ABSTRACT Dissociation is a widespread difficulty among patients suffering from Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). However, there is no gold standard treatment for dissociative symptoms. Recent studies propose a cognitive and behavioral conceptualization for dissociation. The aim of this study was to explore the efficacy of a group program of Dissociation-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy...
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a severe psychiatric condition characterized by preoccupation with perceived flaws in one's appearance, which the individual views as defective or ugly. Psilocybin, a serotonin 2A receptor agonist with psychedelic properties, has emerged as a potential therapeutic agent for depression and other psychiatric disorders. This study aimed to identify subacute neural...
La dépression est l'un des principaux problèmes de santé publique actuels. Malgré la recherche, il est encore difficile de comprendre tous les mécanismes qui sous-tendent le développement de ce trouble. C'est pourquoi tous les traitements utilisés ne sont pas efficaces, ce qui conduit inévitablement à des formes de dépression résistantes aux traitements. Depuis une vingtaine...
Introducción: Las pesadillas es uno de los trastornos del sueño más frecuentes en adolescentes, lo cual genera una variedad de consecuencias en la salud mental y funcionamiento escolar. La prevención es una estrategia fundamental en esta etapa de desarrollo y es necesario contar con instrumentos confiables para su evaluación. Objetivo: Traducción y validación al español del NExS en adolescentes...
HealthcareSeptember 19, 2024Tamara Gutiérrez-domingo, Naima Z Farhane-Medina, Joaquín Villaécija et al.4 citations
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease especially affecting young people. Mindfulness-based psychological interventions might reduce emotional symptoms post-diagnosis, but the evidence is limited. This systematic review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of mindfulness interventions on psychological well-being and biomedical variables in young people with type 1 diabetes. A systematic review of...
There is an urgent need to develop better treatments for mental health conditions that affect one in every eight people in the world. To combat this concern, psychedelic drugs have been combined with psychotherapy and studied in clinical trials in the United States and Europe. Psychedelics are hallucinogenic drugs that alter brain activity and facilitate altered states of consciousness. The...
Title: Use of psilocybin in the treatment of mental disorders: systematic review of clinical trials. Objective: To evaluate the high-impact evidence on the neurobiology, efficacy, safety, and feasibility of using psilocybin in the treatment of mental disorders such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), smoking, and alcoholism
Objective: Mindfulness training (MT) has been shown to have substantial therapeutic effects on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptom severity, health-related quality of life, and psychological symptoms at 3 months following an 8-week group MT intervention. This study reports a secondary analysis to examine the long-term trajectory of change in these IBS symptoms. Methods: This study analyzed...
The recent relaxation of psychedelic drug regulations has prompted extensive clinical investigation into their potential use to treat diverse mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, and substance-abuse disorders. Most clinical trials have relied on a small number of known molecules found in nature, such as psilocybin, or long-known synthetic analogs of...
Journal of Clinical MedicineSeptember 15, 2024Maria Margariti, Ilias I. Vlachos, Dimitra Mpourazana et al.4 citations
Background: Increasing research data suggest that the dysfunction of emotional brain systems may be an important contributor to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. However, contemporary psychopathology consistently underestimates the role of emotions in the phenomenology of the disease. Psychotic arousal (PA) is a conceptually defined psychopathological construct aiming to portray the...