BackgroundCognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is the most effective treatment for binge eating disorder (BED) but is limited by modest efficacy and low reach of in-person delivery. Combining mindfulness training with CBT could enhance efficacy by targeting emotion dysregulation, a key factor in BED that CBT does not adequately target. Digital delivery can enhance the reach of treatment....
Esta revisión analiza cómo la suplementación con L-triptófano en el sustrato de cultivo de Psilocybe cubensis potencia la biosíntesis de psilocibina vía las enzimas PsiD, PsiH, PsiK y PsiM, alcanzando aumentos significativos en laconcentración alcaloide respecto a controles sin suplemento.La psilocibina después de ser ingerida se convierte en psilocina por un proceso de desfosforilación, que...
The chapter presents a unified examination of yoga and its body-mind approach by exploring neural mechanisms, psychological and philosophical aspects. It examines how yoga facilitates the body-mind connection through yogic texts and scientific study, such as breath regulation (pranayama), postural awareness (asana) and meditative focus (dhyana). This study applies polyvagal theory,...
The defining feature of emotion regulation is the activation of a goal to influence the trajectory of emotion.Emotion regulation strategies often involve efforts to either decrease negative emotions or increase positive ones and are associated with a range of possible outcomes.Depressive rumination is an emotion regulation strategy involving repetitive negative thinking about oneself, feelings,...
Employees are severely affected by psychological distress, poor cardiometabolic health, and reduced productivity. Meditation has emerged as a potential strategy to enhance overall health. This systematic review synthesised the effectiveness of meditation for improving employees’ mental health and cardiometabolic risk (CMR) markers across 132 randomised controlled trials (145 intervention groups...
Amidst a growing prevalence of adolescent mental ill-health, there is a pressing need to develop effective therapeutic interventions. Despite promising results from adult trials of psychedelic-assisted therapies (P-AT), translating these interventions to adolescents presents challenges. Therapeutic outcomes in paediatric contexts cannot be inferred from adult studies due to age-dependent...
Depressive symptoms frequently afflict individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD). The current study was consequently conducted to determine the efficacy of low-dose intravenous esketamine in managing postoperative depressive symptoms, thereby exploring its potential mechanisms of action in PD patients subjected to non-intracranial surgery. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled...
Background Detached Mindfulness (DM) is a central, transdiagnostic technique within Metacognitive Therapy (MCT). It involves increasing meta-awareness of intrusions while decentring from and disengaging with them, and is used to reduce the Cognitive Attentional Syndrome and dysfunctional metacognitive beliefs—key components of the metacognitive model of psychological disorders. Although DM is...
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, developed to prevent depression relapse in adults diagnosed with clinical depression, has attracted the attention of researchers in the current literature, and there is a growing interest in these applications. This growing interest has led to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy applications for children and adolescents. The current systematic review focuses...
Background: Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), a therapeutic method that combines cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques and mindful meditation teachings, has been highly efficacious in remission maintenance for depressive symptoms and is currently recommended for remission maintenance of depression. Objective: The MBCT quality improvement study sought to implement an...