Nurse Education Today
June 1, 2018
P. van der Riet, T. Levett-Jones, Catherine Aquino-Russell
BACKGROUND A growing body of literature has identified a range of beneficial physiological and psychological outcomes from the regular practice of mindfulness meditation. For healthcare professionals, mindfulness meditation is claimed to reduce stress, anxiety and burnout, and enhance resilience. OBJECTIVE The objective of this integrative review was to critically appraise the literature that...
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis
June 1, 2018
David R Patterson, C. Hoffer, M. Jensen et al.
8 citations
Abstract This pilot study explored the feasibility of using ketamine to increase hypnotizability scores. Ketamine, classified as a dissociative hallucinogen, is used clinically as an anesthetic in high doses and as a treatment for chronic pain and depression in lower doses. Low-dose ketamine can contribute to dissociation and heightened perceptions and feelings of detachment, arguably...
Cell Reports
June 1, 2018
Calvin Ly, Alexandra C. Greb, Lindsay P. Cameron et al.
1,158 citations
Atrophy of neurons in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a key role in the pathophysiology of depression and related disorders. The ability to promote both structural and functional plasticity in the PFC has been hypothesized to underlie the fast-acting antidepressant properties of the dissociative anesthetic ketamine. Here, we report that, like ketamine, serotonergic psychedelics are capable of...
Crisis
May 31, 2018
Megan S Chesin, Beth S. Brodsky, Brandon Beeler et al.
19 citations
BACKGROUND: Few investigations of patient perceptions of suicide prevention interventions exist, limiting our understanding of the processes and components of treatment that may be engaging and effective for high suicide-risk patients. AIMS: Building on promising quantitative data that showed that adjunct mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to prevent suicidal behavior (MBCT-S) reduced suicidal...
Mindfulness
May 31, 2018
Felipe A Jain, P. Fonagy
Facilitating mentalization, or the ability to understand mental states and their link to behavior, is increasingly viewed as a common mechanism of action across effective psychotherapies. Here, we present an overview of a new set of contemplative psychotherapeutic techniques, mentalizing imagery therapy (MIT), which uses guided imagery and mindfulness practices to facilitate mentalization. MIT...
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
May 30, 2018
Tom Hendriks
Abstract Objectives To determine the efficacy of Sahaja Yoga (SY) meditation on mental health among clinical and healthy populations. Methods All publications on SY were eligible. Databases were searched up to November 2017, namely PubMed, MEDLINE (NLM), PsychINFO, and Scopus. An internet search (Google Scholar) was also conducted. The quality of the randomized controlled trails was assessed...
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
May 22, 2018
Barbara M. P. Willekens, Gaetano Perrotta, Patrick P Cras et al.
16 citations
Mindfulness was introduced in the Western world by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979. He defined it as "awareness that arises through paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment, non-judgmentally." Since then, research on mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) has increased exponentially both in health and disease, including in patients with neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia and...
Perspectives In Psychiatric Care
May 18, 2018
Burcu Goksan Yavuz, Mesut Yavuz, Arzu Önal
3 citations
PURPOSE: We hypothesized that attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms would negatively correlate with the level of mindfulness. DESIGN AND METHOD: Seventy-six subjects referred to the outpatient psychiatry unit and 32 healthy control subjects filled out the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS), the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale (ASRS), and the...
Frontiers in Psychology
May 15, 2018
W. Mohammed, A. Pappous, D. Sharma
Literature indicates that injured athletes face both physical and psychological distress after they have been injured. In this study, a Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was utilised as an intervention for use during the period of recovery with injured athletes and, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first study using MBSR as an intervention for this purpose. Objective: The aim...
Trials
May 11, 2018
Vera Salvo, Jean L. Kristeller, Jesus Montero-Marin et al.
Background: Mindfulness has been applied in the United States and Europe to improve physical and psychological health; however, little is known about its feasibility and efficacy in a Brazilian population. Mindfulness may also be relevant in tackling obesity and eating disorders by decreasing binge eating episodes-partly responsible for weight regain for a large number of people-and increasing...