Behavioral Science
March 1, 2025
Zhangyi Zhong, Hongyu Jiang, Hui-Lin Wang et al.
Physical and psychological distress frequently challenges athletes throughout their careers. The perception of pain and coping strategies are often crucial factors in achieving victory. These factors not only reflect their commitment to daily training, but can also indicate their level of athletic performance. This study is a cross-sectional research using convenience and snowball sampling...
Journal of Humanistic Psychology
March 1, 2025
Angelos Sofocleous
This article explores the temporal disturbances experienced in depression and the potential effectiveness of mindfulness-based interventions in addressing these disturbances. Drawing upon a Husserlian framework, this article examines the three temporal phases of experience: retention, primal impression, and protention. These phases constitute the temporal fusion that allows us to perceive an...
Mindfulness
March 1, 2025
Burçak Altay, Nicole Porter
Abstract In this paper, we offer a commentary on Oman’s article “Mindfulness for Global Public Health: Critical Analysis and Agenda” from the perspective of external environments, be they natural or built spaces. Utilizing the 14 domains of mindfulness and public health identified by Oman, we examine how spatio-environmental concerns are aligned, or have potential synergies with, these...
Mindfulness
March 1, 2025
Kevin Berryman
Abstract This commentary on “Mindfulness for global public health: Critical analysis and agenda” seeks to add to the discussion by considering, what are the moral or ethical implications of introducing mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) into public health? An open question should be asked: Do MBIs promote “moral health,” a type of mental well-being based on moral integrity? Currently, there...
Mindfulness
March 1, 2025
Anna Sutton
Abstract The interface of public health and mindfulness as presented in Oman’s review (Mindfulness for Global Public Health: Critical Analysis and Agenda) holds great promise and reveals fertile ground for future research and interdisciplinary exploration. Oman’s framework is supported by compelling arguments, offering a balanced critique of mindfulness that identifies genuine applications and...
Mindfulness
March 1, 2025
Doug Oman
Abstract This paper presents the Public Health Implementation of Meditation and Mindfulness (PHIOMM) framework and its conceptual groundwork, as part of responding to commentary on “Mindfulness for Global Public Health: Critical Analysis and Agenda,” this special issue’s target article. The present reply also responds to diverse issues raised by commentators about mindfulness interventions....
Journal of cystic fibrosis : official journal of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society
March 2025
Michael S Schechter, Andrea Molzhon, Robin S Everhart et al.
Despite high rates of anxiety and depression, research regarding the effect of psychological interventions on people with CF (pwCF) is limited. We evaluated the impact of UPLIFT (Using Practice and Learning to Increase Favorable Thoughts), a group telehealth intervention using mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral therapy (MBCT), on symptoms of anxiety and depression in pwCF. This multicenter...
Psychology Research and Behavior Management
March 1, 2025
Xiaoxiao Mei, Ranran Mei, Yan Li et al.
4 citations
Background: Postpartum depression affects many women after childbirth, impacting both maternal and child well-being. Psychological traits such as trait mindfulness, resilience, and self-efficacy have been linked to postpartum depression, but their interactions and collective influence are not well understood. Objective: The study aims to examine the associations between trait mindfulness,...
Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior
March 1, 2025
Karthik Sankar, Sandhiya Ramesh, Natarajan Shanmugasundaram et al.
This study aims to assess the effectiveness of low-dose Escitalopram (10 mg) or low-dose Desvenlafaxine (25 mg) combined with mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in addressing challenges in treating generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), particularly in patients resistant to conventional therapies. A prospective cohort study was conducted with individuals diagnosed with treatment-resistant...
International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews
March 1, 2025
Oluwatosin Esther Ajewumi
The increase in workplace mental health challenges stems from heightened work pressure and digital interruptions in recent years.The standard methods of mental healthcare, which include therapy and counselling, hold significant value, yet they lack the necessary capability to handle current workplace complexities.The research demonstrates that mindfulness techniques are effective as a workplace...
Musculoskeletal Care
March 1, 2025
Sharna Prasad, Olivia Coskey, Micah Wong et al.
ABSTRACTObjectivesThis study sought to quantify the impact of participation in an interactive class for patients with chronic pain called Movement, Mindfulness, and Pain Science (MMaPS), on physical function, pain catastrophizing, and quality of life.MethodsPatients with chronic pain of any type were enroled in an 8‐week course that implemented principles of safe movement, mindfulness, and...
Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
March 1, 2025
Noopur Anand Gawankar, Smita Pandey
The commonly used protocol for the treatment of panic disorder has been the application of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). With the advent of third-wave psychotherapies such as acceptance and commitment therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), which focuses on experiential acceptance, there have been variations in the treatment of panic...
Mindfulness
March 1, 2025
Doug Oman
Abstract Objective The modern mindfulness movement and the public health field are aligned in many approaches, including recognizing psychosocial stress impacts and physical-mental health linkages, valuing “upstream” preventive approaches, and seeking to integrate health promotion activities across multiple social sectors. Yet mindfulness is conspicuously absent from most global and public...
Neuropsychology, development, and cognition. Section B, Aging, neuropsychology and cognition
March 1, 2025
Florence Requier, Harriet Demnitz-King, Eric Frison et al.
Aging is associated with cognitive changes, even in the absence of brain pathology. This study aimed to determine if meditation training, by comparison to active and passive control groups, is linked to changes in the perception of cognitive functioning in older adults. One hundred thirty-four healthy older participants from the Age-Well Randomized Clinical Trial were included: 45 followed a...
Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality
March 1, 2025
Miriam Jessie Fisher
Abstract:The biblical concept of leaving the edges of the harvest for others in need frames an exploration of contemplative artmaking and community engagement. Artmakers are contemplative “sowers” who create gleaning spaces. Publicly offered, they invite strangers to moments of contemplation. An exemplar project, entitled Pocket Wisdom, demonstrates the concept in practice. This essay...
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
March 1, 2025
Lara M.c. Puhlmann, Pascal Vrtička, Roman Linz et al.
In this study, we investigated whether mindfulness- and meditation-based mental training that improves stress regulation can upregulate BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor), an important promoter of hippocampal neuroplasticity, and examined cortisol reduction as a mediating pathway. In a randomized clinical trial, 332 healthy adults were randomly assigned to one of the 3 training cohorts or...
Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science
March 1, 2025
Noga Aviad, Oz Moskovich, Ophir Orenstein et al.
There has been rapid growth of neuroelectrophysiological studies that aspire to uncover the "black box" of mindfulness and meditation. Reliance on traditional data analysis methods hinders understanding of the complex, nonlinear, multidimensional, and systemic nature of the functional neuroelectrophysiology of meditation states. Thus, to reveal the complex systemic neuroelectrophysiology of...
Journal of pineal research
March 1, 2025
Emanuele R G Plini, Michael C Melnychuk, Paul M Dockree
Growing evidence demonstrates that meditation practice supports cognitive functions, including attention and interoceptive processing, and is associated with structural changes across cortical networks, including prefrontal regions and the insula. However, the extent of subcortical morphometric changes linked to meditation practice is less appreciated. A noteworthy candidate is the pineal...
Mindfulness
March 1, 2025
Julieta Galante, Nicholas T. van Dam
6 citations
Abstract We offer an invited commentary on the article entitled “Mindfulness for Global Public Health: Critical Analysis and Agenda” by Doug Oman. First, we question his proposal that it would be advantageous to include a more diverse set of contemplative practices under the mindfulness umbrella term, and instead we argue for the opposite. We propose that academics move the term mindfulness...
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
March 1, 2025
Monika Pathania, Madhav Banjade, Meenakshi Khapre et al.
1 citation
Functional dyspepsia (FD) is one of the most common reasons for medical visits. Patients with FD incur large direct and indirect expenditures and may have significant financial burdens that affect quality of life. Our study aimed to assess the effectiveness of meditation as an adjuvant to the standard treatment in individuals diagnosed with FD. This will explore more cost-effective therapeutic...