Objective: A systematic search and critical appraisal of interdisciplinary literature was conducted to evaluate the evidence for practicing mindfulness to treat job burnout and to explore implications for occupational therapy practitioners. Method: Eight articles met inclusion criteria. Each study was assessed for quality using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale. We used the U.S. Agency...
European PsychiatryMarch 1, 2016E. Silva, S. Simões, H. Espírito-Santo et al.
Introduction: Depression is one of the main causes of incapacity worldwide. Research has shown that mindfulness practice, self-compassion promotion, and spiritual well-being are beneficial for depressed individuals. Objective: Analyze the associations between compassion, mindfulness, and spiritual well-being, during and after a therapeutic intervention (concluded less than a year ago). Aims: To...
Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) is a transdiagnostic construct in various anxiety and depressive disorders. However, the relationship between IU and panic symptom severity is not yet fully understood. We examined the relationship between IU, panic, and depressive symptoms during mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in patients with panic disorder. We screened 83 patients with panic...
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) reduces depression, anxiety, and pain for people suffering from a variety of illnesses, and there is a growing need to understand the neurobiological networks implicated in self-reported psychological change as a result of training. Combining complementary and alternative treatments such as MBSR with other therapies is helpful; however, the time...
This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (MI-IBD). Treatment-as-usual control versus mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention. Sixty patients participated in either the MI-IBD (n = 33) or treatment-as-usual group (n = 27) conditions. The MI-IBD consisted of an 8-week...
It is challenging for individuals to maintain their attention on ongoing cognitive tasks without being distracted by task-unrelated thought. The wandering mind is thus a considerable obstacle when attention must be maintained over time. Mental training through meditation has been proposed as an effective method of attenuating the ebb and flow of attention to thoughts and feelings that distract...
Late-life depression affects 2–6% of seniors aged 60 years and above. Patients are increasingly embracing non-pharmacological therapies, many of which have not been scientifically evaluated. This study aimed to evaluate a category of meditation, automatic self-transcending meditation (ASTM), in alleviating symptoms of depression when augmenting treatment as usual (NCT02149810). The preliminary...
Las personas con el trastorno bipolar (TB) presentan déficits neurocognitivos que dificultan el manejo de síntomas afectivos, las relaciones interpersonales y la auto-regulación. La práctica de atención plena o mindfulness se encuentra asociada a mejorías en la regulación afectiva y en el funcionamiento neurocognitivo general, por lo cual se hipotetizó que un acercamiento basado en atención...
El programa Mindfulness-Based cognitive therapy (MBCT) nace de la integración de Mindfulness y la Terapia Cognitivo-Conductual para la depresión. Inicialmente concebido para prevenir recaídas en pacientes con depresiones recurrentes, su ámbito de aplicación ha evolucionado para impartirse a un rango mucho más amplio de personas y entornos. El primer objetivo de este artículo es proporcionar una...
Mindfulness meditation research mainly focuses on psychological outcomes such as behavioral, cognitive, and emotional functioning. However, the neuroscience literature on mindfulness meditation has grown in recent years. This paper provides an overview of relevant neuroscience and psychological research on the effects of mindfulness meditation. We propose a translational prevention framework of...