Journal of Oriental Neuropsychiatry
March 30, 2015
Song-Wun Yoo, Dong-Uk Kim, Se Jin Park
1 citation
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of breath-counting meditation on anxiety disorder patients with panic attack. Methods: Two anxiety disorder patients with panic attack were treated with Breath-counting Meditation, acupunctures, and herb-medications. The patients have been predicted for anxiety disorder with panic attack through Dignosis and Statistical Manual...
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
March 29, 2015
James M. Davis, Alison R. Manley, Simon Benjamin Goldberg et al.
33 citations
BACKGROUND: Many smokers are unable to access effective behavioral smoking cessation therapies due to location, financial limitations, schedule, transportation issues or other reasons. We report results from a prospective observational study in which a promising novel behavioral intervention, Mindfulness Training for Smokers was provided via web-based video instruction with telephone-based...
Journal of Psychology Research
March 28, 2015
Anastassios Koukis
The present study further explores the idea presented first in my book Dreams in Group Analysis (Koukis, 2004), i.e., that group-analytic psychotherapy can help patients suffering from psychosis to reconstruct their ability to dream, thereby easing their symptoms. It demonstrates the way in which patients with psychosis transform what Freud (1900) described as the archaic ontological nucleus of...
Neuroscience
March 27, 2015
C. Nocjar, Katherine D. Alex, Alex Sonneborn et al.
Neural function within the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) regulates normal cognition, attention and impulse control, implicating neuroregulatory abnormalities within this region in mental dysfunction related to schizophrenia, depression and drug abuse. Both serotonin -2A (5-HT2A) and -2C (5-HT2C) receptors are known to be important in neuropsychiatric drug action and are distributed throughout...
BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care
March 26, 2015
Marisa Dharmawardene, Jane Givens, Amy B Wachholtz et al.
Background: Burnout, stress and anxiety have been identified as areas of concern for informal caregivers and health professionals, particularly in the palliative setting. Meditative interventions are gaining acceptance as tools to improve well-being in a variety of clinical contexts, however, their effectiveness as an intervention for caregivers remains unknown. Aim: To explore the effect of...
Brain Imaging and Behavior
March 25, 2015
Joana Fernandes Coutinho, Sara Veiga Fernandesl, José Miguel Soares et al.
212 citations
The resting state brain networks, particularly the Default Mode Network (DMN), have been found to be altered in several psychopathological conditions such as depression and anxiety. In this study we hypothesized that cortical areas of the DMN, particularly the anterior regions--medial prefrontal cortex and anterior cingulate cortex--would show an increased functional connectivity associated...
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
March 15, 2015
Melina Angulo-Franco, Alejandra Bush-Martínez, Alejandro Nenclares-Portocarrero et al.
Abstract: The occurrence of non-epileptic seizures (NES) and trichotillomania during sleep is rare. We describe the case of an adult woman with a personal history of childhood maltreatment and psychiatric morbidity (major depression, trichotillomania, and conversion disorder), who was referred to the sleep unit because of nocturnal hair-pulling and psychomotor agitation during sleep. An...
Neuropsychopharmacology
March 5, 2015
Sarah A. Stuart, Paul Butler, Marcus R. Munafò et al.
73 citations
The biochemical targets for antidepressants are relatively well established, but we lack a clear understanding of how actions at these proteins translate to clinical benefits. This study used a novel rodent assay to investigate how different antidepressant drugs act to modify affective biases that have been implicated in depression. In this bowl-digging task, rats encounter two equal value...
PLoS One
March 4, 2015
E. Tyler, S. Jones, Nancy B. Black et al.
Objectives Although cannabis use is common in bipolar disorder and may contribute to worse clinical outcomes, little is understood about the relationship between this drug and bipolar disorder over the course of daily life. The aim of study was to examine the effect of cannabis on affect and bipolar symptoms in a group of individuals with bipolar disorder. Methods Twenty-four participants with...
European Psychiatry
March 1, 2015
Rainer Krähenmann
New title, or subtitle: „Current knowledge on the neurobiology of classical hallucinogens and their relevance for the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders‘ Hallucinogenic substances have been used for millenia. Still, the scientific investigation into the effects and mechanisms of classical hallucinogens in humans has only commenced with the discovery of LSD by Albert Hofmann in 1943. In the...