International Journal of Stress Management
November 1, 2020
Dawn Querstret, L. Morison, Sophie Dickinson et al.
Much of the burden associated with poor mental health is associated with symptom experience in the general population. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies conducted in non-clinical samples, evaluating Mindfulness-Based Programs (MBPs) for outcomes related to psychological health and well-being. We focussed on Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and...
Oxford University Press eBooks
November 1, 2020
Albert R. Powers, Thomas H. McGlashan, S. Woods
5 citations
More than 100 years of retrospective studies show that psychosis is usually preceded by a prodrome. Nonspecific symptoms such as anxiety and depression precede more specific negative and attenuated positive symptoms. Prospective diagnostic criteria have been developed based on the retrospective work. The prospective criteria have shown high reliability in the research context, and follow-up...
Journal of Affective Disorders
November 1, 2020
Roger S McIntyre, Isabelle P. Carvalho, Leanna M.W. Lui et al.
186 citations
BACKGROUND Ketamine is established as a rapid and effective treatment in adults with treatment-resistant depression (TRD). The availability of different formulations and routes of delivery invites the need for evaluating relative effect sizes. METHODS Effect size with respect to depression symptom reduction for each formulation and route of delivery was compared at discrete time-points (i.e.,...
Neuropsychopharmacology
November 1, 2020
Natasha L. Mason, K P C Kuypers, F Müller et al.
261 citations
There is growing interest in the therapeutic utility of psychedelic substances, like psilocybin, for disorders characterized by distortions of the self-experience, like depression. Accumulating preclinical evidence emphasizes the role of the glutamate system in the acute action of the drug on brain and behavior; however this has never been tested in humans. Following a double-blind,...
October 31, 2020
Kyung-Min Ahn
This study aimed to investigate on the effect of the Five Senses Meditation to an adolescent suffering from abandonment anxiety. The subject of the study is a student attending a high school in P-city and has an experience of being raised by several foster parents from childhood. This study focused on searching for the root and context of the pain by facing, discerning, and accepting...
International journal of developmental disabilities
October 27, 2020
Nirbhay N. Singh, Giulio E. Lancioni, Oleg N. Medvedev et al.
Objectives: Caring for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be gratifying as well as stressful. Professional staff employed as caregivers often report compromised mental and physical wellbeing due to the stressful nature of working with clients who exhibit aggressive and destructive behaviors. Prolonged work-related stress results in diminished...
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
October 26, 2020
Motohiro Okada, Yasuhiro Kawano, Kouji Fukuyama et al.
31 citations
Non-competitive N-methyl-D-aspartate/glutamate receptor (NMDAR) antagonism has been considered to play important roles in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. In spite of severe neuropsychiatric adverse effects, esketamine (racemic enantiomer of ketamine) has been approved for the treatment of conventional monoaminergic antidepressant-resistant depression. Furthermore, ketamine improves...
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
October 23, 2020
Martin Lamothe, Émélie Rondeau, Michel Duval et al.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Little data is available on the effect of mindfulness amongst pediatric hematology-oncology professionals. The purpose was to further document change in biological and psychological stress following a mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program. MATERIALS AND METHODS We led two pre-post interventional studies (n = 12 and n = 25) and measured changes on hair cortisol...
Psychology and Health
October 23, 2020
Susanna Feruglio, Alessio Matiz, Alessandro Grecucci et al.
Abstract Objective Preliminary findings suggest that different kinds of meditation could work on diverse cognitive and psychological processes. The present study aimed at disentangling the effects of three mindfulness techniques on mental rumination and subjective time perspective. Design: 75 young healthy participants were randomly assigned to one of four conditions: mindful breathing, body...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
October 22, 2020
Felix Müller, Markus Mühlhauser, Friederike Holze et al.
31 citations
A 39-year-old female patient suffering from severe, treatment-resistant depression and other symptoms associated with a complex personality disorder was admitted to our open psychiatric ward for an experimental treatment with lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). The substance was administered in repeated weekly and ascending doses. Curiously, there were no substantial acute subjective effects of...