Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
June 10, 2020
T. Divya S. Kusuma
preprint
Nightmares also categorized as fighting dreams suddenly awake the sleeper from Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. Nightmares can be caused by improper food intake, alcohol withdrawal, digestive or nervous disorders and drug induced (mainly due to the drugs which affect the neurotransmitters). Some of the drugs that can induce nightmares are Beta blockers, Statins, Anti depressants, Anti...
BMC Psychology
June 7, 2020
Elisabeth Schanche, Jon Vøllestad, Endre Visted et al.
Abstract Background The aim of this randomized wait-list controlled trial was to explore the effects of Mindfulness–Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) on risk and protective factors for depressive relapse within the domains of cognition, emotion and self-relatedness. Methods Sixty-eight individuals with recurrent depressive disorder were randomized to MBCT or a wait-list control condition (WLC)....
Psychiatry Research
June 4, 2020
W. L. Toh, N. Thomas, Y. Hollander et al.
22 citations
Phenomenological comparisons of auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) in affective versus non-affective psychosis have not been adequately documented. The current study aimed to: a) comprehensively describe AVH phenomenology by diagnosis and mood state, b) investigate significant predictors of voice-related distress and functional impairment, and c) conduct qualitative thematic analysis of...
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
June 2, 2020
Ariane Lisann Rung, Evrim Oral, Lara Berghammer et al.
Background: Traditional mindfulness-based stress reduction programs are resource intensive for providers and time- and cost-intensive for participants, but the use of mobile technologies may be particularly convenient and cost-effective for populations that are busy, less affluent, or geographically distant from skilled providers. Women in southern Louisiana live in a vulnerable, disaster-prone...
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing
June 1, 2020
Mary F Love, Anjail Sharrief, Geri LoBiondo-Wood et al.
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Significant gaps exist in the identification and management of psychological effects of stroke on survivors. Interventions to enhance resilience, the ability to rebound from stress or adversity, could positively impact stroke recovery. The purpose of this study was to test the effect of meditation on resilience of community-dwelling stroke survivors and to identify...
Journal of Affective Disorders
June 1, 2020
A. Camargo, A. P. Dalmagro, A. Zeni et al.
Background Augmentation therapies may be effective strategies to potentiate the ketamine's actions with lower potential for knock-on effects. Thus, this study investigated the ability of combined administration of guanosine plus ketamine to elicit an antidepressant-like effect associated with mTOR pathway modulation. The ability of this combined administration to exert an antidepressant-like...
Psychological Reports
June 1, 2020
Helen Z. MacDonald, Anna Olsen
Mindfulness has been robustly associated with psychological health, predicting greater well-being, and lower levels of anxiety, depression, and stress across samples. Attentional control is the ability to voluntarily shift, focus, and train one’s attention and has also been linked with better psychological functioning. Less well-understood, however, are which domains of mindfulness may be...
Psychological Reports
June 1, 2020
Carole L Bandy, Michael C. Dillbeck, Vincent Sezibera et al.
A study was conducted on South African college students using the Transcendental Meditation technique to reduce posttraumatic stress disorder. Students meeting the criteria for possible posttraumatic stress disorder were included. Thirty-four students at the experimental university in South Africa clinically diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder were instructed in and practiced the...
INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy
May 28, 2020
Jerry McGuire, Teresa Zhen
Background: There is a mental health crisis among US University students. Evidence supporting techniques to help students manage the stress are critically needed. Mindfulness meditation is one such strategy which may be helpful for pharmacy students. Innovation: Third-year pharmacy students enrolled in an Advanced Psychiatry elective course were invited to participate in the study. Students...
May 27, 2020
H. Sanchez, Vincent Mysliwiec, R. Froese et al.
Trauma associated sleep disorder (TASD) is an emerging parasomnia that develops after trauma with clinical features of trauma related nightmares (TRN), disruptive nocturnal behaviors (DNB), and autonomic disturbances. The purpose of this study is to characterize the clinical and polysomnographic (PSG) features of TASD. Clinical history and detailed video-PSG review, to include post-PSG...