June 9, 2023
Mika Turkia
2 citations
preprint
This retrospective study presents the case of a young woman in her mid-twenties who suffered from insecurity and abandonment-related anxiety, which intensified after a breakup of her relationship. Her parents' alcoholism and schizophrenia, as well as emotional and physical violence, had been a part of her childhood, but they had appeared 'normal' to her. Her parents and relatives had not...
British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
June 8, 2023
Fuat Can Çalışkan, Sibel Akmehmet-Şekerler, Zeynep Kızıltepe et al.
ABSTRACT Along with anxiety and depression, mindfulness has recently gained attention among the predictors of college adjustment. This study conducted in Türkiye, investigated the relationship between mindfulness and college adjustment through the mediating role of depression and anxiety. Data were collected using the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale, the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale, and...
Journal of Music Therapy
June 1, 2023
Robert Knoerl, Emanuele Mazzola, Heather Woods et al.
The purpose of this secondary analysis was to explore physiological, psychological, and situational influencing factors that may affect the impact of a mindfulness-music therapy intervention on anxiety severity in young adults receiving cancer treatment. Young adults receiving cancer treatment for ≥ eight weeks were recruited from adult and pediatric oncology outpatient centers at Dana-Farber...
Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
June 2023
Minji Bang, Borah Kim, Kang Soo Lee et al.
We aimed to examine the long-term benefits of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on white matter plasticity in the cortical midline structures (CMS) for a period of 2 years in patients with panic disorder and the relationships between white matter changes in the CMS and severity of state and trait symptoms. Seventy-one participants were enrolled and underwent diffusion tensor imaging at...
Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics
June 1, 2023
Harry A Fagan, David S Baldwin
55 citations
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is a common psychiatric condition, characterized by the presence of general apprehensiveness and excessive worry. Current management consists of a range of pharmacological and psychological treatments. However, many patients do not respond to first-line pharmacological treatments and novel anxiolytic drugs are being developed. In this review, the authors first...
Journal of Clinical Hypertension
May 31, 2023
Haifei Shen, Ri Zhang, Xiujie Zhang et al.
7 citations
To explore the moderating effect of mindfulness on the relationship between anxiety and somatization symptoms in middle-aged and elderly female patients with hypertension and provide a foundation for the development of more effective mindfulness intervention strategies. A total of 109 middle-aged and elderly female patients with hypertension participated in this cross-sectional study from April...
Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
May 29, 2023
Óscar Lecuona, Jennifer E. Moreno‐Jiménez, Luz Sofía Vilte et al.
4 citations
Music performance anxiety (MPA) is a common damaging phenomenon in musicians' careers. Mindfulness stands as a promising construct to prevent MPA. However, the relationships between mindfulness and MPA are scarcely explored, alongside other relevant attention-based (e.g., self-consciousness) or emotion-based constructs (e.g., negative affect). This study explores the relationships between these...
Medical Research Archives
May 26, 2023
Neeraj Panwar, Nupur Agarwal, Shivani Tanwar
Background: Adolescence is a phase blended with various challenges and changes. How someone takes these challenges and accepts the changes (physically, emotionally, or psychologically) are the major concerns of social scientists. Objective: Keeping that objective in mind, current research has been done to assess if emotional regulation leads to impulsivity and anxiety through the moderating...
Scientific Reports
May 22, 2023
Teresa Fazia, Francesco Bubbico, Andrea Nova et al.
62 citations
Pressures and responsibilities of medical school put a strain on medical student's personal wellbeing, leading among all to high rates of anxiety, emotional discomfort and stress. In this work we evaluated the effectiveness of a comprehensive Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) in reducing this load. The intervention comprised 10 twice-a-week Integral Meditation classes, dietary advice, and...
Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association
May 19, 2023
Abdallah F Abu Khait, Austin Menger, H. Al-Modallal et al.
Background: Jordan’s population of older adults is growing due to improved health care and lifestyle, but the country has limited mental health care resources, causing challenges for the health care system. Reminiscence is a point of nursing intervention and a way for psychiatric nurses to help people improve their mental health by expanding their personal boundaries (self-transcendence). Aims:...