Journal of Korean medical science
March 19, 2018
Seung‐ho Jang, Jae Hee Lee, Hye-Jin Lee et al.
Background: Mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) induces emotional relaxation in coronary artery disease (CAD) patients, and is a treatment known to improve psychological stability. The objective of this study was to evaluate the treatment effects of MBAT for CAD patients. Methods: A total of 44 CAD patients were selected as participants, 21 patients belonged to a MBAT group, and 23 patients...
Journal of Child and Family Studies
March 19, 2018
Amanda Skoranski, Nichole R Kelly, Rachel M Radin et al.
Altered stress response theoretically contributes to the etiology of cardiometabolic disease. Mindfulness may be a protective buffer against the effects of stress on health outcomes by altering how individuals evaluate and respond to stress. We engaged adolescent girls at risk for developing Type 2 diabetes in a cold-pressor test in order to determine the relationship of dispositional...
Neuroscience Letters
March 16, 2018
Jeffrey Landrigan, Farah Shawaf, Zach Dwyer et al.
The efficacy of ketamine to alleviate depressive symptoms has promoted a wealth of research exploring alternate therapeutic targets for depression. Given the caveats of ketamine treatment taken together with the increasingly greater emphasis on combinatorial therapeutic approaches to depression, we sought to asses whether the hypothalamic "hunger hormone", ghrelin, would augment the effects of...
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
March 15, 2018
Jennifer L Creamer, Matthew S. Brock, Panagiotis Matsangas et al.
Study objectives: Sleep disturbances are common in United States military personnel. Despite their exposure to combat and trauma, little is known about nightmares in this population. The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence and associated clinical and polysomnographic characteristics of nightmares in United States military personnel with sleep disturbances. Methods:...
Cognition & Emotion
March 2018
Mira B. Cladder-Micus, Joël R Van Aalderen, A R T Donders et al.
Major depressive disorder is a prevalent condition with high relapse rates. There is evidence that cognitive reactivity is an important vulnerability factor for the recurrence of depression. Mindfulness-based interventions are designed to reduce relapse rates, with cognitive reactivity as one of the proposed working mechanisms. In a randomised controlled trial we compared the effect of...
Kidney research and clinical practice
March 2018
Bo Kyung Sohn, Yun Kyu Oh, Jung-Seok Choi et al.
Many patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) undergoing hemodialysis (HD) experience depression. Depression influences patient quality of life (QOL), dialysis compliance, and medical comorbidity. We developed and applied a group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program including mindfulness meditation for ESRD patients undergoing HD, and measured changes in QOL, mood, anxiety, perceived...
Frontiers in Pharmacology
March 1, 2018
Emmanuelle A. D. Schindler, Ryan M Wallace, Jordan Sloshower et al.
Recent reports on the effects of psychedelic-assisted therapies for mood disorders and addiction, as well as the effects of psychedelics in the treatment of cluster headache, have demonstrated promising therapeutic results. In addition, the beneficial effects appear to persist well after limited exposure to the drugs, making them particularly appealing as treatments for chronic neuropsychiatric...
International journal of adolescent medicine and health
February 17, 2018
Natalia D McIver, Barry Krakow, Jessica Krakow et al.
Objective At-risk high school students, those considered to have a higher probability for academic failure or dropping out, were assessed for various sleep disorders. Effects were compared between students with and without the nightmare triad syndrome (NTS+), the sleep disorders' cluster of frequent nightmares, insomnia disorder and suspected sleep-disordered breathing (SDB). Methods Data were...
Annals of Clinical Psychiatry
February 1, 2018
Laura Madson, Beverly Klug, Linda Madson et al.
Background: Although numerous studies have demonstrated that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) improves clinical and nonclinical outcomes, few studies have followed MBSR participants for >12 months, and few have analyzed post-intervention home practice. Methods: We followed a community sample of 247 self-referred adults for 2 years after completion of an 8-week MBSR program. Dependent...
Developmental science
January 22, 2018
Kevanne Louise Sanger, Guillaume Thierry, Dusana Dorjee
In a non-randomized controlled study, we investigated the efficacy of a school-based mindfulness curriculum delivered by schoolteachers to older secondary school students (16-18 years). We measured changes in emotion processing indexed by P3b event-related potential (ERP) modulations in an affective oddball task using static human faces. ERPs were recorded to happy and sad face oddballs...