May 6, 2021
Amanda C M Li, Keith KL Wong, Floria H. N. Chio et al.
BACKGROUND Although text messaging has the potential to be the core intervention modality, it is often used as an adjunct only. To improve health and alleviate the distress related to insomnia, pain, and dysregulated eating of people living in urban areas, text messaging–based mindfulness-based interventions were designed and evaluated in 3 randomized controlled trials. OBJECTIVE This study...
May 4, 2021
Sayani Basu
There is growing research suggesting psychedelics hold incredible promise for treating mental disorders ranging from depression, anxiety to PTSD and the positive therapeutic effects of psychedelics open up a whole new dimension of medical research.
May 3, 2021
J. Martinez, B. Santiago, Danica C. Slavish et al.
Nurses are subject to stressful work environments, which may negatively impact their sleep and increase their risk for nightmares. Previous studies have shown that women, night shift workers, and individuals with comorbid psychological conditions are more likely to report nightmares. Yet no studies have comprehensively examined demographic and psychosocial factors of nightmares among nurses. To...
Sleep
May 3, 2021
Chloe Wills, Kathryn Kennedy, Célyne Bastien et al.
Abstract Introduction During the COVID-19 pandemic, individuals have faced unprecedented events, which are often stressful. Stress has an important impact on dreams, and stress-induced sleep difficulties may also impact dream recall. The present study evaluated associations between sleep, stress and dream content on dream recall during the pandemic. Methods A sample of N=419 US adults completed...
Mindfulness
May 2021
Elizabeth A Hoge, Rebecca L. Acabchuk, Hannah J. Kimmel et al.
Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been widely implemented to improve self-regulation behaviors, often by targeting emotion-related constructs to facilitate change. Yet the degree to which MBIs engage specific measures of emotion-related constructs has not been systematically examined. Using advanced meta-analytic techniques, this review examines construct and measurement engagement in...
Sleep
May 1, 2021
Tommy Begay, Dora Valencia, Sadia Ghani et al.
Abstract Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted individuals in many ways, including anecdotal reports of nightmares. However, little data exists regarding the experience of COVID-related nightmares, especially among the distressed population at the US-Mexico Border. This is especially relevant given the clinical importance of nightmares as risk factors for poor mental health and sleep...
CNS Drugs
May 1, 2021
Ioline D. Henter, Lawrence T. Park, Carlos A. Zarate
The efficacy of standard antidepressants is limited for many patients with mood disorders such as major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar depression, underscoring the urgent need to develop novel therapeutics. Both clinical and preclinical studies have implicated glutamatergic system dysfunction in the pathophysiology of mood disorders. In particular, rapid reductions in depressive symptoms...
Journal of Psychiatric Research
May 1, 2021
Bruno Romeo, Marianne Hermand, Amélie Pétillion et al.
74 citations
The use of psychedelic treatments has shown very promising results in some psychiatric and addictive disorders, but not all patients achieved a response. The aim of this review is to explore the clinical and biological factors which could predict the response to psychedelics in psychiatric and addictive disorders. A systematic research was performed on MEDLINE, PsycInfo, Web of science, and...
Trials
April 23, 2021
Robin J Murphy, Rachael Sumner, William Evans et al.
23 citations
BACKGROUND: Regular ingestion of sub-hallucinogenic doses of psychedelics, referred to as "microdosing", has gained increasing popularity and attention in the press and in online forums, with reported benefits across multiple cognitive and emotional domains. Rigorously controlled studies to date, however, have been limited in scope and have failed to produce results comparable to those reported...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
April 23, 2021
Andrew Penn, Janis Phelps, William E Rosa et al.
37 citations
Psychedelic therapies intentionally combine a caring/healing environment, psychotherapy, and psychedelic medicine as a powerful means of treating intractable conditions of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. This article utilizes the nursing theory of human caring science, as articulated by Jean Watson, to describe the essential and fundamental human caring qualities in psychedelic...