Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
October 1, 2023
Vaisnava Nogueira Cavalcante, Evandro Tinoco Mesquita, Ana Carla Dantas Cavalcanti et al.
9 citations
Heart Failure is a significant public health problem leading to a high burden of physical and psychological symptoms despite optimized therapy. To evaluate primarily the impact of a Stress Reduction, Meditation, and Mindfulness Program on stress reduction of patients with Heart Failure. A randomized and controlled clinical trial assessed the effect of a stress reduction program compared to...
Current Psychiatry Reports
October 1, 2023
Aaron Wolfgang, Charles W Hoge
15 citations
This review discusses the current and projected landscape of psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT), with a focus on clinical, legal, and implementation considerations in Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare systems. 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)- and psilocybin-assisted therapy have shown promising outcomes in efficacy, safety, tolerability, and...
Korean Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
September 30, 2023
Seon Young Park, Ung Gu Kang
Psychedelic drugs, once classified as prohibited drugs, have recently regained attention as medicinal drugs. It is anticipated that psychedelic drugs will show effectiveness for various psychiatric symptoms due to their mind-altering actions. Currently, clinical trials are being conducted to evaluate the therapeutic effects on end-of-life care, depressive disorder, anxiety disorder,...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
September 28, 2023
Milou A. Buijk, R. F. Lauw, Jan Adriaan Coebergh et al.
3 citations
Introduction Although musical hallucinations do not tend to be accompanied by delusions, occasionally patients persistently accuse others of being responsible for causing the music they perceive, sometimes with severe social consequences such as frequently calling the police or moving house. In this study we seek to broaden our understanding of this rare type of musical hallucination that comes...
Biomedicines
September 28, 2023
Hans O. Kalkman
8 citations
Ketamine is a racemic mixture composed of two enantiomers, S-ketamine and R-ketamine. In preclinical studies, both enantiomers have exhibited antidepressant effects, but these effects are attributed to distinct pharmacological activities. The S-enantiomer acts as an NMDA-channel blocker and as an opioid μ-receptor agonist, whereas the R-enantiomer binds to σ1-receptors and is believed to act as...
Journal of Medical Internet Research
September 28, 2023
Emma Louise Osborne, Ben Ainsworth, Nic Hooper et al.
28 citations
Digital mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are a promising approach to deliver accessible and scalable mindfulness training and have been shown to improve a range of health outcomes. However, the success of digital MBIs is reliant on adequate engagement, which remains a crucial challenge. Understanding people's experiences of using digital MBIs and identifying the core factors that...
West Science Interdisciplinary Studies
September 27, 2023
Fitriah Handayani, Jane Mariem Monepa, Ria Sulistiana et al.
In recent years, mindfulness-based interventions, or MBIs, have drawn a lot of attention as a potentially effective strategy for enhancing mental health and wellbeing. In order to perform a bibliometric analysis of the literature on mental health and MBIs, this study looked at collaborative networks, prominent publications and authors, research themes, and patterns in research production....
Journal of Medical Internet Research
September 26, 2023
Shufang Sun, William Nardi, Matthew A Murphy et al.
Background: Sexual minority women (lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer, and other nonheterosexual women) remain considerably underrepresented in health research despite being at a higher risk for diabetes and obesity as well as stigma and psychological distress than their heterosexual peers. In addition, early life adversity (ELA) is prevalent among sexual minority women, which further...
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
September 26, 2023
Yi-Ting Chiu, Wei Wang, Pierre Llorach et al.
15 citations
preprint
ABSTRACT Psychedelic drugs like lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and psilocybin have emerged as potentially transformative therapeutics for many neuropsychiatric diseases, including depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, migraine, and cluster headaches. LSD and psilocybin exert their psychedelic effects via activation of the 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A receptor (HTR2A). Here we provide...
BMJ Open
September 25, 2023
Cen Chen, Qingfeng Wei, Jiajia Zhu et al.
7 citations
Introduction Depressive symptoms have surfaced as the principal mental health concern among patients with breast cancer, with surgical interventions potentially exacerbating these symptoms and adversely influencing clinical outcomes. This study protocol is designed to investigate the efficacy of low-dose esketamine administered perioperatively on depressive symptoms in patients with breast...