Journal of Clinical Psychology
February 1, 2024
Victoria A Grunberg, Jafar Bakhshaie, Heena R Manglani et al.
4 citations
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is chronic neurogenetic condition that increases risk for poor quality of life, depression, and anxiety. Given the lack of biomedical treatments, we developed the "Relaxation Response Resiliency for NF" (3RP-NF) program to improve psychosocial outcomes among adults with NF. To move toward effectiveness testing, we must understand mechanisms that explained treatment...
Science Translational Medicine
January 10, 2024
Katie Kamenish, Roberto Arban, Aslihan Selimbeyoglu et al.
26 citations
How rapid-acting antidepressants (RAADs), such as ketamine, induce immediate and sustained improvements in mood in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) is poorly understood. A core feature of MDD is the prevalence of cognitive processing biases associated with negative affective states, and the alleviation of negative affective biases may be an index of response to drug treatment....
Global Advances in Integrative Medicine and Health
2024
Christina M. Luberto, Sydney Crute, Amy Z Wang et al.
Following acute coronary syndrome (ACS), up to 40% of patients report elevated depressive symptoms which is associated with a two-fold increase in mortality risk due to behavioral and biological mechanisms. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) delivered via synchronous group videoconferencing could help reduce depressive symptoms. To guide MBCT adaptation for ACS patients for a future...
Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
2024
Reid Robison, Madeline Brendle, Claire Moore et al.
This study reports on 10 frontline healthcare workers, employed during the COVID-19 pandemic and experiencing symptoms of burnout and PTSD, treated with group ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) in a private outpatient clinic setting. Participants attended 6 sessions once weekly. These included 1 preparation session, 3 ketamine sessions (2 sublingual, 1 intramuscular), 2 integration sessions....
Psycho-Oncology
2024
Ellen Krueger, Ekin Secinti, Jesse C Stewart et al.
14 citations
Various psychosocial interventions have been developed to reduce distress and improve quality of life (QoL) in patients with advanced cancer, many of which are traditional cognitive-behavioral interventions (CBIs) or mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). The aims of this meta-analysis were to determine and compare the overall effects of traditional CBIs and MBIs on distress and QoL in this...
Health psychology and behavioral medicine
2024
Guste Juozelskyte, Jon Catling
6 citations
University is an important time in a young person's life. Although it is a time of exploration, self-discovery and socialising, it is also a time of increased vulnerability to mental health problems such as anxiety and depression. Studies have shown that engagement in mindfulness activities can have a positive effect on mental health. However, research is limited in its scope in particular in...
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
2024
Maria Velia Giulietti, Paolo Fabbietti, Roberta Spatuzzi et al.
6 citations
Many studies have highlighted the effect of training with mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) on the psycho-physical rebalancing of patients suffering from various pathologies, and their families. In this study, the effect of a training with mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on quality of life and emotion regulation (depression) was verified in caregivers (CGs) of patients affected...
Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences
2024
Trevor Sharp, Helen M Collins
40 citations
SSRIs are one of the most widely used drug therapies in primary care and psychiatry, and central to the management of the most common mental health problems in today's society. Despite this, SSRIs suffer from a slow onset of therapeutic effect and relatively poor efficacy as well as adverse effects, with recent concerns being focused on a disabling SSRI discontinuation syndrome. The mechanism...
Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
2024
Diane Joss, Junjie Lu, Martin H. Teicher et al.
16 citations
Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) has been shown to have detrimental impact on amygdala structure. Prior research found that adaptive psychological changes after Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBI) were associated with amygdala volumetric changes. The present study aims to further investigate whether such effects also occur among ACE survivors and whether the effects are unique to MBI. A...
Frontiers in Psychology
2024
Sarah E B Francis, Frances Shawyer, Bruno Cayoun et al.
20 citations
It is important to be able to differentiate mindfulness-based programs in terms of their model, therapeutic elements, and supporting evidence. This article compares mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), developed for relapse prevention in depression, and mindfulness-integrated cognitive behavior therapy (MiCBT), developed for transdiagnostic applications, on: (1) origins, context and...