani, Kathryn A. Birnie et al.
UNSTRUCTURED: Introduction: Chronic cancer-related pain (CRP) has a significant negative impact on quality of life. Mindfulness is hypothesized to mitigate chronic CRP by regulating both physical and emotional resistance to pain. In recent years, there has been an interest in the use of virtual reality (VR) to deliver mindfulness meditation. Virtual reality provides an immersive and engaging...
Mikel Garcia Garcia
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Existe evidencia empírica y hermenéutica de que trabajar con la propia muerte transforma al sujeto, pero sin suficiente información científica sobre estos cambios ni en su desarrollo espiritual ni en sus actitudes hacia la paz. Las investigaciones existentes abordan aspectos parciales. Este artículo informa de una investigación con el objetivo principal de objetivar esa realidad. Diseño:...
Yaoyao Sun, Yanyan Li, Juan Wang et al.
BACKGROUND: Despite potential for benefit, mindfulness remains an emergent area in perinatal mental health care, and evidence of smartphone-based mindfulness training for perinatal depression is especially limited. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a smartphone-based mindfulness training intervention during pregnancy on perinatal depression and other...
Clara Strauss, Amy Arbon, Michael Barkham et al.
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Abstract Background Depression has serious personal, family and economic consequences. It is estimated that it will cost £12.15 billion to the economy each year in England by 2026. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) is the National Health Service talking therapies service in England for adults experiencing anxiety or depression. Over 1 million people are referred to IAPT every...
Cecile A Lengacher, L. Forest Gruss, Kevin E Kip et al.
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ABSTRACT: MBSR(BC) is known to have a positive impact on psychological and physical symptoms among breast cancer survivors (BCS). However, the cognitive mechanisms of “how” MBSR(BC) works are unknown. The purpose of this study, as part of a larger R01 trial, was to test whether positive effects achieved from the MBSR(BC) program were mediated through changes in increased mindfulness, decreased...
Maya Sanilevici, Omer Reuveni, Shahar Lev-Ari et al.
UNSTRUCTURED: The COVID-19 pandemic imposed extreme living conditions of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, which not only triggered negative mental health problems, but also created challenges in seeking mental health support. Consequently, many support services and programs were forced to rapidly shift into online platforms. Mindfulness-based programs have been found to enhance...