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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy April 7, 2010
The long-term effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as a relapse prevention treatment for major depressive disorder.
Consciousness and Cognition April 3, 2010
Mindfulness meditation improves cognition: evidence of brief mental training.
Journal of Anxiety Disorders April 3, 2010
Effectiveness of a mindfulness-based cognitive therapy program as an adjunct to pharmacotherapy in patients with panic disorder.
Substance Abuse April 2010 Willoughby B. Britton, Richard R Bootzin, Jennifer C Cousins et al.
Poor sleep is common in substance use disorders (SUDs) and is a risk factor for relapse. Within the context of a multicomponent, mindfulness-based sleep intervention that included mindfulness meditation (MM) for adolescent outpatients with SUDs (n = 55), this analysis assessed the contributions of MM practice intensity to gains in sleep quality and self-efficacy related to SUDs. Eighteen...
Complementary health practice review April 1, 2010 Laura A Young, Michael J. Baime
Objectives: Mindfulness training may help seniors successfully manage the physical and psychological challenges of aging in a manner that reduces distress and promotes vitality. The purpose of this retrospective analysis is to evaluate the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) training on mood states in older adults. Methods: The authors identified 141 older adults (>60 years) who...
Substance Abuse April 1, 2010
Linguistic analysis to assess the effect of a mindfulness intervention on self-change for adults in substance use recovery.
Substance Abuse April 1, 2010
Mindfulness-based therapies for substance use disorders: part 2.
International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis April 1, 2010
Hypnosis, rumination, and depression: catalyzing attention and mindfulness-based treatments.
International journal of psychology : Journal international de psychologie April 1, 2010 Nima Ghorbani, Christopher J L Cunningham, P J Watson
Previous research has established that awareness of self-experience is a stress resistance resource. The present study conducted an analysis of measures that record different aspects of self-awareness (private self-consciousness, mindfulness, and integrative self-knowledge) to explain this stress-resistance effect in a sample of Iranian university students (N = 186). These students responded to...
Philosophy East and West April 1, 2010 Stuart Ray Sarbacker
Reviewed by: Yoga: India's Philosophy of Meditation Stuart Ray Sarbacker Yoga: India's Philosophy of Meditation. Edited by Gerald James Larson and Ram Shankar Bhattacharya. Volume 12 of Encyclopedia of Indian Philosophy, Series Editor Karl Potter. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2008. Pp. 784. Yoga: India's Philosophy of Meditation is the most recent volume in the highly acclaimed...
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology April 1, 2010 Stefan G Hofmann, Alice T. Sawyer, Ashley A. Witt et al.
BACKGROUND Although mindfulness-based therapy has become a popular treatment, little is known about its efficacy. OBJECTIVES To conduct an effect size analysis of this popular intervention for anxiety and mood symptoms in clinical samples. DATA SOURCES A literature search was conducted using PubMed, PsycInfo, the Cochrane Library, and manual searches. REVIEW METHODS The search identified 39...
Stress and Health March 15, 2010 Kathryn A. Birnie, Michael Speca, Linda E. Carlson 599 citations
Abstract Mindfulness‐based stress reduction (MBSR) programmes have demonstrated beneficial outcomes in a variety of populations. Self‐compassion and empathy have theoretical connections to mindfulness, the key element of the MBSR programme; however, previous studies examining the programme's impact on self‐compassion or empathy have demonstrated mixed results. This study examined the impact of...
Medical Hypotheses March 12, 2010
From alpha to gamma: electrophysiological correlates of meditation-related states of consciousness.
Reviews in pain March 2010 Emma Dunford, Miles Thompson DClinPsy
This article reviews the existing, peer-reviewed evidence for the use of relaxation and mindfulness in both acute and chronic pain.There is some evidence that relaxation can reduce pain outcomes in both acute and chronic pain, however there is evidence that these improvements are not maintained over time.More limited research suggests that mindfulness can lead to improvements in psychological...
Prim Care March 1, 2010
Meditation in medical practice: a review of the evidence and practice.
Journal of Psychosomatic Research March 1, 2010
Embodied effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
Journal of American College Health March 1, 2010
Developing mindfulness in college students through movement-based courses: effects on self-regulatory self-efficacy, mood, stress, and sleep quality.
Mindfulness March 2010 Catherine Crane, J Mark G Williams
We report data from a randomised controlled trial of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy to pilot procedures for people with a history of suicidal ideation or behaviour, focusing in particular on the variables that distinguish those who complete an adequate 'dose' of treatment, from those who drop out. Sixty-eight participants were randomised to either immediate treatment with mindfulness-based...
Journal of Pain March 2010 Fadel Zeidan, Nakia S Gordon, Junaid Merchant et al.
This study investigated the effects of brief mindfulness meditation training on ratings of painful electrical stimulation. In Experiment 1, we used a 3-day (20 min/d) mindfulness meditation intervention and measured pain ratings before and after the intervention. Participants' numerical ratings of pain to "low" and "high" electrical stimulation significantly decreased after meditation training....
Mindfulness March 1, 2010 Thorsten Barnhofer, Tobias Chittka, Helen Nightingale et al. 99 citations
We investigated state effects of two forms of meditation on electroencephalography prefrontal α-asymmetry, a global indicator of approach versus withdrawal motivation and related affective state. A clinical series of previously depressed individuals were guided to practice either mindfulness breathing meditation (N = 8) or a form of meditation directly aimed at cultivating positive affect,...