Background Musculoskeletal pain (MSP) is associated with persistent pain, functional impairment, and altered neuromuscular control mechanisms. Mindfulness and motor imagery interventions may target central sensorimotor dysfunctions involved in pain persistence. This study evaluated the effects of a digital intervention combining mindfulness and guided motor imagery on pain and perceived...
The COVID-19 pandemic and associated disruptions adversely impacted physical and mental health. The shift to remote delivery of medical and psychological services provided opportunities to disseminate effective community interventions, unimpeded by needs for local in-person meetings. This study focuses on the responses of older adults to the virtual community Mindfulness-based Wellness Coaching...
Objective: The current study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on psychological acceptance and symptom reduction in individuals experiencing emotional breakdown.Methods: The population of this study included all individuals aged between 18 and 38 residing in Tehran during the years 2022-2023 who had experienced emotional breakdown in their...
Kesadaran merupakan pencapaian manusia tertinggi dalam rangka mencapai tujuan akhir dalam ajaran agama Hindu yang disebut moksa. Namun kesadaran tidak saja untuk mencapai akhir perjalan hidup manusia, justru kesadaran perlu dilatih selama manusia hidup di dunia. Salah satunya melalui refleksi yang dikutip dari Tattwa atau ajaran agama Hindu yang diambil dari sastra suci Wedha. Dalam Tattwa...
AIDS CareSeptember 20, 2026K Alexander, S B Carswell, R Woolworth et al.
As people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) live longer, they increasingly rely on informal caregivers. African American caregivers of PLWHA may face elevated risk for stress-related health problems from caregiving demands, HIV-related stigma, racial discrimination, and limited access to culturally responsive services. Mindfulness-based interventions can reduce caregiver stress, but in-person...
ABSTRACT Introduction Trial evidence in older adults with hypertension suggests that meditation may lower mortality, but this association has not been tested in a nationally representative study with linked-mortality data. This study estimated meditation–mortality associations among US adults, examined variation by family income, and synthesized trial and survey evidence for the population...
Existing time-series analysis methods—power spectral density, wavelet transforms, and stationarity metrics such as coefficient of variation (CV) and sample entropy—characterize signals through band power, peak location, or amplitude variability. These approaches do not quantify whether a signal contains two distinct oscillatory modes separated by a valley within a frequency band of interest. We...
Depression severity among patients with chronic or acute medical conditions is influenced by a complex interaction of baseline psychological state, demographic characteristics, clinical context, and engagement with behavioral interventions. This paper presents an interpretable machine-learning analysis of a multi-center longitudinal clinical cohort to predict Beck Depression Inventory-II...
BMC PsychologySeptember 19, 2026I Jónsdottir, Anna Kristín Þorsteinsdóttir, Jóhanna Kr. Steingrímsdóttir et al.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) has strong empirical support for preventing relapse in recurrent depression. This study aimed to evaluate whether adding MBCT as a follow-up intervention after an outpatient interdisciplinary rehabilitation programme benefits individuals with current moderate-to-severe depressive symptoms as well as those with minimal depressive symptoms at the start...
Given the substantial burden of global emotional distress and the proven efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs), identifying early mechanisms of MBIs is critical for optimizing treatment adherence and outcomes. This study employed behavioral measures to investigate experiential avoidance as an early mechanism in an online MBI. Eighty-one participants experiencing high emotional...