Psychoneuroendocrinology
November 15, 2013
Perla Kaliman, María Jesús Álvarez-López, Marta Cosín-Tomás et al.
Background: A growing body of research shows that mindfulness meditation can alter neural, behavioral and biochemical processes. However, the mechanisms responsible for such clinically relevant effects remain elusive. Methods: Here we explored the impact of a day of intensive practice of mindfulness meditation in experienced subjects (n=19) on the expression of circadian, chromatin modulatory...
November 14, 2013
Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo
Mary Kept These Things, Pondering Them in Her Heart:Breastfeeding as Contemplative Practice and Source for Theology Elizabeth Gandolfo (bio) Throughout the history of Christianity, women have engaged in sustained theological reflection on experiences—of God, themselves, and the world—that they have undergone in the course of practices of contemplation. Contemplative women of the past were not...
Encyclopedia of Social Work
November 4, 2013
Edward R. Canda, Sherry Warren
Abstract: This entry provides an introduction to mindfulness as a therapeutic practice applied within social work, including in mental health and health settings. It describes and critiques mindfulness-based practices regarding definitions, history, current practices, best practices research, and ethical issues related to using evidence-based practices, acquiring competence, addressing social...
Global Advances in Health and Medicine
November 1, 2013
J. Feldman
Focus Areas: Experiential Workshop, Supporting Behavioral Change, Mental Health Introducing mind-body approaches to the typical patient seeking a quick medical solution, usually medication, poses a major challenge to an integrative practitioner. This necessitates an approach that shifts the discussion from what the practitioner can do to fix or cure the condition to what the patient can do to...
Psychology and Health
November 1, 2013
Christine M Guardino, Christine Dunkel Schetter, Julienne E Bower et al.
This randomised controlled pilot trial tested a six-week mindfulness-based intervention in a sample of pregnant women experiencing high levels of perceived stress and pregnancy anxiety. Forty-seven women enrolled between 10 and 25 weeks gestation were randomly assigned to either a series of weekly Mindful Awareness Practices classes (n = 24) with home practice or to a reading control condition...
Paragrana
November 1, 2013
Michael Huppertz
Die Anwendung meditativer Praktiken bei schweren psychischen Erkrankungen wird in der Psychiatrie skeptisch betrachtet. Der vorliegende Text wirft die Frage auf, ob dies berechtigt ist. Er sieht eine Ursache für diese Skepsis in einem zu engen, kognitivistischen Verständnis sowohl von psychiatrischen Erkrankungen als auch von Meditation. Meditation wird oft einseitig als Veränderung des...
JMIR mHealth and uHealth
November 1, 2013
Inmaculada Plaza, Marcelo Marcos Piva Demarzo, Paola Herrera-Mercadal et al.
Interest in mindfulness has increased exponentially, particularly in the fields of psychology and medicine. The trait or state of mindfulness is significantly related to several indicators of psychological health, and mindfulness-based therapies are effective at preventing and treating many chronic diseases. Interest in mobile applications for health promotion and disease self-management is...
Paragrana
November 1, 2013
Ulrich Ott
Die neurowissenschaftliche Forschung beschäftigt sich in den letzten Jahren verstärkt mit Methoden der Achtsamkeitsmeditation, die in zahlreiche klinische Behandlungsprogramme integriert wurden. Nach einer kurzen Vorstellung der Magnetresonanztomographie und der Programme mit der weitesten Verbreitung (Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction und Mindfulness- based Cognitive Therapy) werden vier...
Cognitive Processing
November 1, 2013
Jui-Feng Tsai, Shaw-Hwa Jou, WenChun Cho et al.
Increased alpha and theta activities in electroencephalography (EEG) have been found during various forms of meditation. However, advanced stage of meditation drew less attention to date. We aimed at exploring EEG characteristics during advanced meditation. Bilateral absolute alpha and theta EEG powers were recorded when a single meditator at rest, exercising breath meditation, and reaching the...
International Journal of Psychophysiology
November 1, 2013
Luis Carlos Delgado-Pastor, Pandelis Perakakis, Pailoor Subramanya et al.
The concept of mindfulness is based on Vipassana, a Buddhist meditation technique. The present study examines the physiological indices of attention and autonomic regulation in experienced Vipassana meditators to test the claim that mindfulness is an effective therapeutic tool due to its effects on increasing awareness of present experience and emotional self-regulation. Ten male experienced...
BMJ Open
November 1, 2013
Adele Krusche, Eva Cyhlarova, J Mark G Williams
Objectives Face-to-face mindfulness interventions have been shown to significantly decrease perceived stress, anxiety and depression and research is beginning to show similar benefits for such courses delivered via the internet. We investigated the feasibility and effectiveness of an online mindfulness course for perceived stress, anxiety and depression. Design A follow-up investigation of an...
European Psychiatry
November 1, 2013
L. Sala, D. Rambaud, B. Aubriot
Nous avons mis en place dans notre CMP de secteur adulte, des protocoles de Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) spécifiquement adaptés à des patients souffrant de phobie sociale. L’objectif de cette étude pilote était d’examiner l’efficacité du développement de MBCT à des patients souffrant de phobie sociale. Trente patients ont participé à ce jour à cette étude. Vingt-quatre personnes...
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
November 1, 2013
Steve Paulson, Richard J. Davidson, Amishi P. Jha et al.
108 citations
Many of us go through our daily lives on autopilot, not fully aware of our conscious experiences. In a discussion moderated by Steve Paulson, executive producer and host of To the Best of Our Knowledge, neuroscientists Richard Davidson and Amishi Jha and clinical mindfulness expert Jon Kabat-Zinn explore the role of consciousness in mental and physical health, how we can train our minds to be...
Contemporary Buddhism
November 1, 2013
Beatrice Alba
19 citations
AbstractSurveys were conducted at two metta meditation retreats in order to examine the psychological effects of metta meditation. Participants were invited to complete the survey at the beginning of the retreat, at the end of the retreat, and two weeks after the end of the retreat. Participants completed the same scales at each time phase, which included measures of happiness, compassionate...
Santé mentale au Québec
October 30, 2013
Lionel Strub, Cyril Tarquinio
L’article fait état de l’application d’un programme-pilote s’inscrivant dans la lignée des interventions de prévention secondaire qui s’emploient à réduire la gravité des symptômes de stress. Développée à partir du protocole MBCT conçu pour prévenir la rechute dépressive, sa spécificité réside dans l’adaptation de son matériel didactique qui repose sur le triptyque méditation de pleine...
The open cardiovascular medicine journal
October 18, 2013
Mahdy Hassanzadeh Delui, Maliheh Yari, Gholamreza Khouyinezhad et al.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death in developed countries. Most cardiac rehabilitation programs include psychological interventions. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation techniques in cardiac patients including psychological-physical interventions such as Meditation and Relaxation. We enrolled 45 patients with CVD and depression. The...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
October 9, 2013
David W. Orme-Johnson, Vernon A Barnes
151 citations
OBJECTIVE: This meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the Transcendental Meditation® (TM) technique updates previous meta-analyses and assesses the effects of initial anxiety level, age, duration of practice, regularity of practice, research quality, author affiliation, and type of control group on effect sizes. DESIGN: This systematic review of the literature used the...
Teaching and Learning
October 1, 2013
Chunlei Lu
9 citations
Mindfulness is a critical dimension in current school physical activity programs (e.g., physical education, intramural, and interscholastic physical activities). School physical activity programs are a key vehicle used in developing healthy active lifestyles among children and youth; however, the absence of mindfulness in these programs has given rise to numerous problems (such as body-mind...
Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine
October 1, 2013
Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher, Matthew Hunsinger, Lucas Morgan et al.
How best to support change in health-related behaviors is an important public health challenge. The role of mindfulness training in this process has received limited attention. We sought to explore whether mindfulness training is associated with changes in health-related behaviors. The Health Behaviors Questionnaire was used to obtain self-reported data on dietary behaviors, drinking, smoking,...
October 1, 2013
I. Owen
This paper recaps the position of the Bern school of Husserl interpretation, namely the work of Iso Kern and Eduard Marbach. Kern and Marbach have provided detailed accounts in English as to how to read the key issues in Husserl regarding the philosophical and psychological positions and the methods used to create a theoretical practice that goes before empirical work. When it comes to...