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...
May 27, 2020
K. Speed, Michael R Nadorff, Todd M Bishop et al.
Nightmares have been tied to a myriad of adverse mental health outcomes and are known to persist after treatment of other concerns such as posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety. When reaching clinical levels, nightmare disorder is known to effect 2-6% of the general population, Although many treatments exist for nightmare disorder and posttraumatic nightmares, Imagery Rehearsal Therapy...
May 27, 2020
Alicia J Roth, M. Drerup
Imagery Rehearsal Therapy (IRT) is an efficacious treatment for Nightmare Disorder. In IRT, patients practice pleasant guided imagery techniques, then use these skills to re-script recurring nightmares, which lowers the frequency and intensity of overall nightmare activity. However, the most efficacious methods and dosage of guided imagery and nightmare re-scripting is undetermined. The patient...
May 27, 2020
Christopher Missak, Jenie George, I. Gurubhagavatula
Marijuana use is increasing the United States and has been associated with increased sensory perception, euphoria, and altered cognition. Exploding head syndrome is a parasomnia characterized by loud explosion-like noises occurring prior to or during sleep. This the first report to link marijuana use with the occurrence of EHS. A 45-year-old man with depression, anxiety and multisubstance abuse...
Psychiatry Research
May 25, 2020
Rongrong Xuan, Xiaoming Li, Yuxi Qiao et al.
BACKGROUND Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is an increasingly popular treatment for major depression and anxiety disorder, but has shown inconsistent efficacy for bipolar disorder (BD). Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to assess the general efficacy of MBCT for BD. METHODS Ten studies were identified that fulfilled the current inclusion criteria, including three controlled and...
Journal of Psychopharmacology
May 25, 2020
Bruno Romeo, Laurent Karila, Catherine Martelli et al.
115 citations
Background: Psychedelic drugs have shown an efficacy in some psychiatric disorders and have an original mechanism of action with a 5-HT 2A agonism. Aim: The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess by a quantitative analysis the putative efficacy of psychedelic drugs on depressive symptoms and to investigate the kinetic of this efficacy. Methods: We searched the MEDLINE and PsycINFO databases...
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
May 21, 2020
Tsai-Ling Chen, Shu-Chen Chang, Hsiu-Fen Hsieh et al.
OBJECTIVE Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a potentially effective supplement for the treatment of insomnia; however, there is no comprehensive review of its mental health effects among insomnia patients. This study aimed to synthesize relevant quantitative evidence and evaluate MBSR application and effectiveness for insomnia patients' sleep quality and mental health. METHODS A...
Schizophrenia Bulletin
May 18, 2020
Teemu Peltonen, Antti Mustonen, Jari Koskela et al.
Abstract Background Recent studies indicate that adolescent cannabis use (1) and cigarette smoking (2) increase the risk for psychosis. However, less is known about symptom profile associated with cannabis use and cigarette smoking prior to the psychotic episodes. Our aim was to study the associations between daily smoking, life-time cannabis use, and psychotic experiences in adolescence, and...