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BioPsychoSocial Medicine August 12, 2010
Validation of a French version of the Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory - short version: relationships between mindfulness and stress in an adult population.
American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation August 10, 2010 Linda F. Brown, Louanne W. Davis, Valerie A. LaRocco et al. 55 citations
Mindfulness meditation training has been found to be helpful across a range of mental and physical health conditions. Research testing mindfulness-based interventions in the psychiatric rehabilitation context has been rare, however—possibly due to concerns about the potential for exacerbation of psychotic symptoms during meditation practice. Fifteen individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia...
Cambridge University Press eBooks August 5, 2010 Joanna Cook
In contemporary Thai Buddhism there is massive variation in the foci of Buddhist practice. While some monastic and lay organizations focus on ascetic discipline, others focus on ritual practices, social welfare projects or wealth creation. In Thailand modernist Buddhist movements have elaborated Buddhist responsibilities as both a social concern and a personal responsibility of purification....
Cambridge University Press eBooks August 5, 2010 J. W. Cook
The great principles of insight meditation are the four foundations of mindfulness. Lord Buddha claims that mindfulness is the only path to purification, freedom from suffering, and thus to nibbāna . This means there is no other practice to purify the mind, escape suffering and reach nibbāna besides the practice of the four foundations of mindfulness. (Phra Ajharn Yai, founder of Wat Bonamron)...
Psycho-Oncology August 4, 2010 Christina Shennan, Sheila Payne, Deborah Fenlon
Objective: The aim of this paper is to present and critically appraise the evidence for the use of mindfulness-based interventions in cancer care. Methods: Systematic review methods were used. A thorough search of relevant major and specialised electronic databases was made and unpublished and ongoing work was also identified. Both qualitative and quantitative studies were eligible for...
Journal of Pain August 2010 Sungkun Cho, Elaine M Heiby, Lance M. McCracken et al.
Mindfulness involves reducing potential influences from aversive cognitions, sensations, and emotions on behavior. Mindfulness may influence the experience of pain-related anxiety, and thereby enhance other aspects of physical and psychosocial functioning. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate a potential mediating role of pain-related anxiety between mindfulness and physical and...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine August 1, 2010
Introducing qigong meditation into residential addiction treatment: a pilot study where gender makes a difference.
Current Oncology August 2010 R H Matousek, P L Dobkin
A growing number of psychosocial interventions are being offered to cancer patients during and after their medical treatment. Here, we examined whether Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), a stress management course, helps women to cope better with stress and illness once their breast cancer treatment is completed. Our aim was to understand how MBSR may benefit those who participate in...
Perceptual and Motor Skills August 1, 2010 Svend Davanger, Øyvind Ellingsen, Are Holen et al.
Some of the most popular meditation practices emphasize a relaxed focus of attention in which thoughts, images, sensations, and emotions may emerge and pass freely without actively controlling or pursuing them. Several recent studies show that meditation activates frontal brain areas associated with attention focusing and physical relaxation. The objective of the present study was to assess...
Behavioral and Brain Functions July 29, 2010 Prashant Kaul, Jason Passafiume, Craig R Sargent et al.
A number of benefits from meditation have been claimed by those who practice various traditions, but few have been well tested in scientifically controlled studies. Among these claims are improved performance and decreased sleep need. Therefore, in these studies we assess whether meditation leads to an immediate performance improvement on a well validated psychomotor vigilance task (PVT), and...