Brain circulation
2023
Aminah I Fayyaz, Yuchuan Ding
14 citations
It is well known that stress can increase the risk of heart attack and stroke although the exact way it does this is unknown. This information is particularly more relevant in a post COVID-19 era where healthcare workers are increasingly facing more stressful working conditions. Thus, it is important to look into alternative methods to deal with stress including meditation and yoga which have...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2023
Karl Kristjan Kaup, Madis Vasser, Kadi Tulver et al.
3 citations
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Karl Kristjan Kaup1*, Madis Vasser1, Kadi Tulver1, Mari Munk2, Juhan Pikamäe1,3, Jaan Aru1*correcting author names or adding authors. Insert the correct version of the author list)1 Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, Estonia2 Psychiatry Clinic of North Estonia Medical Centre3 Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Estonia* Correspondence:...
Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology
2023
Vivian W. L. Tsang, Brendan Tao, Shannon Dames et al.
19 citations
In the last few years, ketamine is becoming increasingly common in the treatment of mental health conditions, but there is a lack of safety data informing intramuscular and sublingual dosing in a community-focused group psychotherapy setting. The Roots To Thrive ketamine-assisted therapy (RTT-KaT) program is a unique 12-week RTT-KaT program with 12 community of practice (a form of group...
Frontiers in Pain Research
2023
Daniella Batievsky, Michelle Weiner, Shari B Kaplan et al.
8 citations
Chronic pain and depression diagnoses are skyrocketing. There is an urgent need for more effective treatments. Ketamine was recently established to alleviate pain and depression, but many gaps remain in the scientific literature. This paper reports the findings of an observational preliminary study that explored the efficacy of ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAPT) for chronic pain/major...
Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health
2023
Jasmine B R Cutler, Olivia Pane, Simran K Panesar et al.
30 citations
There has been a steady increase in people with symptoms of depression over the past several years (since 2011). The further increase in stress and depression in the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by an increase in unmet mental health needs. Many have turned to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies such as bright-light therapy, yoga, meditation, and dietary...
Frontiers in Psychology
2023
Yuanyuan Mo, Zhiying Lei, Mei Chen et al.
5 citations
This study aimed to evaluate the effects of self-help mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT-SH) on mindfulness, symptom change, and suicidal ideation in patients with depression. For this randomized controlled study, 97 patients were randomly assigned to either the MBCT-SH (n = 48) or control (n = 49) group. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale...
Journal of Education and Health Promotion
2023
Hassan Khazraee, Maryam Bakhtiari, Amir Sam Kianimoghadam et al.
6 citations
More than 300 million people are affected by major depressive disorder, and despite advances in treatments over the past 50 years, this number is increasing worldwide. Due to the high prevalence and increasing numbers, along with problems in various aspects of the patient's life, new effective treatments are essential in this field. This study was a single-blinded randomized clinical trial....
Progress in Brain Research
2023
Cheng-Ta Li
25 citations
Patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) often exhibit an inadequate treatment response or failure to achieve remission following treatment with antidepressant drugs. Treatment-resistant depression (TRD) is proposed to identify this clinical scenario. Compared to those without TRD, patients with TRD have significantly lower health-related quality of life in mental and physical dimensions,...
Frontiers in Public Health
2023
Xinyi Zuo, Yong Tang, Yifang Chen et al.
56 citations
We aimed to estimate the effect of mindfulness therapy on mental health. Two researchers searched 12 databases to identify relevant trials that were published from 1 January 2018 to 1 May 2023. We performed a meta-analysis to determine the effect of mindfulness therapy on depression, which was measured by the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Quick...
Frontiers in Psychology
2023
Yuehang Yang, Dawei Cao, Teng Lyu et al.
15 citations
Using statistical methods to analyze and summarize the research data of the inclusion criteria, to provide a quantitative average effect size to interpret the influence of mindfulness yoga exercise on patients with different depressive symptoms, explain the therapeutic effect of mindfulness yoga therapy on depression and its possible mechanism of action, and provide new ideas for the clinical...
Frontiers in Psychology
2023
Karin Cinalioglu, Paola Lavín, Magnus Bein et al.
21 citations
Virtual reality (VR) based meditation has been shown to help increase relaxation and decrease anxiety and depression in younger adults. However, this has not been studied in Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT) in the older adult population. The aim of this RCT is to assess the feasibility and acceptability of a VR-guided meditation intervention for community-dwelling older adults and its effect...
SLEEP Advances
2023
David A Kalmbach, Philip Cheng, Anthony N Reffi et al.
16 citations
Combining mindfulness with behavioral sleep strategies has been found to alleviate symptoms of insomnia and depression during pregnancy, but mechanisms for this treatment approach remain unclear. The present study examined nocturnal cognitive arousal and sleep effort as potential treatment mechanisms for alleviating insomnia and depression via a mindfulness sleep program for pregnant women....
Frontiers in Psychology
2023
Romy Lauche, Dennis Anheyer, Lisa A Uebelacker et al.
This study aims to examine the role of yoga/meditation in the relationship between negative life events, stress and depression. The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) surveyed 7,186 women aged 36-43 years (mean age 39.2 years; 57.2% university degree) in 2015. Mediation and moderation analyses were conducted to examine whether yoga/meditation practice moderated those...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2023
Linn Nyjordet Evanger, Elisabeth Flo-Groeneboom, Lin Sørensen et al.
9 citations
Embedded within a randomized efficacy trial, the present study aimed to investigate whether mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) for recurrent depression improved symptoms of insomnia. Sixty-eight remitted participants with at least three prior episodes of depression were randomized to 8 weeks of MBCT (n = 33) or a waitlist control condition (n = 35). The Bergen Insomnia Scale was used to...
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
2023
53 citations
Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is one of the leading causes of disability affecting more than 340 million people and second largest contributor to global burden of disease. Chronic stress is a common risk factor and important contributor for MDD. Stress could be defined as the "perceived inability to cope". Stressful life events are shown to provoke a sequence of psychological and...
Ibrain
2023
Bhuvi Sachdeva, Punya Sachdeva, Shampa Ghosh et al.
27 citations
Major depressive disorder (MDD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are the most common causes of emotional distress that impair an individual's quality of life. MDD is a chronic mental illness that affects 300 million people across the world. Clinical manifestations of MDD include fatigue, loss of interest in routine tasks, psychomotor agitation, impaired ability to focus, suicidal...
Frontiers in Digital Health
2023
Todd M Solomon, Matus Hajduk, Martin Majernik et al.
1 citation
Spravato and other drugs with consciousness-altering effects show significant promise for treating various mental health disorders. However, the effects of these treatments necessitate a substantial degree of patient monitoring which can be burdensome to healthcare providers and may make these treatments less accessible for prospective patients. Continuous passive monitoring via digital devices...
Integrative Cancer Therapies
2023
Chuntana Reangsing, Sasinun Punsuwun, Kristine Keller
21 citations
We examined the effects of Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on depressive symptoms in women with breast cancer and examined the moderating effects of participant characteristics, research methodologies, and features of interventions. We systematically searched 12 databases through November 2022 without date restrictions using the following search terms: (mindful* or meditation) AND...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
2023
Carson Chrenek, Bryan Duong, Atul Khullar et al.
23 citations
Though intravenous (IV) ketamine and intranasal (IN) esketamine are noted to be efficacious for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), access to each of these treatments within healthcare systems is limited due to cost, availability, and/or monitoring requirements. IV ketamine has been offered at two public hospital sites in Edmonton, Canada since 2015. Since then, demand for maintenance...
Psychopharmacology
2023
Juliet Meccia, Joëlle Lopez, Rosemary C. Bagot
14 citations
Interest in the therapeutic potential of serotonergic psychedelic compounds including psilocybin has surged in recent years. While human clinical research suggests psilocybin holds promise as a rapid and long-lasting antidepressant, little is known about how its acute mechanisms of action mediate enduring alterations in cognition and behavior. Human neuroimaging studies point to both acute and...