Global Advances in Health and Medicine
November 10, 2020
MA Rachel S. Wasson, Christina M. Luberto PhD, Meera Murthi PhD et al.
Background Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) often improves health outcomes, though literature primarily focuses on middle-class, employed individuals. With an estimated average of six million unemployed over the past year, and the recent uptick in unemployment due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to identify methods to mitigate and reduce the negative health outcomes often...
Neuroreport
November 4, 2020
Yi-Yuan Tang, Pegah Askari, Changho Choi
Mindfulness meditation has become a promising intervention for promoting health and well-being. Neuroimaging studies have shown its beneficial effects on brain functional activity, connectivity, and structures following months to years of practice. A series of randomized controlled trials indicated that one form of mindfulness meditation, the integrative body-mind training (IBMT) induces brain...
Advanced Biomedical Research
November 4, 2020
Omid Nikkhah Ravari, Seyedeh Zeinab Mousavi, Anahita Babak
Background: Diabetes mellitus is one of the major health problems in the world. Stress and mental illnesses adversely affect glycemic control. In most patients, a multidisciplinary approach including physical activity, healthy diet, and stress management is required for glycemic control. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a structured group program that reduces emotional distress...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
November 4, 2020
Oskar Hougaard Jefsen, Betina Elfving, Gregers Wegener et al.
123 citations
Background: Psilocybin is a serotonergic psychedelic found in “magic mushrooms” with a putative therapeutic potential for treatment-resistant depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and addiction. In rodents, psilocybin acutely induces plasticity-related immediate early genes in cortical tissue; however, studies into the effects on subcortical regions, of different doses, and the...
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education
November 3, 2020
Gabriel Marais, Sophie Lantheaume, Robin Fiault et al.
51 citations
(1) Background: Occupational stress is high in academia, and is partly related to time pressure. Mindfulness-based programs are known to be effective in reducing stress and increasing well-being. Recent work suggested that these programs may also improve time management. This study tested the effects of a mindfulness-based program on academics' psychological flexibility, mental health,...
Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being
November 2, 2020
Rebecca L. Acabchuk, Julie M. Brisson, Crystal L Park et al.
BACKGROUND Chronic symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) vary greatly and are difficult to treat; we investigate the impact of meditation, yoga, and mindfulness-based interventions on this treatment group. METHOD Search included four databases, allowing studies of any design containing pre/post outcomes for meditation, yoga, or mindfulness-based interventions in people suffering from...
Addiction Biology
November 2020
Daniela Neuhofer, Sade M Spencer, Vivian C Chioma et al.
Glutamatergic plasticity in the nucleus accumbens core (NAcore) is a key neuronal process in appetitive learning and contributes to pathologies such as drug addiction. Understanding how this plasticity factors into cannabis addiction and relapse has been hampered by the lack of a rodent model of cannabis self-administration. We used intravenous self-administration of two constituents of...
Psicothema
November 2020
Rocío Romero, Rocío Penas, Ana García-Conde et al.
The aim of this study is to analyse whether MBCT will reduce the general level of psychopathology, increase the quality of life, and increase meta-knowledge about their emotional state in Spanish participants with cancer. The sample consisted of n = 88 Spanish oncology patients. This was a non-randomized, two-group (experimental vs waiting list) trial conducted in a naturalistic setting. We...
November 1, 2020
Cristina Cusin
After completing this activity, the learner will be able to: Discuss the efficacy of ketamine for treatment-resistant depression. Recognize the importance of monitoring patients after the administration of ketamine. Determine possible contraindications and antidepressant interactions.
HUMANITARIAN STUDIOS: PEDAGOGICS, PSYCHOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY
November 1, 2020
Danylova Т. V.
The art of meditation has attracted vivid attention and considerable interest in contemporary unstable and unpredicted world, especially now when the outbreak of COVID-19 has created mental health concerns among the general population worldwide. Contemporary research on meditation for different conditions shows that meditation helps to control pain, may reduce blood pressure, leads to increases...