Intellectica. Revue de l'Association pour la Recherche Cognitive
2016
Mathieu Landry, Amir Raz
Alerte mentale : de la performance aux états modifiés de conscience et pratiques contemplatives. Pour certains chercheurs en science cognitive, la notion de vigilance renvoie au concept d’alerte mentale, c’est-à-dire, la capacité d’atteindre et de maintenir un niveau élevé d’attention pour compléter une tâche. Dans cet essai, nous explorons l’influence qu’exerce la vigilance sur la performance,...
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2016
Gioacchino Pagliaro, Paolo Pandolfi, Natalina Collina et al.
Tong Len meditation is an important therapeutic tool in the Tibetan medicine, and it can be used for self-healing and/or to heal others. Currently, in the West, there is no scientific study concerning the efficacy of a Tong Len distant healing effect on psychological disorders in cancer patients. To evaluate a distant healing effect of Tong Len meditation on stress, anxiety, depression,...
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2016
Bethann Mangel Pflugeisen, Dike Drummond, Drew Ebersole et al.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of implementing a video-module-based mindfulness pilot program intended to reduce stress, improve well-being, and develop mindfulness skills in physicians in a community hospital setting. Preliminary findings are presented. Using a single-sample, pre-post study design, we administered an eight-week mindfulness training offered as part of...
Teaching and Learning in Medicine
2016
Fiona Moir, Marcus Henning, Craig Hassed et al.
There is evidence that peer-support programs can improve mental health indices and help-seeking behavior among students in some secondary school and university settings and that mindfulness can improve mental health in medical students. Peer-led programs have not been formally assessed in a medical student population, where psychological issues exist and where it has been shown that students...
Holistic Nursing Practice
2016
Benjamard Thinhuatoey, Praneed Songwathana, Wongchan Petpichetchian
Because of the multifaceted process of weaning patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation, enhancing weaning success remains a challenge. The Care-Integrated Concentration Meditation Program was developed on the basis of Buddhist philosophy and implemented to determine its procedural feasibility. A qualitative case study with 3 participants was conducted, and the process and initial...
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2016
Seung‐ho Jang, Seung-Yeon Kang, Hye-Jin Lee et al.
Mindfulness-based art therapy (MBAT) induces emotional relaxation in cancer patients and is a treatment known to improve psychological stability. The objective of this research was to evaluate the treatment effects of MBAT for breast cancer patients. Overall, 24 breast cancer patients were selected as subjects of the study. Two groups, the MBAT group and control group with 12 patients each,...
UKnowledge
2016
Jessica D. King
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This qualitative study used the phenomenological method to examine how therapists use mindfulness therapies and interventions to address trauma-salient issues with their clients. Specifically, it explored therapists’ use of and choices about mindfulness-based treatments when addressing post-traumatic stress symptoms, and trauma-relevant emotion dysregulation and attachment injury. Informants...
Depression Research and Treatment
2016
Faeze Panahi, Mahbobeh Faramarzi
Objective. Little research has been done regarding the role of psychotherapy in the treatment of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS). The aim of this study was to examine the effect of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) on the PMS symptoms and depression and anxiety symptoms in women with PMS. Design. In a randomized controlled trial, a total of 60 students at Mazandaran University with mild to...
Research Bank
2016
James N. Donald
"Theories of mindfulness emphasise its role in enhancing self-regulation, including in the presence of negative emotion. However, most studies of mindfulness in social and clinical psychology have focused on its influence on affective outcomes such as stress, anxiety and well-being, rather than on outcomes relating to self-regulation. In this thesis I aim to address this gap by examining...
Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
2016
Stuart J. Eisendrath, Erin P Gillung, Kevin L. Delucchi et al.
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BACKGROUND: Due to the clinical challenges of treatment-resistant depression (TRD), we evaluated the efficacy of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) relative to a structurally equivalent active comparison condition as adjuncts to treatment-as-usual (TAU) pharmacotherapy in TRD. METHODS: This single-site, randomized controlled trial compared 8-week courses of MBCT and the Health...