Journal of Psychopharmacology
May 29, 2021
Pedro J. Teixeira, Matthew W. Johnson, Christopher Timmermann et al.
87 citations
Healthful behaviours such as maintaining a balanced diet, being physically active and refraining from smoking have major impacts on the risk of developing cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and other serious conditions. The burden of the so-called ‘lifestyle diseases’—in personal suffering, premature mortality and public health costs—is considerable. Consequently, interventions designed...
Healthcare
May 28, 2021
Han Choi, Suk-Chan Hahm, Yo-Han Jeon et al.
This study aimed to investigate the effects of mindfulness-based mandala coloring made within nature on individuals with chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain (CWP). Thirty-six participants were randomly allocated. In the experimental group, identical interventions and procedures were administered for each experiment. The control group members were untreated and remained in an urban...
Journal of Affective Disorders
May 28, 2021
P. Cernasov, E. Walsh, J. Kinard et al.
Background: The neural mechanisms associated with anhedonia treatment response are poorly understood. Additionally, no study has investigated changes in resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) accompanying psychosocial treatment for anhedonia. Methods: We evaluated a novel psychotherapy, Behavioral Activation Therapy for Anhedonia (BATA, n=38) relative to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive...
Issues in Mental Health Nursing
May 28, 2021
Ebru Başkaya, Safiye Özgüç, Derya Tanrıverdi
This study conducted a meta-analysis to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy in patients with an obsessive-compulsive disorder. A meta-analysis is able to evaluate scientifically evidence at the highest level. Studies conducted between 2008 and 2020 were accessed from PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Science Direct, and other databases for evaluation and possible...
BMJ Open
May 28, 2021
Florian Junne, Stephan Zipfel, Yesim Erim et al.
Introduction Although a high percentage of patients with cancer experience severe psychological distress, few of them receive psycho-oncological care, largely due to barriers on the side of patients and healthcare providers that pose great challenges to delivering such care. In response, low-threshold, self-guided eHealth interventions can enable patients with cancer to deal independently and...
BMJ Open
May 28, 2021
Florian Junne, Alexander Bäuerle, Martin Teufel et al.
Introduction The SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic poses immense challenges for national and international healthcare systems. Especially in times of social isolation and governmental restrictions, mental health should not be neglected. Innovative approaches are required to support psychologically burdened people. The e-mental health intervention ‘CoPE It’ has been developed to offer manualised...
Journal of Psychological Research
May 27, 2021
Athanasios Pappous, Warhel Asim Mohammed, Dinkar Sharma
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) has been extensively applied as a clinical intervention by researchers’ who have made on-the-spot decisions research as part of their practice. This research was provided via a knowledge transfer of 8 weeks of MBSR based on the original MBSR version. The main objective of this study was to offer a qualitative explorative insight into the perceived...
Explore
May 26, 2021
Elena Salmoirago-Blotcher
'Mindfulness' has become a mainstream component of American culture and a successful business worth more than 1 billion dollars. Born out of Buddhist contemplative traditions that reached the West in the mid-1960s, secular mindfulness programs have spread both geographically (to the US and Europe) and socially (to healthcare, academia, politics, the military, and finance). The diffusion of...
Jurnal Intervensi Psikologi
May 25, 2021
Diah Widiawati Retnoningtias, I Rai Hardika
Previous research has found that women with infertility feel sad, anxious, and stressed when undergoing medical interventions to have children. The purpose of this study was to see the effect of mindfulness based stress reduction(MBSR) in reducing infertility stress. This research was conducted with an experimental method. This study consisted of five (5) participants as the experiment group...
Social Science & Medicine (1967)
May 25, 2021
Fathima L Marikar Bawa, Jane Sutton, S. Mercer et al.
BACKGROUND AND PRIMARY AIM Chronic pain is a common problem that can impact on psychological and social wellbeing and activity levels. Despite pharmacological treatments, there is often a lack of improvement in physical and emotional functioning and health-related quality of life. Mindfulness meditation has become an increasingly popular self-management technique. The aim of the study was to...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
May 25, 2021
Laura Lozano Montes, Vandana Balakrishnan, S. Gopalakrishnan
Objective: We aimed to study the short-term effects of Integrated Amrita Meditation (IAM) technique in anxiety and depression states and to have a better understanding on the underlying physiological changes related to short-term and long-term IAM practice. Design: Short-term IAM practitioners (ST-IAM) and long-term IAM practitioners (LT-IAM) were compared to control groups of the same age and...
The British Journal of Psychiatry
May 25, 2021
Emily Ionson, Jayneel Limbachia, Soham Rej et al.
We, the Editors of BJPsych, have retracted the following article: Effects of Sahaj Samadhi meditation on heart rate variability and depressive symptoms in patients with late-life depression, Ionson, E., Limbachia, J., Rej, S., Puka, K., Newman, R. I., Wetmore, S., Burhan, A. M. and Vasudev, A, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2019), Cambridge University Press, 214(4), pp. 218–224. DOI:...
Behaviour Research and Therapy
May 25, 2021
Caitlin Hitchcock, Christina Haag, Alicia J. Smith et al.
preprint
The ability to retrieve specific, single-incident autobiographical memories has been consistently posited as a predictor of recurrent depression. Elucidating the role of autobiographical memory specificity in patient-response to depressive treatments may improve treatment efficacy and facilitate use of science-driven interventions. We used recent methodological advances in individual patient...
JMIR Formative Research
May 25, 2021
Aarathi Venkatesan, Holly Krymis, Jenny Scharff et al.
BackgroundAs the need for effective scalable interventions for mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and stress has grown, the digital delivery of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has gained interest as a promising intervention in this domain. ObjectiveThis study aims to evaluate the changes in perceived stress following a 10-week digital MBSR program that combined an...
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
May 24, 2021
Nienke M. Siebelink, Susan M. Bögels, Anne E. M. Speckens et al.
Background Family mindfulness‐based intervention (MBI) for child attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) targets child self‐control, parenting and parental mental health, but its effectiveness is still unclear. Methods MindChamp is a pre‐registered randomised controlled trial comparing an 8‐week family MBI (called ‘MYmind’) in addition to care‐as‐usual (CAU) (n = 55) with CAU‐only (n =...
BMC Psychology
May 22, 2021
Gurleen K Saini, Saud B Haseeb, Zhala Taghi-Zada et al.
Background: Meditation is defined as a mind and body practice focused on interactions between the brain, mind, body, and behaviour, containing four key elements: a quiet location with little distractions, a comfortable posture, a focus of attention, and an open attitude. We sought to review the benefits of meditation on the alleviation of loneliness. Methods: A scoping review was conducted...
arXiv Preprint Archive
May 22, 2021
Caglar Yildirim, Tara OGrady
preprint
Mindfulness can be defined as increased awareness of and sustained attentiveness to the present moment. Recently, there has been a growing interest in the applications of mindfulness for empirical research in wellbeing and the use of virtual reality (VR) environments and 3D interfaces as a conduit for mindfulness training. Accordingly, the current experiment investigated whether a brief...
Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications
May 21, 2021
P Upadhyay, S Narayanan, Tanvi Khera et al.
Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a significant stressor worldwide and reports of psychological distress, depression, sedentary lifestyles, and overall decreased wellbeing are increasing. Yoga practices have been found to improve mental and physical health. The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to compare Isha yoga practitioners to controls on perceived stress, resilience,...
ACM Transactions on Social Computing
May 21, 2021
Simo Järvelä, B. Cowley, M. Salminen et al.
In a novel experimental setting, we augmented a variation of traditional compassion meditation with our custom-built VR environment for multiple concurrent users. The presence of another user’s avatar in shared virtual space supports social interactions and provides an active target for evoked compassion. The system incorporates respiration and brainwave-based biofeedback to enable closed-loop...
Systematic Reviews
May 21, 2021
Nirodhi N Dasanayaka, Nirmala D. Sirisena, Nilakshi Samaranayake
Background: Meditation-based practices have been suggested to result in many biological benefits which include reduction of attrition of telomeres, the protective nucleotide-protein complexes at termini of eukaryotic chromosomes. This systematic review evaluated the effects of meditation on telomere length (TL) in healthy adults. Methods: Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and observational...