Current Oncology
October 26, 2022
Severin Ladenbauer, Josef Singer
Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common form of cancerous disease worldwide. Its treatment leads to a variety of physiological and psychological side effects. This review investigates the question of how mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a stress management program, can influence the quality of life, anxiety, and depression of women diagnosed with breast cancer. Methods: A...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
October 26, 2022
Tor-Morten Kvam, Ivar W Goksøyr, Lowan H. Stewart et al.
11 citations
Background Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a world-leading cause of disability. The available treatments are not effective in all patients, and there is a significant need for more effective treatment options. Here we present the protocol for an investigator-initiated and publicly funded trial of MDMA-assisted therapy (MDMA-AT) for MDD. This single-site, open-label study investigates the...
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
October 24, 2022
Jolien K E Veraart, Sanne Y Smith-Apeldoorn, M. Kutscher et al.
Objective: Ketamine is increasingly prescribed for treatment-resistant depression (TRD), often as add-on to regular antidepressants. Augmentation of ketamine to monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) is advised against, as this practice might increase blood pressure or cause serotonin syndrome. Despite the potential relevance for patients, little is known about actual side effects of combined...
BCP Social Sciences & Humanities
October 18, 2022
Jiacheng Xu
Nowadays, the mechanism of mindfulness gradually reveals a great attraction to scientists in a variety of research direction, and particularly, the application of mindfulness is highly valued in treating depression by using the strategy of psychotherapy. The past research has shown that people who are in depression would develop a uniform thinking pattern toward the external stimuli, which,...
Frontiers in Neuroscience
October 13, 2022
Jan Sarlon, Annette B Brühl, Undine E. Lang et al.
Objectives: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) can reduce both stress and depressive symptoms. However, the impact of mindfulness on stress level in depressed subjects remains unclear. This study aims to assess electrophysiological correlates of mindfulness in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) at baseline, under stress exposure, and in relaxation following stress exposure....
BMC Women's Health
October 10, 2022
Chao Liu, Hao Chen, Fang Zhou et al.
Objective This study investigated the effects of mobile health application designed based on mindfulness and social support theory on parenting self-efficacy and postpartum depression symptoms of puerperae. Methods We recruited 130 puerperae from a hospital in China and randomized them to an App use group (n = 65) and a waiting control group (n = 65). The App group underwent an 8-week app use...
Frontiers in Pharmacology
October 7, 2022
Katarzyna Stachowicz, Magdalena Sowa-Kućma
48 citations
Depression is a severe mental health problem that affects people regardless of social status or education, is associated with changes in mood and behavior, and can result in a suicide attempt. Therapy of depressive disorders is based mainly on drugs discovered in the 1960s and early 1970s. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)...
BMC Psychiatry
October 3, 2022
S. Ahuja, Madeline Brendle, Leo Smart et al.
Background Ketamine has emerged as a promising pharmacotherapy for depression and other mental illnesses, and the intramuscular (IM) administration of ketamine is now offered at many North American outpatient psychiatric clinics. However, a characterization of the outpatient population receiving IM ketamine treatment and an evaluation of the real-world depression, anxiety, and safety outcomes...
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
October 1, 2022
Shiqi Tao, Yi Geng, Mingxia Li et al.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on depressive symptoms in people with stroke. METHODS The PubMed, CINAL, Web of Science, Embase, The Cochrane Library, CNKI, and Wangfang databases were searched for relevant articles from inception to September 1st, 2022. Only randomized controlled trials (RCTs)...
Mindfulness
October 1, 2022
Aleksandra E. Isham, Adriana Del Palacio-Gonzalez, Barbara Dritschel
Abstract Objectives Maladaptive emotional processing of autobiographical memories is a key feature of depression that may persist during depressive remission. The primary objective of the present study was to assess the effects of an online mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention on emotion regulation upon everyday autobiographical memory retrieval in individuals with remitted...