Journal of Addictions Nursing
2016
Gisli K Kristofersson, Tom Beckers, Rick Krueger
Of the 1.4 million Americans who sustain traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) each year up to half experience substance use disorders (SUDs). This often leads to various issues such as increased rates of mental health problems and delay or lack of return to full employment. The purpose of this program evaluation was to describe Vinland National Center's (Vinland's) client and staff perceptions of a...
2016
Cameron M. Ford
1 citation
Mindfulness has been associated with several psychological benefits such as reduced symptoms of depression (Brown, Ryan, & Creswell, 2007). However, the mechanism(s) by which mindfulness reduces depressive symptoms is unclear. The present research investigated one potential mechanism: attentional negativity bias. In two studies utilizing eye-tracking methodology, gaze patterns served as...
BJPsych Advances
2016
Carlos Carona, Helena Moreira, Neuza Silva
3 citations
Summary Mindfulness is a meditation practice defined as a specific way of paying attention. It has been adapted from Buddhist traditions to Western secular use (e.g. in stress reduction, health promotion, treatment of psychological disorders). Despite its widespread application in adult populations, mindfulness remains a neglected topic in the psychological interventions designed for children...
Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH
2016
Tonny Elmose Andersen, Henrik Bjarke Vægter
Eradication of pain is seldom an option in chronic pain management. Hence, mindfulness meditation has become popular in pain management. This pilot study compared the effect of a 13-weeks cognitive behavioural therapy program with integrated mindfulness meditation (CBTm) in patients with chronic non-malignant pain with a control condition. It was hypothesised that the CBTm program would reduce...
Frontiers in Psychology
2016
Nirbhay N. Singh, Giulio E. Lancioni, Bryan T Karazsia et al.
Caregivers often manage the aggressive behavior of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities that reside in community group homes. Sometimes this results in adverse outcomes for both the caregivers and the care recipients. We provided a 7-day intensive Mindfulness-Based Positive Behavior Support (MBPBS) training to caregivers from community group homes and assessed the...
Frontiers in Psychology
2016
Ricardo Tarrasch, Zohar Berman, Naama Friedmann
This study explored the effects of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) intervention on reading, attention, and psychological well-being among people with developmental dyslexia and/or attention deficits. Various types of dyslexia exist, characterized by different error types. We examined a question that has not been tested so far: which types of errors (and dyslexias) are affected by...
Mindfulness
2016
James Fish, James Brimson, Siobhan Lynch
New cost-effective psychological interventions are needed to contribute to treatment options for psychiatric and physical health conditions. This systematic review aims to investigate the current literature on one potentially cost-effective form of mindfulness-based therapy, those delivered through technological platforms without any mindfulness facilitator input beyond the initial design of...
Frontiers in Psychology
2016
Maarten A. Immink
Following training, motor memory consolidation is thought to involve either memory stabilization or off-line learning processes. The extent to which memory stabilization or off-line learning relies on post-training wakeful periods or sleep is not clear and thus, novel research approaches are needed to further explore the conditions that promote motor memory consolidation. The present experiment...
Neuroscience of Consciousness
2016
Peter Lush, Peter L N Naish, Zoltan Dienes
In a famous series of experiments, Libet investigated the subjective timing of awareness of an intention to move, a task that can be considered a metacognitive judgement. The ability to strategically produce inaccurate metacognitions about intentions has been postulated to be central to the changes in judgements of agency common to all hypnotic responding. Therefore, differences in...
2016
K. Vashisht
The main objective of this study is to present a collective introduction to reason and signify about the generally accepted traditions of religion, philosophy or practices that are never explained in any religion or by any priest as most of themselves won’t be knowing it. The information includes of god and understanding its concept, meditation and methods of enhancing the human potential, both...