Background: Chronic non-specific low back pain (CNLBP) is a common condition associated with persistent pain, functional limitation, reduced quality of life, and substantial healthcare and socioeconomic burden. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has been increasingly used in chronic pain management and may provide a promising therapeutic approach for CNLBP. The emergence of virtual...
Anxiety disorders frequently emerge in contexts of chronic interpersonal stress and are often accompanied by disturbances in affect regulation and heightened sensitivity to bodily signals. In patients with chronic somatic conditions, these processes are commonly conceptualised within psychosomatic frameworks emphasising interactions between emotional regulation and stress-related bodily...
Adolescents are experiencing rising rates of stress, anxiety, and depression worldwide. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have emerged as promising, low-cost strategies for improving mental health outcomes during this critical developmental period. Despite growing interest in mindfulness-based interventions, no recent review has synthesized evidence on their mental health effects among...
Recent advances in neuropsychopharmacology have renewed interest in psychedelics and entactogens as potential treatments for brain disorders, owing to their rapid effects on neural plasticity, cognition, and affect. Classical serotonergic psychedelics primarily act as 5-HT2A receptor agonists with additional activity at 5-HT1A and other serotonin receptors, whereas entactogens such as MDMA...
Major depressive disorder remains a leading cause of global disability, and many patients show limited response to conventional antidepressants.Increasing evidence suggests that a substantial subgroup exhibits chronic low-grade inflammation, which may constrain synaptic plasticity and contribute to persistent depressive symptoms.In this review, we propose that depression can be conceptualized...
Background. In modern psychology, mindfulness is regarded as a multidimensional psychological phenomenon associated with the deliberate direction of attention to present-moment experience, an open, accepting, and non-judgmental attitude toward that experience, the development of self-regulation and psychological flexibility, and a reduction in automatic emotional and behavioral reactivity....
Objectives: This article reviews the clinical status and treatment challenges of cancer-related depressive states, clarifies the mechanism of action of esketamine-a novel rapid-acting antidepressant-compares its efficacy with traditional drugs, evaluates safety and tolerability, and summarizes clinical evidence to support clinical practice and research. Methods: By searching databases such as...
Background: Burnout, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and impaired mentalizing are common among mental health trainees, potentially impacting well-being and quality of care. Mindfulness-based interventions have shown promise in mitigating these issues. Incorporating such programs into postgraduate training may offer proactive support during a critical developmental stage. Objective: This study...
The sense of presence - the feeling of 'being there' in an environment - is a foundational concept in consciousness research, yet its relationship to human affect remains theoretically underdeveloped. Although presence and emotion are known to interact, prior accounts have treated this relationship as either unidirectional or have failed to specify which aspects of affect interact with which...