Breast cancer research and treatment
July 5, 2018
Bertha Andrade Coelho, Sara de Pinho Cunha Paiva, Agnaldo Lopes Da Silva Filho
Purpose: Mindfulness-based programs can reduce stress and help practitioners to have positive attitudes in their daily lives. This randomized controlled trial evaluated the impact of brief Mindfulness interventions on quantitative and qualitative stress parameters in patients undergoing imaging-guided breast biopsies. Methods: Eighty-two women undergoing percutaneous imaging-guided breast...
Frontiers in neuroendocrinology
July 2018
Alexia V Williams, Brian C Trainor
A roadblock to successful treatment for anxiety and depression is the high proportion of individuals that do not respond to existing treatments. Different underlying neurobiological mechanisms may drive similar symptoms, so a more personalized approach to treatment could be more successful. There is increasing evidence that sex is an important biological variable modulating efficacy of...
Frontiers in Psychology
June 20, 2018
Philipp Schmidt
The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate the contributions of phenomenology-inspired approaches to the explanation of psychopathological phenomena. First, I introduce the notion of Explanatory First-Person Approaches (EFPA) which share the assumption that the explanation of consciousness and conscious phenomena necessitates, at least partially, phenomenal facts functioning as explanans....
BMC Psychiatry
May 25, 2018
Marcelo Trombka, Marcelo Demarzo, Daniel Campos Bacas et al.
Background: Police officers experience a high degree of chronic stress. Policing ranks among the highest professions in terms of disease and accident rates. Mental health is particularly impacted, evidenced by elevated rates of burnout, anxiety and depression, and poorer quality of life than the general public. Mindfulness training has been shown to reduce stress, anxiety, burnout and promote...
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
May 15, 2018
Katrina J Speed, Christopher W Drapeau, Michael R Nadorff
Study objectives: Although nightmares have been associated with suicidal behavior beyond well-known risk factors, the association between nightmares and multiple suicide attempts remains largely unexplored. This study addressed this gap in the literature by examining whether nightmares differentiated between individuals who reported single versus multiple suicide attempts. The individual...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
May 14, 2018
Ben J Palanca, Hannah R. Maybrier, Angela M. Mickle et al.
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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) employs the elective induction of generalizes seizures as a potent treatment for severe psychiatric illness. As such, ECT provides an opportunity to rigorously study the recovery of consciousness, reconstitution of cognition, and electroencephalographic (EEG) activity following seizures. Fifteen patients with major depressive disorder refractory to pharmacologic...
Chronic respiratory disease
April 24, 2018
Linda Perkins-Porras, Muhammad Riaz, Adeoba Okekunle et al.
Psychological distress is common among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This study aimed to assess whether a 10-minute mindfulness intervention reduces distress and breathlessness, improves mood and increases mindfulness among hospital inpatients following acute exacerbation of COPD.Fifty patients were recruited following an acute admission. The immediate effects of a...
Journal of Religion and Health
April 1, 2018
John R Peteet
Experiences of transcendence can promote growth, creativity and altruism, but often exist in tension with critical thought and can feature problematically in certain mental disorders. Identification of the core elements in the experience of transcendence-suspending disbelief, being moved or inspired, surrendering oneself and identifying within a larger context, can clarify its relationship to...
The journal of behavioral health services & research
April 1, 2018
Daron Ryan, Serena Maurer, Liliana J. Lengua et al.
Latina immigrants are at increased risk for poor mental health. Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma (ALMA) is a group-based intervention to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among Latina immigrants. Based on participants' feedback and growing evidence supporting mindfulness as a way to reduce stress and improve mental health, additional sessions of the ALMA intervention were...
Journal of American College Health
March 22, 2018
Celine M Ko, Fran Grace, Gilbert N Chavez et al.
Objective: Mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to have psychological benefits in college students. We explored the effects of an academic Seminar on Compassion on student psychological health. Participants: Forty-one participants (14 male, 27 female, mean age 19.8 ± 1.4 years) were assessed pre- and post- spring semesters 2013 and 2014. Methods: Students were randomized to the...