Experimental Brain Research
March 15, 2016
James Danckert, Colleen Merrifield
203 citations
Boredom is a ubiquitous human experience that can best be described as an inability to engage with one's environment despite the motivation to do so. Boredom is perceived as a negative experience and demonstrates strong associations with other negatively valenced states including depression and aggression. Although boredom has been shown to be elevated in neurological and psychiatric illnesses,...
Brain Research Bulletin
March 11, 2016
Elisabet Domínguez‐clavé, Joaquim Soler, Matilde Elices et al.
220 citations
Ayahuasca is the Quechua name for a tea obtained from the vine Banisteriopsis caapi, and used for ritual purposes by the indigenous populations of the Amazon. The use of a variation of the tea that combines B. caapi with the leaves of the shrub Psychotria viridis has experienced unprecedented expansion worldwide for its psychotropic properties. This preparation contains the psychedelic 5-HT2A...
BMC Psychology
March 8, 2016
Ramona Kessel, Judith Gecht, Thomas Forkmann et al.
Decentering, a central change strategy of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, is a process of stepping outside of one's own mental events leading to an objective and non-judging stance towards the self. The study aimed at investigating associated mechanisms of decentering. The present study investigated the relation of decentering, operationalized by means of the German Version of the...
March 8, 2016
Ben Sessa, Eileen Worthley
1 citation
Psychedelic Drug Treatments: Assisting the Therapeutic Process provides information about current and quite viable investigation into reviving and progressing with neurological research that began in the middle of the 20th century and was brought to a halt when certain drugs were banned in the 1970s. Using a question/answer format, the book will introduce you to the way in which the chemical...
eNeuro
March 1, 2016
A. Soumier, Ray M. Carter, Timothy J. Schoenfeld et al.
Abstract Virtually all antidepressant agents increase the birth of granule neurons in the adult dentate gyrus in rodents, providing a key basis for the neurogenesis hypothesis of antidepressant action. The novel antidepressant ketamine, however, shows antidepressant activity in humans within hours, far too rapid for a mechanism involving neuronal birth. Ketamine could potentially act more...
Psychiatry Investigation
March 2016
Min Kuk Kim, Kang Soo Lee, Borah Kim et al.
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is a transdiagnostic construct in various anxiety and depressive disorders. However, the relationship between IU and panic symptom severity is not yet fully understood. We examined the relationship between IU, panic, and depressive symptoms during mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in patients with panic disorder. We screened 83 patients with panic...
JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports
March 2016
Kishani Townshend, Zoe Jordan, Matthew Stephenson et al.
The rationale for undertaking this review was to investigate a potential strategy to address the rising prevalence of child and adolescent mental health disorders. The central tenants of mindful parenting appear to be emotional awareness, emotional regulation, attention regulation, intentionality and non-judgmental acceptance. The primary objective of this review was to systematically evaluate...
Pharmacology & Therapeutics
March 1, 2016
Linda Nguyen, Kelan Thomas, Brandon P Lucke-Wold et al.
Dextromethorphan (DM) is a commonly used antitussive and is currently the only FDA-approved pharmaceutical treatment for pseudobulbar affect. Its safety profile and diverse pharmacologic actions in the central nervous system have stimulated new interest for repurposing it. Numerous preclinical investigations and many open-label or blinded clinical studies have demonstrated its beneficial...
Inflammatory bowel diseases
March 2016
Kate Neilson, Maria Ftanou, Kaveh Monshat et al.
This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (MI-IBD). Treatment-as-usual control versus mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention. Sixty patients participated in either the MI-IBD (n = 33) or treatment-as-usual group (n = 27) conditions. The MI-IBD consisted of an 8-week...
Revista de Psicoterapia
March 1, 2016
Robmarie López Soto, Domingo Marqués-Reyes
Las personas con el trastorno bipolar (TB) presentan déficits neurocognitivos que dificultan el manejo de síntomas afectivos, las relaciones interpersonales y la auto-regulación. La práctica de atención plena o mindfulness se encuentra asociada a mejorías en la regulación afectiva y en el funcionamiento neurocognitivo general, por lo cual se hipotetizó que un acercamiento basado en atención...