The Medical Journal of Australia
September 1, 2010
Greg Sharplin, Simeon B W Jones, Barbara Hancock et al.
48 citations
OBJECTIVE: To assess the impact of an 8-week structured mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) program on individuals experiencing distress as a consequence of cancer. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: Prospective study of 16 participants with a history of cancer and five carers of people with cancer recruited from August 2008 to February 2009 through calls to the Cancer Council South...
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
September 1, 2010
Mindfulness-based 'third wave' cognitive and behavioural therapies versus other psychological therapies for depression.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
August 19, 2010
Self-compassion is a better predictor than mindfulness of symptom severity and quality of life in mixed anxiety and depression.
Archives of General Psychiatry
August 1, 2010
Nancy Diazgranados, Lobna Ibrahim, Nancy E. Brutsché et al.
969 citations
CONTEXT: Existing therapies for bipolar depression have a considerable lag of onset of action. Pharmacological strategies that produce rapid antidepressant effects-for instance, within a few hours or days-would have an enormous impact on patient care and public health. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an N-methyl-D-aspartate-receptor antagonist produces rapid antidepressant effects in subjects...
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
July 13, 2010
Nancy Diazgranados, Lobna Ibrahim, Nancy E. Brutsché et al.
563 citations
OBJECTIVE: Suicidal ideation is a medical emergency, especially when severe. Little research has been done on pharmacologic interventions that could address this problem. Ketamine, an N-methyl-D-asparate antagonist, has been reported to have antidepressant effects within hours. We examined the effects of a single dose of ketamine on suicidal ideation in subjects with treatment-resistant major...
Psychosomatic Medicine
July 2010
Willoughby B. Britton, Patricia L. Haynes, Keith W Fridel et al.
To examine whether mindfulness meditation (MM) was associated with changes in objectively measured polysomnographic (PSG) sleep profiles and to relate changes in PSG sleep to subjectively reported changes in sleep and depression within the context of a randomized controlled trial. Previous studies have indicated that mindfulness and other forms of meditation training are associated with...
Journal of Palliative Medicine
July 2010
Scott A Irwin, Alana Iglewicz
Depression is prevalent and undertreated in patients receiving hospice care. Standard antidepressants do not work rapidly or often enough to benefit most of these patients. Here, two cases are reported in which a single oral dose of ketamine provided rapid and moderately sustained symptom relief for both depression and anxiety. In addition, no adverse effects were noted. Further investigation...
Perceptual and Motor Skills
June 1, 2010
Effect of progressive self-focus meditation on attention, anxiety, and depression scores.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
June 1, 2010
Depression, craving, and substance use following a randomized trial of mindfulness-based relapse prevention.
The Australian Journal of Rehabilitation Counselling
May 1, 2010
Timothy C. Skinner, Terri Roberton, Garry T. Allison et al.
Abstract: This preliminary study sought to explore the link between depression, experiential avoidance and mindfulness in people with a spinal cord injury (SCI). We surveyed patients listed on the SCI database at Royal Perth Hospital who had experienced an injury over the last 10 years. Respondents (62) completed a questionnaire including the depression subscale of the Depression Anxiety Stress...