Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health
2010
U. Sinha, Deepak Kumar
Mindfulness-based approaches have been shown to be useful in a variety of physical and mental health conditions including chronic pain, cancer, psoriasis, eating disorders, anxiety and depression. Mindfulness based CBT finds its origins in Eastern Buddhist meditation which began many centuries ago. Recent studies on CBT with mindfulness have shown psychological effectiveness across a wide range...
Pain
January 2010
Robert Schütze, Clare S. Rees, Minette Preece et al.
The relationship between persistent pain and self-directed, non-reactive awareness of present-moment experience (i.e., mindfulness) was explored in one of the dominant psychological theories of chronic pain - the fear-avoidance model[53]. A heterogeneous sample of 104 chronic pain outpatients at a multidisciplinary pain clinic in Australia completed psychometrically sound self-report measures...
cIRcle (University of British Columbia)
2010
Sallie B. King
This thesis is a translation, with notes and introduction, of the Commentary to the Hua-yan Dharma-realm Meditation, This text is a commentary to the Dharma-realm Meditation, which is incorporated into the former. The core text is by the first patriarch of the Hua-yan school of Buddhism in China, Du-shun (557-64-0); the commentary is by the fifth patriarch of the Hua-yan school, Zong-mi...
cIRcle (University of British Columbia)
2010
Eleanor Rogers
Current literature in the field of counselling psychology shows a great deal of interest in spirituality, meditation techniques, and how these may be more fully included in counselling practice. There are very few studies that examine contemplative practices such as Christian Centering Prayer, and very few that look at professionals who hold these practices. The purpose of this study is to...
European Psychiatry
2010
Alberto Chiesa, Alessandro Serretti
ObjectiveMindfulness based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a standardized meditation program which has been proposed as a therapeutic option for the prevention of relapses in patients suffering from major depression (MD). The aim of the present review and meta-analysis is to provide an estimate of the efficacy of MBCT for MD patients.MethodsA literature search was undertaken using MEDLINE, ISI web...
Journal of Clinical Psychology
2010
Mindfulness intervention for child abuse survivors.
Graduate Student Journal of Psychology
2010
Angela E. Lee‐Winn, Yuet Juhn Tse, Gareth I. Holman et al.
1 citation
Practicing mindfulness generally results in improved psychological health, behavioral regulation, and relationship functioning. Attachment style describes how children and adults respond to relationship stress. A recent correlational study by Shaver, Lavy, Saron, and Mikulincer (2007) demonstrated direct links between facets of mindfulness and attachment styles in a sample of adults who...
cIRcle (University of British Columbia)
2010
David Neil Cox
Heart rate, respiration, skin conductance, muscle activity, cephalic vasomotor activity and electroencephalograph measurements were obtained from twenty-four subjects in order to test the hypothesis that the practice of Transcendental Meditation is associated with a hypometabolic state. Sixteen of the subjects were experienced practitioners of Transcendental Meditation and were randomly divided...
European Psychiatry
2010
T. Bonvalot, B. Placines, C. Bouché et al.
Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is being used, individually or in group format, to improve outcome and prevent relapse of patients with bipolar disorder (BD). CBT shows nevertheless limitations with regard, mainly, to patients having undergone a great number of mood episodes. In one published study, patients with more than 12 mood episodes typically did not respond favorably to the...
Journal of Psychosomatic Research
2010
Mindfulness-based stress reduction for chronic pain conditions: variation in treatment outcomes and role of home meditation practice.
PubMed Central
2010
Marianne T. Marcus, Aleksandra Zgierska
8 citations
The link between stress and addiction is well-known. Stress increases the likelihood of alcohol and drug use, and can precipitate relapses following treatment (1). Clinicians and researchers recognize the critical need to incorporate stress management techniques into inpatient and outpatient treatment. The goal is to assist clients to replace substance use with healthy coping skills when...
European Psychiatry
2010
Alberto Chiesa, Alessandro Serretti
4 citations
Objective Mindfulness meditations (MM) are an important group of meditative practices which have received growing attention. The aim of the present paper is to systematically review current evidence on the neurobiological changes and on the clinical benefits related to MM practice in psychiatric disorders, physical illnesses and in healthy subjects. Methods A literature search was undertaken...
Journal of Korean Academy of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
2010
Yeon Ja Choi
3 citations
Purpose: This study was done to evaluate the effects of meditation therapy on self esteem, social avoidance and distress. Methods: The participants in this study were 97 nursing students (49 in the experimental group, 48 in the control group). For the research, a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental design was used. The research was carried out from February 23rd to...
2010
Jamey Brannon
5 citations
This study is designed to look at the relationship between test anxiety and mindfulness. This study consists of three surveys designed to look at different aspects of mindfulness and test anxiety. The Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) is designed to determine to what degree a student has test anxiety. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) is designed to measure an individual’s level of...
Revista Espanola de Geriatria y Gerontologia
2010
Clemente Franco, María del Mar Sola, Eduardo Justo
This study analyzes the effects that a mindfulness development meditation program has on psychological discomfort and overload in main family caregivers of Alzheimer dementia patients. A quasi-experimental (group comparison) design with pretest/post-test/follow-up measurements was employed in an experimental and a control group. The evaluation instruments used were the SCL-90-R Questionnaire...
Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
2010
Andrew B. Newberg, Nancy Wintering, Dharma S Khalsa et al.
This preliminary study determined if subjects with memory loss problems demonstrate changes in memory and cerebral blood flow (CBF) after a simple 8-week meditation program. Fourteen subjects with memory problems had an IV inserted and were injected with 250 MBq of Tc-99m ECD while listening to a neutral stimulus CD. They then underwent a pre-program baseline SPECT scan. Then subjects were...
cIRcle (University of British Columbia)
2010
Gary Nixon
A single case study research format was used to understand what happens when Western people are involved in meditation over a long period of time. This research examines what problems are faced in integrating meditation into a modern Western style of living. In this single case study of the long term process of meditation, the co-researcher was interviewed for his account of his twelve year...
cIRcle (University of British Columbia)
2010
Rosanna Rachelle Ferrer
The increase of community home care nurses' work stress has been identified as more acutely ill patients discharged into the community create greater demand based on larger case loads with more complex case management. Surprisingly, no research to date has evaluated stress reduction interventions which claim to protect community home care nurses' from the long-term effects of work stress. The...
2010
This groundbreaking primer illuminates contemplative methods that can improve mental and physical health. Contemplative practices, from meditation to Zen, are growing in popularity as methods to inspire physical and mental health. Contemplative Practices in Action: Spirituality, Meditation, and Health offers readers an introduction to these practices and the ways they can be used in the service...
The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine
2010
Gauri Verma, Ricardo Araya
This study aimed to ascertain whether there is an association between meditation and psychological distress. Within a cohort of meditating Monks and Nuns who have accomplished varying levels of skill in the art of meditation, we studied whether there are varying degrees of psychological distress, and if so, whether this correlates to how advanced the meditators are. In this cross-sectional...