Clínica y Salud
2011
Quintana Miguel, Rincón Fernández María Esther
19 citations
Patients affected by fibromyalgia usually suffer pain and depressive symptoms, which cause a significant reduction in their quality of life. In order to relieve this symptomatology, a training program in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was applied to a group of 14 women with fibromyalgia during an eight-week period. The patients showed a significant improvement in the post-treatment...
Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2011
Ramesh Manocha, Deborah L. Black, Jerome Sarris et al.
100 citations
Objective. To assess the effect of meditation on work stress, anxiety and mood in full-time workers. Methods. 178 adult workers participated in an 8-week, 3-arm randomized controlled trial comparing a "mental silence" approach to meditation (n = 59) to a "relaxation" active control (n = 56) and a wait-list control (n = 63). Participants were assessed before and after using Psychological Strain...
cIRcle (University of British Columbia)
2011
Wolfgang G. Jilek
This study is based on analysis of ethnographic literature; personal observation of contemporary spirit dance and healing ceremonies in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia; individual interviews with Coast Salish Indian leaders, ritualists, and other spirit ceremonial participants; and on five years of close contact with the Upper Stalo Indians as physician and regional mental health officer....
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
December 23, 2010
William E. Lee, C. H. Kwok, E. Hunter et al.
PurposeDepersonalization syndrome is characterised by a sense of unreality about the self [depersonalization (DP)] and/or the outside world [derealization (DR)]. Prevalence estimates vary widely. Little is known about childhood antecedents of the disorder although emotional abuse is thought to play a role.MethodsLongitudinal data from 3,275 participants of a UK population-based birth cohort...
Eating Disorders
December 21, 2010
Jean L. Kristeller, Ruth Q. Wolever
573 citations
This paper reviews the conceptual foundation of mindfulness-based eating awareness training (MB-EAT). It provides an overview of key therapeutic components as well as a brief review of current research. MB-EAT is a group intervention that was developed for treatment of binge eating disorder (BED) and related issues. BED is marked by emotional, behavioral and physiological disregulation in...
Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry
December 15, 2010
P De Zoysa
The Buddhist practice of cultivating mindfulness has been increasingly influencing psychotherapeutic work. However, in Sri Lanka, the documentation on the use of such practice in psychotherapy is scarce. This paper aims to discuss the influence of Buddhist mindfulness practice on psychotherapy; present a case of mixed anxiety-depressive disorder where mindfulness practice and behaviour therapy...
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
December 13, 2010
Katharine A. Rimes, Janet Wingrove
114 citations
BACKGROUND: It is recommended that Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) instructors should undertake MBCT themselves before teaching others. AIM: To investigate the impact of MBCT (modified for stress not depression) on trainee clinical psychologists. METHOD: Twenty trainees completed questionnaires pre- and post-MBCT. RESULTS: There was a significant decrease in rumination, and increases...
Appetite
December 10, 2010
Paul Lattimore, Naomi Fisher, Peter Malinowski
Two online surveys were conducted to assess the relationship between trait disinhibition, impulsivity, mindfulness and adverse psychological symptoms. In study 1 adult females (n=196; mean age=21 yrs) completed the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TEFQ-R21), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and a measure of dispositional mindfulness. In study 2 adult females (n=190; mean age=26 yrs)...
Psychopharmacology
December 9, 2010
Adam L. Halberstadt, Virginia Lehmann-Masten, Mark A. Geyer et al.
35 citations
RATIONALE: Metabotropic glutamate (mGlu) receptors have been suggested to play a role in neuropsychiatric disorders including schizophrenia, drug abuse, and depression. Because serotonergic hallucinogens increase glutamate release and mGlu receptors modulate the response to serotonin (5-HT)(2A) activation, the interactions between serotonin 5-HT(2A) receptors and mGlu receptors may prove to be...
Psychotherapy
December 2010
Erica S N Tan, Mark A Yarhouse
With the increasing relevance of sexual minority concerns, including the process of navigating sexual and religious identities, clinical practice has focused on helping sexual minorities address methods of self-expression that are most congruent with the client's values. Sexual Identity Therapy (SIT), (Throckmorton & Yarhouse, 2006) has been developed to assist individuals who are seeking to...