Appetite
December 10, 2010
Paul Lattimore, Naomi Fisher, Peter Malinowski
Two online surveys were conducted to assess the relationship between trait disinhibition, impulsivity, mindfulness and adverse psychological symptoms. In study 1 adult females (n=196; mean age=21 yrs) completed the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TEFQ-R21), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale and a measure of dispositional mindfulness. In study 2 adult females (n=190; mean age=26 yrs)...
Psychiatry Research
December 8, 2010
Cerebral blood flow changes associated with different meditation practices and perceived depth of meditation.
The Journal of Buddhist Thought and Culture
December 1, 2010
Seong-cheol Kim
It is well known that the Vijñānavāda-school has developed from the meditators called yogācā, who practised various kind of the meditations in the wilderness. In the Yogācārabhūmi, the main text-corpus of the Vijñānavāda-school, we can find the striking definition on the meditation, which shows the synthetical character of this school very clearly, that the meditation is characterized by the...
Psychotherapy
December 2010
Erica S N Tan, Mark A Yarhouse
With the increasing relevance of sexual minority concerns, including the process of navigating sexual and religious identities, clinical practice has focused on helping sexual minorities address methods of self-expression that are most congruent with the client's values. Sexual Identity Therapy (SIT), (Throckmorton & Yarhouse, 2006) has been developed to assist individuals who are seeking to...
Pediatrics in Review
December 1, 2010
Erica Ms Sibinga, Kathi J Kemper
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Maria is a 14-year-old Hispanic girl who has developed chronic headaches and appears to be mildly depressed. She has become irritable and gotten into two fights at school this year. Her aunt, who is raising her, does not want to start her on medication. The aunt has a friend who works as a nurse and recently started a mindfulness-based stress reduction program. Maria's aunt wants to know if she...
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors
December 1, 2010
Anne C. Fernandez, Mark D Wood, L A R Stein et al.
Mindfulness has been proposed as a useful adjunct to alcohol abuse treatment. However, very little research has examined the basic relationship between alcohol use and mindfulness. Inconsistency in definition and measurement of mindfulness across studies makes such research difficult to interpret and conduct. Therefore, the current research sought to validate an emerging mindfulness measure,...
Consciousness and Cognition
December 2010
Fred Travis, Jonathan Shear
This paper proposes a third meditation-category--automatic self-transcending--to extend the dichotomy of focused attention and open monitoring proposed by Lutz. Automatic self-transcending includes techniques designed to transcend their own activity. This contrasts with focused attention, which keeps attention focused on an object; and open monitoring, which keeps attention involved in the...
Archives of General Psychiatry
December 1, 2010
Z. Segal, Peter Bieling, T. Young et al.
Context Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) is a group-based psychosocial intervention designed to enhance self-management of prodromal symptoms associated with depressive relapse. Objective To compare rates of relapse in remitted depressed patients receiving MBCT against maintenance antidepressant pharmacotherapy, the current standard of care Design Patients who met remission criteria...
Clinical Psychology Review
December 1, 2010
Does mindfulness training improve cognitive abilities? A systematic review of neuropsychological findings.
Group
December 1, 2010
Adapting Ancient Wisdom for the Treatment of Depression: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Group Training.