Medical practice exposes physicians to numerous stressors, leading to high rates of psychological distress and burnout, a problem that begins during medical school. Scientific evidence suggests that promoting compassion among physicians could improve their well-being and promote patient-centered care. However, the mechanisms underlying these benefits remain unclear. This study aimed to examine...
Background: The resurgent interest in psychedelic-assisted therapy for conditions like depression, end-of-life anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder is generating highly promising results. Within this therapeutic context, music's role is multifaceted, seen as a critical environmental component and even akin to a hidden therapist. Contemporary clinical protocols often advocate for music...
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a prevalent cardiovascular disease with high mortality rates worldwide. Patients with CHD often experience adverse psychological stress related to the disease's diagnosis, treatment and recovery phases. This stress can hurt sleep quality and overall quality of life. Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been studied as a psychotherapeutic approach to...
Fatigue is prevalent in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in remission. Previously, we showed that fatigued IBD patients experienced a significant decrease in fatigue after receiving mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT). The current study examined to what extent these short-term beneficial effects of MBCT on fatigue were maintained over nine months follow-up, and whether...
Clinical biochemistryDecember 1, 2024Jessica J Miller, Mehrdad Yazdanpanah, David A Colantonio et al.
The production and use of New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) has skyrocketed over the last decade, causing major challenges for government authorities, public health agencies, and laboratories across the world. NPS are designed to mimic the psychoactive effects of unregulated or controlled drugs, while constantly being modified to evade drug control regulation. Hence, they are referred to as...
大學教師做為學生遭遇人生困境時協助者的角色，也面臨限期升等、教師評鑑和行政服務等壓力，導致焦慮和憂鬱等情緒困擾。2021年新冠（COVID-19）疫情期間，作者為某國立大學通識教育課程相關教師，以線上視訊方式，開設八週的「正念認知療法」（MBCT）課程。本研究想瞭解教師修習課程後，對於專注力提升、壓力減輕以及情緒管理等，是否有所助益。研究方法係透過課程後學習心得回饋問卷（包括質性和五點量表-從「完全沒有」，到「有很大的幫助」），作成統計分析；另在專注力提升部份，利用中文版「止觀覺察注意量表」（the Chinese Version Mindful Attention Awareness...
Anxiety affects 14-20% of dogs. Pharmacological treatments often fail. Psychedelics have shown to be useful for anxiety and depression in humans, but their veterinary use remains unexplored. We aimed to determine the effects of low-dose 1-cyclopropionyl-d-lysergic acid diethylamide (1cp-LSD) administered in a single dose to a dog, to observe the effect and establish the safety of the substance....
Psychedelic compounds continue gaining scientific and regulatory traction as potential new treatments for psychiatric disorders. While most psychiatrists will likely not work directly with these compounds, psychedelic research practices provide insights that may improve conventional psychiatric care. Through its emphasis on 'set and setting' (mindset and environment, respectively), psychedelic...
Epilepsia openDecember 1, 2024Samantha Weber, Johannes Jungilligens, Selma Aybek et al.7 citations
Dissociative seizures are paroxysmal disruptions of awareness and behavioral control in the context of affective arousal. Alterations in stress-related endocrine function have been demonstrated, but the timescale of dissociation suggests that the central locus coeruleus (LC) noradrenergic system is likely pivotal. Here, we investigate whether LC activation at rest is associated with altered...
Work and family role conflict is a common source of stressors that affect nurses, leading to negative outcomes on their mental health, such as depressive symptoms, which affect nurses' job performance and patients' health outcomes. Mindfulness positively affected mental health, but its role in the relationship between role conflict and depressive symptoms was not previously examined. To examine...