Complementary Therapies in Medicine
August 1, 2018
Simone S Nascimento, Larissa R Oliveira, Josimari M DeSantana
There are different ways of dealing with pain and cognitive and meditative therapies (CMT) are alternative ways to regulate the emotions associated with pain. Current studies apply neuroimaging techniques trying to elucidate the neural mechanisms of cognitive strategies for pain. This systematic review aimed to summarize the evidence on brain activity changes after CMT, which include cognitive...
Brain and Cognition
August 1, 2018
F. Travis, Laurent Valosek, Artie Konrad et al.
Background: Psychological stability and brain integration are important factors related to physical and mental health and organization effectiveness. This study tested whether a mind‐body technique, the Transcendental Meditation (TM) program could increase EEG brain integration and positive affect, and decrease psychological distress in government employees. Method: Ninety‐six central office...
Psicologia Saúde & Doenças
July 31, 2018
Leandro Saldanha Nunes Mouzinho, Nazaré Costa, Thallyssa Alves et al.
3 citations
RESUMO: O Mindfulness pode ser definido como a consciência que emerge através de prestar atenção, com propósito, e sem julgamento, do que ocorre no presente, de momento a momento.Este estudo teve como objetivo realizar um levantamento da produção empírica do uso do Mindfulness especificamente em condições médicas.Para isso, foi realizado o levantamento de artigos no Google Acadêmico, MEDLINE e...
Psicologia Saúde & Doenças
July 31, 2018
Inês Afonso Marques, Maria Luís Balreira, José Temótio
5 citations
RESUMO: Este artigo pretende rever a etiologia e os conceitos inerentes à Psiquiatria Positiva e à Psicologia Positiva, assim como as suas estreitas relações com o conceito de bem-estar.Centrando-se nos fatores psicossociais positivos, nas virtudes e forças de caráter do ser humano, estas novas abordagens ambicionam uma melhor compreensão da psicopatologia, alterando o foco do tratamento dos...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
July 30, 2018
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was used as a pilot study that focused on young female adults in the age group of 18-22 years. Sample size of this study was 40 female college students. Out of which 20 were in experimental group and the other 20 as control group. Screening of the subjects was done using Demographic Questionnaire. The study will measure the effect of MBSR intervention...
JMIR Mental Health
July 29, 2018
Winnie W. S. Mak, Alan C. Y. Tong, Sindy Y. C. Yip et al.
135 citations
BACKGROUND: Mindfulness-based interventions, self-compassion training, and cognitive behavioral therapy have garnered much evidence in its salutary effects on mental health. With increasing application of smartphone and mobile technology on health promotion, this study investigated the efficacy and possible moderators of mindfulness, self-compassion, and cognitive behavioral psychoeducation...
Women’s Health Bulletin
July 28, 2018
Fatemeh Abbasi, Kajal Shariati, Fakhri Tajikzadeh
6 citations
Background: Social anxiety is a clinical pattern of self-protection social behaviors that coincides with severe anxiety regarding negative reactions such as critique, being ridiculed, miss-communication, or miss-behaviors against others. Objectives: This research investigated the effect of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on the reduction of...
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP
July 27, 2018
Somye Pouy, Fatemeh Attari Peikani, Hassan Nourmohammadi et al.
Cancer poses substantial challenges to both physical and mental health of patients. On the other hand, breast cancer is one of the most common cancers among Iranian women. Therefore, the present study was conducted to investigate the effect of mindfulness-based training on psychological status and quality of life (QoL) of patients with breast cancer living in Ilam, Iran. This quasi-experimental...
Journal of Anatomical Society of India
July 27, 2018
Surabhi Gautam, Bhavna V. Chawla, Shilpa Bisht et al.
13 citations
Introduction Sperm DNA damage is the major cause of defective sperm function. Poor social habits take a toll not only on reproductive health of parents but the resultant offspring too. Adopting a holistic integrated approach like mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR), a yoga based intervention have gained significant impetus in recent years. This study aimed to analyze how mere a simple...
INSAN Jurnal Psikologi dan Kesehatan Mental
July 26, 2018
Dian Kartika Amelia Arbi, Tri Kurniati Ambarini
8 citations
Tujuan dari intervensi ini adalah untuk menguji efektivitas terapi mindfulness-based body scan untuk mengurangi stres pada atlet bola basket wanita profesional. Intervensi ini menggunakan desain single subject design. Setiap partisipan intervensi berlatih 5 menit mindfulness breathing, 15 menit body scan, dan STOP sebagai teknik untuk menghadapi situasi stres. Pada setiap sesi terapi,...
International Journal of Psychology & Behavior Analysis
July 26, 2018
Daniel Neto
2 citations
The conclusions of the work published in PLoSOne: “Unwanted effects: Is there a negative side of meditation? A multicenter survey” should open a debate about the place of different practices in the health care system and future research. There are plenty of works being done, a lot of them with biased designs, showing benefits. This work shows a different point, about a poorly researched area...
July 26, 2018
Mariana Fernandes
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BMC Psychiatry
July 25, 2018
Nienke M. Siebelink, Susan Maria Bögels, Lisanne M. Boerboom et al.
29 citations
BACKGROUND: Self-control in childhood has been linked to long-term and cascading effects on health, academic, criminality, wealth and parenting outcomes. Hence it is important to target self-control deficits early in life. Self-control deficits are a hallmark of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Even after receiving care-as-usual (CAU) for ADHD, impaired self-control often...
Journal of Aesthetic Education
July 23, 2018
Hyunkyoung Shin
1 citation
Research Article| October 01 2018 The East Asian Literati Painting Theories of Sisŏhwa as a Contemplative Practice Hyunkyoung Shin Hyunkyoung Shin HyunKyoung Shin earned a PhD and an MED in art education, as well as an MFA in art from the University of Minnesota. She completed a DFA in Korean aesthetics from Busan University and holds a BFA in oriental painting from Seoul National University....
Mindfulness
July 21, 2018
Modi Alsubaie, Chris M Dickens, Barnaby D. Dunn et al.
29 citations
Depression co-occurs in 20 % of people with cardiovascular disorders, can persist for years, and predicts worse physical health outcomes. While psychosocial treatments have been shown to treat acute depression effectively in those with comorbid cardiovascular disorders, to date, there has been no evaluation of approaches aiming to prevent relapse and treat residual depression symptoms in this...
Neuropsychologia
July 21, 2018
Enrico Fucci, Oussama Abdoun, Anne Caclin et al.
58 citations
Non-dual meditation aims to undo maladaptive cognitive and affective patterns by recognizing their constructed and transient nature. We previously found high-amplitude spontaneous gamma (25-40 Hz) oscillatory activity during such practice. Nonetheless, it is unclear how this meditation state differs from other practices, in terms of perceptual information processing. Here, we hypothesized that...
Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research
July 19, 2018
Dorothy A. Sisk
Intellectually gifted students have emotional intensity and mental processing that is outside of the norm for their age group and they often manifest anxiety about school and have difficulties in peer interaction.This anxiety often results in migraine headaches and a feeling of being "out of sync" with both school and their peers.Programs focusing on building motivation, self-concept and...
Journal of Complementary and Integrative Medicine
July 19, 2018
Mathew P Varghese, Ragavendrasamy Balakrishnan, Subramanya Pailoor
Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus [T2DM] is one of the leading causes for mortality. This study examined the role of an self-awareness based guided meditation practice, Cyclic Meditation [CM] on perceived stress, anxiety, depression, sleep and quality of life in T2DM patients. Design A single arm pre-post design was used for the study. Setting The study was conducted in an auditorium for...
Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara
July 19, 2018
Oscar R. Gómez
Varios estudios clínicos muestran cómo los ejercicios de las tradiciones védicas, como el yoga, o budistas theravada o mahayana así como las prácticas tántricas tienen un impacto psicobiológico significativo. Este estudio busca el correlato neurofisiológico de las prácticas llamadas meditaciones tántricas y no-tántricas mediante una revisión sistemática cualitativa de los datos recolectados....
Revista Científica Arbitrada de la Fundación MenteClara
July 19, 2018
Oscar R. Gómez
Varios estudios clínicos muestran cómo las prácticas tántricas y los ejercicios de las tradiciones védicas -como el yoga- o budistas theravada o mahayana tienen un impacto psicobiológico significativo. Este estudio compara el correlato neurofisiológico de las prácticas llamadas meditaciones tántricas y no-tántricas mediante una revisión sistemática cualitativa de los datos recolectados. Se...