Campbell Systematic Reviews
May 1, 2010
Michael De Vibe, Karianne Thune Hammerstrøm, Krystyna Kowalski et al.
5 citations
Psychological well-being is important for our health and our ability to function well in society. We will, however, all encounter challenging situations in the course of our life, whether it is bereavement, poverty, divorce or other life events that upset our balance. When such situations of psychological distress prevail over time, it may affect our health. The mechanism whereby psychological...
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
May 2010
Hye Myung Joo, Sung Jae Lee, Yong Gu Chung et al.
In this study, the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program was applied to patients presenting with depression and anxiety after surgery from spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and the effects were assessed. The subjects were patients admitted for cerebral aneurysm rupture and treated by means of surgery from March to December, 2007. More than 6 months had passed after surgery,...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
May 2010
Carolyn Y. Fang, Diane K. Reibel, Margaret L Longacre et al.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs have consistently been shown to enhance the psychosocial well-being of participants. Given the well-established association between psychosocial factors and immunologic functioning, it has been hypothesized that enhanced psychosocial well-being among MBSR participants would be associated with corresponding changes in markers of immune activity....
Oxford Guide to Low Intensity CBT Interventions
May 1, 2010
Mark A. Lau
Chapter 43 is concerned with preventing the recurrence of depression. This intervention coincides with the maintenance phase in the IOM spectrum of care. This chapter describes the use of a LI group program based on Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and provides the rationale behind MCBT, the session structure and content of an MCBT program, and the evidence of its effectiveness,...
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
May 1, 2010
Maria Engström, Birgitta Söderfeldt
66 citations
OBJECTIVES: B.L. is a Tibetan Buddhist with many years of compassion meditation practice. During meditation B.L. uses a technique to generate a feeling of love and compassion while reciting a mantra. The aim of the present study was to investigate the neural correlates of compassion meditation in 1 experienced meditator. METHODS: B.L. was examined by functional magnetic resonance imaging during...
Brain Research Bulletin
April 29, 2010
Antonietta Manna, Antonino Raffone, Mauro Gianni Perrucci et al.
Meditation refers to a family of complex emotional and attentional regulatory practices, which can be classified into two main styles - focused attention (FA) and open monitoring (OM) - involving different attentional, cognitive monitoring and awareness processes. In a functional magnetic resonance study we originally characterized and contrasted FA and OM meditation forms within the same...
Consciousness and Cognition
April 28, 2010
Holley S Hodgins, Kathryn C Adair
Visual attentional processing was examined in adult meditators and non-meditators on behavioral measures of change blindness, concentration, perspective-shifting, selective attention, and sustained inattentional blindness. Results showed that meditators (1) noticed more changes in flickering scenes and noticed them more quickly, (2) counted more accurately in a challenging concentration task,...
Mindfulness
April 26, 2010
Rebecca S. Crane, Willem Kuyken, Richard P. Hastings et al.
205 citations
Several randomised controlled trials suggest that mindfulness-based approaches are helpful in preventing depressive relapse and recurrence, and the UK Government's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has recommended these interventions for use in the National Health Service. There are good grounds to suggest that mindfulness-based approaches are also helpful with anxiety...
Behaviour Research and Therapy
April 18, 2010
The effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on recurrence of depressive episodes, mental health and quality of life: A randomized controlled study.
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
April 7, 2010
The long-term effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy as a relapse prevention treatment for major depressive disorder.