BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine
July 28, 2009
Susan A Gaylord, William E. Whitehead, Rebecca S Coble et al.
53 citations
BACKGROUND: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a functional bowel disorder with symptoms of abdominal pain and disturbed defecation experienced by 10% of U.S. adults, results in significant disability, impaired quality of life, and health-care burden. Conventional medical care focusing on pharmacological approaches, diet, and lifestyle management has been partially effective in controlling...
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
July 8, 2009
Measurement of quality of life and participant experience with the mindfulness-based stress reduction program.
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
July 4, 2009
Cortisol as a marker for improvement in mindfulness-based stress reduction.
Resuscitation
July 2, 2009
Mario Beauregard, Jérôme Courtemanche, Vincent Paquette
65 citations
AimTo measure brain activity in near-death experiencers during a meditative state.MethodsIn two separate experiments, brain activity was measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and electroencephalography (EEG) during a Meditation condition and a Control condition. In the Meditation condition, participants were asked to mentally visualize and emotionally connect with the...
Nurse Education Today
July 2009
Yune Sik Kang, So Young Choi, Eunjung Ryu
This study examined the effectiveness of a stress coping program based on mindfulness meditation on the stress, anxiety, and depression experienced by nursing students in Korea. A nonequivalent, control group, pre-posttest design was used. A convenience sample of 41 nursing students were randomly assigned to experimental (n=21) and control groups (n=20). Stress was measured with the PWI-SF...
International Journal of Yoga
July 1, 2009
A review of the scientific studies on cyclic meditation.
Journal of Health Psychology
July 1, 2009
Kirsty Griffiths, P.M. Camic, J.M. Hutton
Recently there has been a growth of interest in mindfulness-based psychotherapeutic approaches across a range of medical problems. Cardiac rehabilitation patients often suffer from stress, worry, anxiety and depression, all of which can lead to poor prognosis and worsening of cardiac symptoms. Using interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) of participant experiences, this study reports on...
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
July 1, 2009
Paul Chadwick, Stephanie Hughes, Daphne Russell et al.
The clinical literature cautions against use of meditation by people with psychosis. There is, however, evidence for acceptance-based therapy reducing relapse, and some evidence for clinical benefits of mindfulness groups for people with distressing psychosis, though no data on whether participants became more mindful. To assess feasibility of randomized evaluation of group mindfulness therapy...
June 24, 2009
Margot Hasha
This multi-component study incorporated the following: (1) an integrated study measuring the impact of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction intervention (MBSR) on potential stressors, appraised stress levels and adaptation to stress of MSW students enrolled in the Louisiana State University School of Social Work through a pretest posttest group design using time-series data to evaluate...
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
June 10, 2009
Mark Allen, Andrew Bromley, Willem Kuyken et al.
158 citations
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a promising approach to help people who suffer recurrent depression prevent depressive relapse. However, little is known about how MBCT works. Moreover, participants' subjective experiences of MBCT as a relapse prevention treatment remain largely unstudied. AIM: This study examines participants' representations of their experience of...
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
June 2, 2009
Yi-Yuan Tang, Yinghua Ma, Yaxin Fan et al.
Five days of integrative body-mind training (IBMT) improves attention and self-regulation in comparison with the same amount of relaxation training. This paper explores the underlying mechanisms of this finding. We measured the physiological and brain changes at rest before, during, and after 5 days of IBMT and relaxation training. During and after training, the IBMT group showed significantly...
June 1, 2009
L. McCracken, Miles Thompson
Methods of mindfulness are gaining increasing popularity within the behavioral and cognitive therapies and appear helpful for a range of clinical problems. The purpose of this study was to examine cognitive and behavioral processes underlying mindfulness. One hundred fifty patients seeking treatment for chronic pain completed a battery of questionnaires, including the 15-item Mindful Attention...
Mindfulness and Social Work
June 1, 2009
Miriam George
Abstract: When I first met Ms. Nair, I expected my session with her to be no different from those with my other clients. Instead, it turned out to be one of the greatest learning experiences of my life. Ms. Nair came from India and had been physically abused by her husband before and after her migration to Canada and was also adjusting to her new life in this new country. She had recently been...
June 1, 2009
Steven F Hick
Abstract: There is widespread and growing interest in mindfulness within the social work profession. All helping professions, including psychology and medicine, are using mindfulness, but in many ways social work has engaged with it in unique ways. There are a range of books that detail mindfulness-based interventions, and one (Hick & Bien, 2008) that examines mindfulness and the therapeutic...
Mindfulness and Social Work
June 1, 2009
David A Parè, Brian Richardson, Margarita Tarragona
Abstract: The quotes above are samples of reflections from student therapists on their experiences of attending to their inner dialogues in the midst of a therapeutic conversation. The task of directing their attention inwardly during a session reaps a rich range of reflections, from exasperation with conflicting impulses to delight at the discovery of what becomes visible when one slows down...
Mindfulness and Social Work
June 1, 2009
Mishka Lysack
Abstract: Activism is conceptualized as acting as a change agent to transform society through externalized action. As noted by Dorothy E. Smith (2006), ‘‘an activist sees the world in terms of what people are doing— what he is or she is doing and what others are doing’’ (p. 21). However, activism also embodies a transformative and transcendent personal quality of mindful internalized action,...
Mindfulness and Social Work
June 1, 2009
Christine Kessen
Abstract: ‘‘No time!’’ a student exclaims. Discussing an article on risk management in a graduate social work ethics class, I see the frustration on the faces in front of me. I had identified burnout as a major cause of poor social work practice. My suggestion that students take time to address their own needs now sounds feeble. These students are juggling jobs, family responsibilities, and...
Mindfulness and Social Work
June 1, 2009
Mishka Lysack
Abstract One evening in February of 2007, I was watching a CBC documentary report on the dramatic increase in the slaughter of African elephants for ivory. The journalist reported that in 2006 alone, 26,000 elephants—5 percent of the entire population on earth—had been ruthlessly poached, despite the presence of laws and the efforts of sanctuary officers to protect the elephants.
Mindfulness and Social Work
June 1, 2009
Diana Coholic, Julie LeBreton
Abstract This chapter explores mindfulness-based training with children living in foster care (ages eight to fifteen). Presently there is no research on using mindfulness in this area. We present an outline of our program, detailing specific activities that are appropriate for and have been proved effective with this population, and examine some of our preliminary conclusions based on our...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
June 1, 2009
Sharon Sears, Sue Kraus
AbstractThis study examined cognitive distortions and coping styles as potential mediators for the effects of mindfulness meditation on anxiety, negative affect, positive affect, and hope in college students. Our pre‐ and postintervention design had four conditions: control, brief meditation focused on attention, brief meditation focused on loving kindness, and longer meditation combining both...