PEC innovationDecember 15, 2024Justina Or, Amy M Anderson, Elizabeth A Golba3 citations
Given the importance of compassion and cultural humility in healthcare providers, the study aspired to investigate the effects of a brief mindfulness practice on compassion and cultural humility in health professions students. A quantitative, one-group pre-test/post-test study was conducted with 58 participants from undergraduate health profession education programs in the United States....
Research has demonstrated that meditation boosts people’s mental and physical wellness. Response to meditation is a subjective phenomenon. The EEG signal offers profound insight into the underlying alterations in brain activity in response to various meditative forms. This study aims to find out the effect of mediation on relaxation and the longevity of relaxation caused by meditation based on...
In this paper, I will explore the Tibetan Buddhist practice of dream yoga as a means of improving mental well-being through lucid dreaming. It discusses the psychological and spiritual benefits, including emotional regulation, reduced nightmares, enhanced creativity, and some difficulties with maintaining lucidity and cultural considerations involved. Key questions addressed include- ‘In what...
Research has shown that 20% of Czech teachers suffer with burnout symptoms and 65% are at risk of burning out, which suggests that it is essential to continue addressing the issue of stress in Czech teachers. The main objective of this study was to evaluate a self-compassion and mindfulness-based professional development program for primary school teachers in the Czech Republic. Five schools...
Using a combination of fMRI, EEG, and phenomenology ratings, we examined the neurophenomenology of advanced concentrative absorption meditation, namely jhanas (ACAM-J), in a practitioner with over 23,000 h of meditation practice. Our study shows that ACAM-J states induce reliable changes in conscious experience and that these experiences are related to neural activity. Using resting-state fMRI...
This paper explores the concept of enlightened joy and love as an aspect of a stable and enduring spiritual “high plateau” state, referred to here as “Living Transcendence,” which contrasts with transient mystical or spiritual “peak” experiences. Drawing from a phenomenological study of 32 “spiritual exemplars” from various traditions, the research identifies key characteristics of this state....
Pustaka KesehatanDecember 12, 2024Inke - Kusumastuti, I Wayan Westa, I Made Wedastra
Working as an addiction counselor involves specific challenges that might increase one's predisposition to suffering from psychopathology. Therefore, it is paramount for counselors to maintain holistic self-care and self-improvement. The mindfulness approach has good efficacy for improving the wellness of the clinical population, but data regarding its use for health workers, including...
Background and Objectives: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition worldwide. The limited effectiveness of current psychological and pharmacological treatments has motivated studies on meditation techniques. This study is a comprehensive, multiple-treatments meta-analysis comparing the effectiveness of different categories of meditation in treating PTSD. Methods and...
Engaging in silent witness within structured art and mindfulness practices allows for a variety of benefits. Silent witness involves the absence of verbal response—withholding commentary, including communications of judgement, criticism, or (mis)interpretation. Thus, it enables a liberating learning space for spontaneous self-inquiry and measured risk-taking. This conceptual article explores a...
To examine the effects of mindfulness on shame and the mechanisms mediated by cognitive flexibility and self-compassion in a Chinese adult population in daily life, we conducted two studies. Study 1 was a cross-sectional study using the Five-Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire, the Cognitive Flexibility Inventory, the Self-Compassion Scale, and the Self-Conscious Affect-3, which were administered...
Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder, characterized by progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons, leading to both motor and non-motor symptoms. Although dopaminergic therapy is the current goldstandard therapy in symptomatic management, it does not alter disease progression. Meditation, a complementary therapy, has shown promise in alleviating...
Mindfulness practices, such as breathing meditation (BM), reduce stress and enhance mood. One such practice is mindful eating, where a practitioner focuses on the five senses while eating or drinking. A novel set of prototypes has been developed, incorporating principles of mindful eating. These prototypes include matcha green tea and a mobile app that provides audio guidance for meditation...
Abstract This study examines the impact of adding and incorporating a meditation practice into a treatment plan for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for three adult patients at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). The cases involved included patients with persistent PTSD symptoms who had experienced limited improvement with standard therapies. Data from Electronic Health Records and...
Background The use of mindfulness in the treatment of anxiety and depression is becoming more and more widespread, but there are few reports that it has fundamentally changed patients’ sense of life. Case Presentation This report showed 9 year’s progress of treatment for Social Anxiety Disorder and Persistent Depressive Disorder in a 41-year-old female patient experiencing a long-term painful...
Virtual reality (VR) has been proposed as a technology to support mindfulness practice through promoting increased engagement and presence. The proposed benefits of this technology have been largely unexamined with clinical populations. Further research is required to understand its clinical potential and utility in improving and managing mental health symptoms. This study aims to investigate...
Objectives To assess self-esteem and mindfulness among undergraduate medical students with social anxiety disorder. Material and Methods Four hundred and six undergraduate medical students were assessed using the Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) and diagnosed using DSM-5 criteria. Self-esteem and mindfulness were assessed using the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) and Mindful Attention...
PLoS OneDecember 5, 2024Timothy Palmer, Kenza Kadri, Eric Fakra et al.5 citations
Much work has investigated beneficial effects of mindfulness-based meditation methods, but less work has investigated potential risks and differences across meditation methods. We addressed this in a large pre-registered online survey including 613 mediators where we correlated participants' experience with fifty meditation techniques to psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and mystical...
Mindfulness therapy, a psychological approach emphasizing awareness of the present experience without judgment, has gained attention as a potential intervention for improving the quality of life of patients with autoimmune diseases in Indonesia. With the increasing prevalence of autoimmune diseases and their associated physical and psychological symptoms, mindfulness therapy is highly relevant....
Psychedelics are hallucinogenic drugs that have the potential to treat depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and other psychiatric conditions. The dominant paradigm in contemporary psychedelic-assisted therapy is non-directive; that is, participants undergo the psychedelic treatment with minimal external guidance from therapists. However, the clinical outcomes of psychedelic therapy could...