Trials
November 23, 2023
Grace Branjerdporn, Kerri Gillespie, Elizabeth Martin et al.
1 citation
Perinatal women are highly vulnerable to developing mental health issues and particularly susceptible to a recurrence of psychiatric illness. Poor mental health during the perinatal period can have long-term impacts on the physical and psychiatric health of both mother and child. A potentially useful strategy to improve women's mental health is through a mobile application teaching mindfulness,...
2023 IEEE Colombian Caribbean Conference
November 22, 2023
Alejandro Arias-Salazar, David Juárez-Varón, Mario Linares-Vásquez
Mindfulness meditation has shown promising results for students; however, meditations generated through text-to-speech (TTS) are not as prevalent. Determining whether technologically developed Mindfulness meditations can yield positive outcomes is vital. This article presents the results of a pilot study on the effects of TTS-generated guided meditation on university students. Twelve...
Cureus
November 22, 2023
Akshay Dubey, Parikshit A Muley
5 citations
Chronic pain is a complex and pervasive health issue that significantly impacts the lives of millions. Various cultures have been practicing meditation for thousands of years, and it has been shown that it has many positive effects on mental and physical health. The impact of meditation on chronic pain is encouraging as it will form the base for future advancements. Meditation can improve the...
2023 2nd International Conference on Ambient Intelligence in Health Care
November 17, 2023
Nahali Sen, I. S. Misra
Mental stress relief is crucial for leading a healthy human life. Meditation is regarded as a stimulus for relieving mental stress over a period. EEG signal provides a deep insight into the underlying changes in brain activities with different stimulation. In this work, effects of meditation on stress have been studied by analyzing frequency and non-linear features of EEG signals. For this...
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
November 17, 2023
Selen Atasoy, Anira Escrichs, Eloise Stark et al.
6 citations
preprint
ABSTRACT Meditation is an ancient practice that is shown to yield benefits for cognition, emotion regulation and human flourishing. In the last two decades, there has been a surge of interest in extracting the neural correlates of meditation, in particular of mindfulness meditation. Yet, these efforts have been mostly limited to the analysis of certain regions or networks of interest and a...
European Psychiatry
November 17, 2023
Kerem Böge, Inge Hahne, Niklas Bergmann et al.
Introduction The therapeutic effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) has been shown for various mental disorders. However, for schizophrenia spectrum disorders (SSD), only a few trials have been conducted, mostly in outpatient settings. Objectives This study aimed to investigate feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a four-week mindfulness-based group...
International Journal of Social Science and Human Research
November 17, 2023
Huong, Xuan Vu (PhD)
Major depressive disorder is a common and recurring condition that necessitates ongoing advancements in treatment. The integration of mindfulness meditation and cognitive behavioural techniques in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) has shown promise as an effective approach. This review focuses on the current evidence regarding MBCT's efficacy in treating acute depression and preventing...
Journal of Maternal and Child Health
November 16, 2023
Runjati Runjati, Mardiyono Mardiyono
Background: Untreated pregnancy anxiety can have a significant impact on the pregnancy and postpartum outcomes. Causing mental disorders during pregnancy has an increased risk and adverse effects on the mother and fetus. Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) can increase awareness about the function of thought patterns in daily activities and is able to control awareness of thoughts,...
The Indonesian Journal of Public Health
November 16, 2023
Setiyo Purwanto, Mahadir Ahmad, Zaini Said et al.
1 citation
Introduction: The prevalence of insomnia in Indonesia is still quite high around 10% to 38.5%. Mindfulness is one of the therapeutic models that can overcome the weaknesses of previous therapeutic for insomnia. Muslims need therapy that uses elements of Islam to feel the benefits. Aim: to develop mindfulness dhikr breathing therapy for insomnia. In this study, we assess the face validity,...
Psychological Reports
November 16, 2023
Akeesha Simmons, Marissa Ferry, Michael Christopher
6 citations
Racially minoritized adults lack equal representation in research and experience disparities in healthcare. Little is known about which trait-level factors may help mitigate negative and promote positive psychological health among adults from these communities. The aim of this study was to assess the differential impact of dispositional mindfulness, self-compassion, and resilience in predicting...
Psychological Reports
November 16, 2023
Grazia Mirabito, Paul Verhaeghen
8 citations
It is often assumed that changes in state mindfulness coupled with a decrease in intrusive thinking (e.g., rumination or worry) are the crucial ingredients in mindfulness interventions. We investigate this claim by examining within-person day-to-day changes and causal relationships among these changes in state measures of mindfulness, cognitive interference (a measure of intrusive thinking),...
Sichuan jingshen weisheng
November 15, 2023
Guo Qiong, Lei Jiang
ObjectiveTo analyze the effects of mindfulness-based childbirth on procedural fear， pain and pregnancy outcome in pregnant women， so as to provide references for clinical application of mindfulness-based childbirth.MethodsA total of 100 pregnant women in the Third Hospital of Mianyang from January 2018 to January 2019 were selected， and divided into experimental group and control group by...
Sichuan jingshen weisheng
November 15, 2023
Chen Yuting, Huang Ling, Li Wenjun et al.
BackgroundChronic obstructive pulmonary disease （COPD） is a common chronic respiratory disease， and patients with COPD often experience substantially emotional difficulties， such as anxiety and depression， all of which may cause serious detriment to the prognosis of patients. As a non-pharmacological intervention in clinical practice， group mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy （MBSR） is...
International Symposium of Chinese CHI
November 13, 2023
Xingyu Lai, Enbo Yu, Kai Chen et al.
In recent years, mental health regulation has gained attention. Approaches are generally external, involving professional treatment, or internal, focusing on self-regulation like meditation. Internal methods, particularly meditation, are effective for managing stress and improving well-being. However, meditation involves complex techniques and is often challenging for beginners to perform...
World Journal of Social Science
November 13, 2023
Lee Fergusson, Javier Ortiz Cabrejos, Anna Bonshek
More than 60 well-controlled empirical studies since 1974 have indicated there is a statistically observable causal link between the number of people who practice the Transcendental Meditation technique and the state of order, harmony and prosperity in a city, region, country or the world. Such a phenomenon is based on the level of brainwave coherence generated by the practice and the effect...
BMC Neuroscience
November 13, 2023
Oscar Perez-Diaz, Alfonso Barrós‐loscertales, Uffe Schjoedt et al.
Sahaja Yoga Meditation draws on many religious traditions and uses a variety of techniques including Christian prayer to reach a state known as thoughtless awareness, or mental silence. While there are many studies on the neural correlates of meditation, few studies have focused on the neural correlates of praying. Thus, the aim of our research was to study the neural activity associated with...
Translational Psychiatry
November 11, 2023
Wan Lin Yue, Kwun Kei Ng, Amelia Jialing Koh et al.
32 citations
Mindfulness-based interventions are showing increasing promise as a treatment for psychological disorders, with improvements in cognition and emotion regulation after intervention. Understanding the changes in functional brain activity and neural plasticity that underlie these benefits from mindfulness interventions is thus of interest in current neuroimaging research. Previous studies have...
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research
November 9, 2023
Pradeepa -
To determine the effect of mindfulness therapy to reduce stress among janitor workers.
Healthcare
November 8, 2023
Anna Wilson, Clare Mckeaveney, Claire Carswell et al.
5 citations
Kidney disease is a progressive, debilitating condition. Patients experience challenging physical and psychological symptoms and are at increased risk of anxiety, depression, and poor mental wellbeing. Access to specialist psychological or social support is limited, with inadequate provision of psychosocial support available across UK renal units. The COSMIC study (examining the acceptability...
Sports Health
November 7, 2023
Mindfulness for Young Athletes.