Eileen Douglas, Cass Dykeman
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Healthcare professionals play an important role in the delivery of high-quality patient care. The medical students of today are the physicians of tomorrow, although medical student training is notably challenging. Increased rates of suicidal ideation and self-reported distress during medical school training have been identified in the literature. Mindfulness-based interventions have been...
Sui Hsien Wong, Giuseppe Pontillo, Baris Kanber et al.
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Background: Visual Snow Syndrome (VSS) is a neurological disorder of functional network dysregulation, with no published treatment trials to date. We set out to assess the feasibility of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for visual symptoms (MBCT-vision) for VSS. Methods: A prospective open-label treatment trial. Primary Outcomes: self-rated symptom questionnaires (baseline vs week-9,...
Clara Strauss, Amy Arbon, Michael Barkham et al.
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Abstract Background Depression has serious personal, family and economic consequences. It is estimated that it will cost £12.15 billion to the economy each year in England by 2026. Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) is the National Health Service talking therapies service in England for adults experiencing anxiety or depression. Over 1 million people are referred to IAPT every...
Hiroe Hu, Harold D. Roth
While the effects of mindfulness practices on the self are not widely recognized, a reduction in self-centered or “self-referential” processing stands as one of the central therapeutic mechanisms of mindfulness-based psychotherapy. In this literature-based research, I compared two cultural variations of mindfulness-based psychotherapy: Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), developed...
Takuya Oka, Jun Watanabe, Yasushi Tsujimoto
We read the article by Ninomiya et al. with great interest and appreciate the author's efforts to analyze the effect of primary mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in patients with anxiety disorder in secondary-care settings, compared with a waiting-list group. However, we have concerns about baseline imbalance of depressive symptoms that may influence the conclusion of the trial....
Sunny H W Chan, Wendy W. K. Chan, June Y.W. Chao et al.
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Abstract Background: The goal of this study was to investigate treatment outcome and related intervention processes of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) versus health qigong-based cognitive therapy (HQCT) versus waitlist control (WC) among individuals with mood disorders.Methods: A total of 187 individuals with mood disorders were randomized and allocated into MBCT, HQCT, or WC groups....
Cecile A Lengacher, L. Forest Gruss, Kevin E Kip et al.
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ABSTRACT: MBSR(BC) is known to have a positive impact on psychological and physical symptoms among breast cancer survivors (BCS). However, the cognitive mechanisms of “how” MBSR(BC) works are unknown. The purpose of this study, as part of a larger R01 trial, was to test whether positive effects achieved from the MBSR(BC) program were mediated through changes in increased mindfulness, decreased...
Maya Sanilevici, Omer Reuveni, Shahar Lev-Ari et al.
UNSTRUCTURED: The COVID-19 pandemic imposed extreme living conditions of social distancing and stay-at-home orders, which not only triggered negative mental health problems, but also created challenges in seeking mental health support. Consequently, many support services and programs were forced to rapidly shift into online platforms. Mindfulness-based programs have been found to enhance...
Tugba Pehli̇van Saribudak, Remziye Semerci̇, Behice Belkıs Çalışkan et al.
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Jennifer M Jabson Tree, Joanne Gayle Patterson
BACKGROUND: In conservative and rural areas, where antidiscrimination laws do not exist, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people are at risk for excess stress arising from discrimination. Stress-reducing interventions delivered via innovative channels to overcome access barriers are needed. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of online mindfulness-based...