PPmP - Psychotherapie · Psychosomatik · Medizinische Psychologie
July 2011
Petra Meibert, Johannes Michalak, Thomas Heidenreich
In the context of an increasing interest in mindfulness-based approaches both in clinical application as well as in the field of research the present paper introduces MBSR (Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction), illustrates the theoretical background of mindfulness practice and reviews the procedures during the cultivation of mindfulness and possible impacting factors. The article also reviews...
American Journal of Psychiatry
July 1, 2011
Monitoring ketamine treatment response in a depressed patient via peripheral mammalian target of rapamycin activation.
Journal of Affective Disorders
June 25, 2011
Mindfulness, response styles and dysfunctional attitudes in bipolar disorder.
Nature
June 15, 2011
Anita E. Autry, M. Adachi, E. Nosyreva et al.
Clinical studies consistently demonstrate that a single sub-psychomimetic dose of ketamine, an ionotropic glutamatergic NMDAR (N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor) antagonist, produces fast-acting antidepressant responses in patients suffering from major depressive disorder, although the underlying mechanism is unclear. Depressed patients report the alleviation of major depressive disorder symptoms...
Psicooncología
June 1, 2011
Angela Palao, Beatriz Rodríguez, Amador Priede et al.
9 citations
The population of cancer survivors is increasing due to advances in medicine. Achieving an increase in survival is not enough and the focus is on improving the quality of life in all its dimensions, including psychological and spiritual. New psychosocial needs arise in this population. In general, major mental disorders such as major depression or PTSD are rare among survivors, while less...
Archives of Psychiatric Nursing
June 2011
Somporn Rungreangkulkij, Wiwat Wongtakee, Sawitta Thongyot
The objective of this study was to assess the effect of Buddhist group therapy on patients with type 2 diabetes who had depressive symptoms. A quasi-experimental design study using a control group with matching technique was conducted. After informed consent was obtained, the "Nine questions for assessing depressive disorder symptom" (Isan language) was used to determine the patient's...
Psychopharmacology
June 2011
Anita J Bechtholt-Gompf, Karen L Smith, Catherine S John et al.
In patients, ketamine is a fast-acting antidepressant that can induce long-lasting symptom relief. Similar rapid effects have been reported in rodents, but reports of lasting effects are limited. We sought to extend past findings by examining dose-response curves that overlap with the individual doses previously reported to induce lasting effects in rodents and determining whether effects...
Journal of Holistic Nursing
June 2011
Cecile A Lengacher, Versie Johnson-Mallard, Michelle Barta et al.
To assess the feasibility of whether mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has a positive effect on breast cancer survivors' psychological status, psychosocial characteristics, symptoms, and quality of life (QOL) during the critical transition period from end of treatment to resumption of daily activities. Single-group, quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest design. A sample of 19 women who...
BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
May 31, 2011
Sarah L. Szanton, Jennifer M Wenzel, Amy B Connolly et al.
76 citations
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs are becoming increasingly common, but have not been studied in low income minority older populations. We sought to understand which parts of MBSR were most important to practicing MBSR members of this population, and to understand whether they apply their training to daily challenges. METHODS: We conducted three focus groups with 13...
Assessment
May 17, 2011
Psychometric properties of the five facet mindfulness questionnaire in depressed adults and development of a short form.