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July 1, 2013 Don Seeman
Reasons for the commandments or ta’ame ha-mitsvot are among the most controversial aspects of Moses Maimonides’ expansive literary corpus. This article does not consider the specific content of Maimonides’ reasons for the commandments, but focuses instead on the structural importance of this theme to his broader oeuvre. In Sefer ha-mitsvot, Maimonides argues that reflection upon the divine...
Military Medicine July 1, 2013 Vernon A Barnes, John L Rigg, Jennifer J Williams
Active duty U.S. Army Service Members previously diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were selected from review of patient records in the Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic at the Department of Defense Eisenhower Army Medical Center at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia. Patients agreed to practice the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique for 20 minutes twice a day for the duration...
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities July 1, 2013 Cameron L. Neece 303 citations
BACKGROUND: Parents of children with developmental delays (DD) typically report elevated levels of parental stress compared with parents of typically developing children. Children with DD are also at high risk for exhibiting significant behaviour problems. Parental stress has been shown to impact the development of these behaviour problems; however, it is rarely addressed in interventions aimed...
Journal of American College Health June 24, 2013 Dessa Bergen-Cico, Kyle Possemato, Sanghyeon Cheon 172 citations
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of the study was to examine potential psychological health benefits of participating in a brief (5-week) mindfulness-based stress reduction (brief MBSR) program integrated into an academic course. PARTICIPANTS: Participants were 119 undergraduate students (treatment: n = 72; control: n = 47) enrolled in elective academic courses on addictive behaviors, between January...
Psychosomatic Medicine June 20, 2013 Viola Vaccarino, Kofi A Kondwani, Mary E Kelley et al.
Objectives: Psychological stress may play a role in metabolic syndrome. A consequence of metabolic syndrome is endothelial dysfunction, which is also influenced by psychological stress. We sought to compare the effect of consciously resting meditation (CRM), a sound based meditation, with a control intervention of health education (HE) on endothelial function in the setting of metabolic...
Journal of Affective Disorders June 20, 2013 Victoria L Ives-Deliperi, Fleur M Howells, Dan J Stein et al.
Background: Preliminary research findings have shown that mindfulness-based cognitive therapy improves anxiety and depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder. In this study, we further investigated the effects of MBCT in bipolar disorder, in a controlled fMRI study. Method: Twenty three patients with bipolar disorder underwent neuropsychological testing and functional MRI. Sixteen of these...
Alternative and Complementary Therapies June 1, 2013 Terry Kit Selfe, Kim E Innes
The aim of this study was to investigate changes in knee pain, function, and related indices in older adults with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, following an 8-week meditation program. Eleven community-dwelling adults with physician- confirmed knee OA were enrolled in the study. Core outcomes included recommended measures of knee pain (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis...
Complementary Therapies in Medicine June 1, 2013 Surbhi Khanna, Jeffrey M Greeson 250 citations
This paper reviews the philosophical origins, current scientific evidence, and clinical promise of yoga and mindfulness as complementary therapies for addiction. Historically, there are eight elements of yoga that, together, comprise ethical principles and practices for living a meaningful, purposeful, moral and self-disciplined life. Traditional yoga practices, including postures and...
PLoS One May 22, 2013 Adrienne A. Taren, J. David Creswell, Peter J. Gianaros 127 citations
Mindfulness, a psychological process reflecting attention and awareness to what is happening in the present moment, has been associated with increased well-being and decreased depression and anxiety in both healthy and patient populations. However, little research has explored underlying neural pathways. Recent work suggests that mindfulness (and mindfulness training interventions) may foster...
Neural Plasticity May 22, 2013 Michael R. Hagerty, Julian Isaacs, Leigh Brasington et al.
We report the first neural recording during ecstatic meditations called jhanas and test whether a brain reward system plays a role in the joy reported. Jhanas are Altered States of Consciousness (ASC) that imply major brain changes based on subjective reports: (1) external awareness dims, (2) internal verbalizations fade, (3) the sense of personal boundaries is altered, (4) attention is highly...