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:...
Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
May 12, 2023
Nicolas Garel, Christina Rigas, Mona Ben M’rad et al.
3 citations
A 35-year-old female hemodialysis (HD) patient with end-stage renal disease was able to successfully withdraw from benzodiazepines, which had been prescribed for managing psychiatric and pain symptoms, following a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention. The patient, who had been
Research Square
May 12, 2023
Gabriel Thorens, Louise Penzenstadler, Leonice Furtado et al.
preprint
Abstract Case report of a patient with GAD and claustrophobia who underwent exposure therapy using psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy. The patient had failed to respond to conventional psychotherapeutic treatment. After three sessions of psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy, the patient experienced a reduction in anxiety and fear associated with closed spaces, elevators, and planes. The protocol...
Medical Sciences
May 11, 2023
Akvilė Gečaitė, Algirdas Musneckis
Akvilė Gečaitė1, Algirdas Musneckis2 1Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kaunas, Lithuania 2The Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Science, Kaunas, Lithuania Abstract Background. In the scientific literature, meditation practices are usually divided into two main techniques: mindfulness (open monitoring) and concentrative (transcendental). They are aiming to...
Children
May 11, 2023
Jessica Monsillion, Rafika Zebdi, Lucia Romo-Desprez
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are growing in popularity, with research concerning their efficacy with youth populations. Following a preliminary analysis of the existing literature, and given the positive effects of such programs, we felt it relevant to assess whether research has considered the implications for MBIs on children and adolescents, with regard to depression, anxiety, and...