May 1, 2019
Erandi Hewawasam, L. Brennan, Lynne Giles et al.
BACKGROUND Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a common endocrine condition characterized by irregular periods and hyperandrogenism. Adolescents with PCOS have impaired quality of life (QOL) and increased psychological distress. Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a well-established self-management strategy that has been used to improve stress and well-being. A meta-analysis of TM trials has...
Neonatal Network
May 1, 2019
Rachel Joseph, Amelia Wellings, Grace Votta
Stress in parents who have an infant in the NICU is well documented in literature. Prematurity and related comorbid conditions, high-tech NICU environments, presence of multidisciplinary health care professionals, altered parenting roles, and concerns of health outcomes in the infant are common stress factors. Further, inadequate management of stress can result in poor parent–infant bonding,...
Journal of Nursing Education
May 1, 2019
Aysel Karaca, Nuriye Yıldırım Şişman
Background: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based stress reduction program applied to a sample of Turkish nursing students. Method: The study was designed as a randomized controlled trial. Program sessions of 90 to 95 minutes were given twice per week for 12 weeks. Data were collected using the Nursing Education Stress Scale, the Mindfulness Scale,...
Energy Psychology
May 1, 2019
Judith Pennington, Debbie Sabot, Dawson Church
Background Stress-reduction techniques can be used in combination with each other. Two such methods are Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and EcoMeditation. EFT is an evidence-based self-help method. Reviews and meta-analyses examining more than 100 studies demonstrate the efficacy of EFT for anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). EcoMeditation is a secular meditation...
Medicine
May 1, 2019
Seung-ho Lee, S. Hwang, Do‐hyung Kang et al.
Background: Hypertension and type 2 diabetes are chronic diseases, which generally require lifetime care. Meditation and yoga can be complementary to pharmacological therapies according to the scientific evidences so far. Brain education-based meditation (BEM) is a technique, which has been known to change brain structure, psychology, and physiology of healthy adult participants. This...
Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
May 1, 2019
Geraldine Wilson
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which mindfulness activities are currently being used in a Baltimore County Middle School. The study was used to determine if mindfulness interventions were being used and to what extend. The measurement tool was an observation sheet created by the observer. The observation sheet was used to collect data in relation to mindfulness...
European Neuropsychopharmacology
May 1, 2019
Reham Fahmy, Maha Wasfi, Rania Mamdouh et al.
Recently, mindfulness-based programs have shown promising clinical effects in the treatment of substance-use disorders (SUD). While several studies linked mindfulness to decreased default mode network (DMN) connectivity in meditators, only a few studies investigated its effects in patients with SUD. This study aimed to detect changes in DMN connectivity in opiate dependent patients receiving...
Clinical EEG and Neuroscience
May 1, 2019
Shirley Telles, Deepeshwar Singh, Kv Naveen et al.
Sympathetic activation is required for attention. Separate studies have shown that meditation ( a) improves attention and ( b) reduces sympathetic activity. The present study assessed attention with the P300 and sympathetic activity with heart rate variability (HRV). Forty-seven male subjects (group mean age ± SD, 21.6 ± 3.4 years) were assessed in 4 mental states: ( a) random thinking, ( b)...
Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
May 1, 2019
Amanda Cristina Mosini, Marcelo Saad, Camilla Casaletti Braghetta et al.
23 citations
The term meditation can be used in many different ways, according to the technique to which it refers. Transcendental Meditation (MT) is one of these techniques. TM could serve as a model for research on spiritual meditation, unlike the meditation techniques based on secular knowledge. The purpose of the present study is to conduct a bibliographic review to organize scientific evidence on the...
Psikohumaniora: Jurnal Penelitian Psikologi
April 30, 2019
Rini Junita Bakri Hasanudin, Ahmad Gimmy Prathama Siswandi, Nurul Wardhani
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) not only affects the physical condition but also impacts on psychological conditions, such as feeling down, embarrassed by appearance, feelings of worthlessness, anxiety, to despair which is the cause of decreased quality of life. In improving the quality of life requires a psychological intervention called Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). This study aims...
Psychological Thought
April 30, 2019
Bhavna P. Harne, Azra A. Tahseen, Anil S. Hiwale et al.
Meditation and yoga both have positive effects on physical, as well as mental health. Om mantra chanting, a simple and easy to practice, also comes under the aspect of meditation. The “Om” mantra is also considered as the very name of the absolute. Om meditation not only affects the various parts of the brain, such as pre-frontal cortex, vagus nerve, amygdala and others but also affects the...
International Journal of Medical and Biomedical Studies
April 29, 2019
Reddipogu Pavani, Akshay Berad
Meditation practices mainly change functions through autonomous nervous systems, which links brain and body. Meditation is a technique of yoga practiced in India over thousands of years. Long term yogic practices have shown improvement in cardiovascular functions.OM chanting meditation is a concentrative type of meditation involving focusing of attention on breath. The research was conducted...
Global Advances in Health and Medicine
April 29, 2019
Sheila Patel, Stephen Klagholz, Christine T Peterson et al.
Background: As individuals are increasingly attending health and wellness courses outside of the conventional medical system, there is a need to obtain objective data on the effects of those programs on well-being. Methods: In total, 154 men and women (mean age 54.7 years; range 25-83) participated in 3 different holistic wellness programs based on Ayurvedic Medicine principles (Seduction of...
Health Psychology Report
April 29, 2019
Sajjad Rezaei, Sedigheh Hassanzadeh
BackgroundAlthough the results obtained for mindfulness-based treatments are promising, there is limited information concerning the role of different dimensions of mindfulness in the undesirable outcomes related to chronic pain such as physical pain and catastrophizing, pain severity, kinesiophobia and disability. Therefore, the objective of this present research was to examine the relationship...
Mindfulness
April 29, 2019
Johannes Michalak, Catherine Crane, C. Germer et al.
ObjectivesMindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) like mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) teach mindfulness in a group-based format. Empirical research has shown that many therapists working in individual therapy integrate mindfulness practices (e.g., body scan, sitting meditation) into their treatments. However, research on this topic is in...
Pilot and Feasibility Studies
April 27, 2019
Christopher Nyi Nyi Bu, Elizabeth Cotzias, Maria Panagioti
Background: Mindfulness has been shown to reduce stress and burnout in medical students and healthcare professionals. This is a quality improvement study which assessed the feasibility of conducting a full-scale evaluation of a mindfulness intervention among UK foundation doctors to reduce stress and burnout. Methods: This is an uncontrolled before and after study taking place in a single...
College Teaching
April 25, 2019
Michael F. S. Baranski, Christopher A. Was
Abstract Mindfulness meditation involves focusing one's attention on the present moment in a non-judgmental way. Several recently published investigations have demonstrated that a brief session of mindfulness meditation, practiced before a higher-education course lecture, can improve performance on a quiz over lecture content given immediately following the lecture. It is less clear how...
Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy
April 25, 2019
Harrison Blum, C. Rutt, Carol C Nash et al.
This study presents the impact of chaplain-provided mindfulness meditation (MM) groups on state-anxiety in adolescent inpatients on an acute psychiatric unit, an understudied topic that warrants further research given that anxiety is a demonstrated predictor of suicide attempts in adolescents and the elevated suicide risk of this population. A total of 53 adolescent patients, age 13–19,...
Frontiers in Psychiatry
April 24, 2019
J. Breedvelt, Yagmur Amanvermez, Mathias Harrer et al.
Background: Meditation, yoga, and mindfulness are popular interventions at universities and tertiary education institutes to improve mental health. However, the effects on depression, anxiety, and stress are unclear. This study assessed the effectiveness of meditation, yoga, and mindfulness on symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress in tertiary education students. Methods: We searched...
Meluzyna: dawna literatura i kultura
April 23, 2019
Alicja Bielak
Marcin Hińcza (1592–1668) was a Jesuit priest and writer, author of five devotional books. He was interested in visual arts and their utility in enlisting the believers during the Counter-Reformation combat with the protestants. The first part of the article presents emblem books of Hińcza (Plęsy Anjołów and Chwała z Krzyża) as an example of the Jesuit literary current of emblemata sacra i.e....