The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
December 1, 2010
Maria Engström, Johan Pihlsgård, Peter Lundberg et al.
The objective of the present study was to investigate whether moderately experienced meditators activate hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex during silent mantra meditation, as has been observed in earlier studies on subjects with several years of practice. Subjects with less than 2 years of meditation practice according to the Kundalini yoga or Acem tradition were examined by functional...
Mindfulness
December 1, 2010
Catherine Crane, Danka Jandric, Thorsten Barnhofer et al.
Conditional goal setting (CGS, the tendency to regard high order goals such as happiness, as conditional upon the achievement of lower order goals) is observed in individuals with depression and recent research has suggested a link between levels of dispositional mindfulness and conditional goal setting in depressed patients. Since interventions which aim to increase mindfulness through...
Consciousness and Cognition
December 1, 2010
Zoran Josipovic
The great variety of meditation techniques found in different contemplative traditions presents a challenge when attempting to create taxonomies based on the constructs of contemporary cognitive sciences. In the current issue of Consciousness and Cognition, Travis and Shear add 'automatic self-transcending' to the previously proposed categories of 'focused attention' and 'open monitoring', and...
Europe’s Journal of Psychology
November 29, 2010
Ilse Soons, André Brouwers, Welko Tomic
25 citations
Background. The mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program has been provided in a variety of settings, and for a variety of individuals. Over two decades of research show that its effectiveness has been made plausible. However, the effects of MBSR interventions on highly sensitive persons (HSPs) have not been examined to date. Aim. This study investigated the effects of participation in...
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
November 26, 2010
Changes in the cortisol awakening response (CAR) following participation in mindfulness-based stress reduction in women who completed treatment for breast cancer.
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
November 22, 2010
Mindfulness groups for psychosis; key issues for implementation on an inpatient unit.
Journal of Affective Disorders
November 20, 2010
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy vs cognitive behaviour therapy as a treatment for non-melancholic depression.
Complementary Therapies in Medicine
November 11, 2010
Pilot study: Mindful Eating and Living (MEAL): weight, eating behavior, and psychological outcomes associated with a mindfulness-based intervention for people with obesity.
Psychiatry Research
November 10, 2010
Britta K. Hölzel, James Carmody, Mark Vangel et al.
Therapeutic interventions that incorporate training in mindfulness meditation have become increasingly popular, but to date, little is known about neural mechanisms associated with these interventions. Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), one of the most widely used mindfulness training programs, has been reported to produce positive effects on psychological well-being and to ameliorate...
International journal of cardiology
November 5, 2010
Caroline Peressutti, Juan M Martín-González, Juan M García-Manso et al.
The dynamic interactions among physiological rhythms imbedded in the heart rate signal can give valuable insights into autonomic modulation in conditions of reduced outward attention. Therefore, in this study we analyzed the heart rate variability (HRV) in different levels of practice in Zen meditation (Zazen). Nineteen subjects with variable experience took part in this study. In four special...
November 3, 2010
C. Berghmans
Dans le courant des alternatives thérapeutiques et de l'approche corps/esprit, la méditation comme objet de recherche dans le champ des prises en charge thérapeutique et de la psychologie de la santé fait état d'un grand nombre de recherches aux États-Unis depuis les vingts dernières années, Un développement embryonnaire voit le jour dans les pays francophone. S'inscrivant dans cette optique,...
November 3, 2010
Lionel Strub
Au regard des conséquences du stress sur la santé des travailleurs sont apparues des méthodes visant à modifier la perception des situations stressantes telle la MBSR et ses pratiques méditatives de pleine conscience. Ce constat laisse entrevoir la pertinence potentielle de la MBCT combinant des éléments de la MBSR et de la thérapie cognitive dans la prise en charge du stress...
Journal of American College Health
November 1, 2010
Kimberly C Roberts, Sharon Danoff-Burg
Objective: the investigators examined relations between mindfulness and health behaviors in college students, as well as the role of stress in mediating these effects. Participants: participants were 553 undergraduates (385 females; mean age = 18.8 years, SD = 2.1) recruited from a university in the northeastern United States. Methods: participants completed questionnaires assessing...
The Hearing Journal
November 1, 2010
Jennifer J. Gans
5 citations
Tinnitus is a term for acoustical perceptions heard in the ear(s) or head that are not produced by external sound. It can be experienced as a ringing, buzzing, whooshing, or hissing sound. Frustration, fatigue, depression, and anxiety are among the common physical/emotional symptoms that patients report when describing how their lives have been disrupted since the onset of their tinnitus. 1...
The Spanish Journal of Psychology
November 1, 2010
Reducing teachers' psychological distress through a mindfulness training program.
Atención Primaria
November 2010
Clemente Franco Justo
To check the effectiveness of a mindfulness development meditation technique on stress and anxiety in a group of primary-care physicians. Quasi-experimental with pretest/posttest/follow-up measurements in a control group and an experimental group. SITE: University of Almeria. 38 primary-care physicians enrolled in a Teaching Aptitude Course (CAP). An experimental group and a control group were...
International Journal of Psychophysiology
November 2010
Paul A. M. van den Hurk, Barbara H Janssen, Fabio Giommi et al.
Mental training by meditation has been related to changes in high-level cognitive functions that involve top-down processing. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the practice of meditation is also related to alterations in low-level, bottom-up processing. Therefore, intersensory facilitation (IF) effects in a group of mindfulness meditators (MM) were compared to IF effects in an...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
November 1, 2010
A mindfulness-based approach to the treatment of insomnia.
Epilepsy & Behavior
November 2010
Nancy J Thompson, Elizabeth Reisinger Walker, Natasha Obolensky et al.
This study evaluated the efficacy of a newly developed, home-based depression intervention for people with epilepsy. Based on mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), the eight-session, weekly intervention was designed for group delivery via the Internet or telephone. Forty participants were randomly assigned to intervention or waitlist. Depressive symptoms and other outcomes were measured...
The Spanish Journal of Psychology
November 1, 2010
Andrés Martín-Asuero, Gloria García-Banda
This semi-experimental study examines how Mindfulness facilitates a distress reduction in a group of health professionals. The sample comprises 29 professionals seeking stress reduction who undertook an 8 weeks psico-educative intervention, involving 28 hours of class, based on a program called Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction or MBSR. Results show a 35% reduction of distress, from percentile...