Frontiers in Psychology
May 2, 2022
Edina Török, Szabolcs Kéri
11 citations
Individuals with high schizotypal traits are less able to observe, describe, and monitor inner feelings, thoughts, and experiences, commonly referred to as mindfulness and mentalization. High schizotypy is also associated with impaired working memory (WM). However, the relationship among mindfulness, mentalization, WM, and schizotypal traits is unknown. Three hundred individuals from the...
Psychological Reports
May 2, 2022
Thomas Mösler, Sandra Poppek, C. Leonhard et al.
Self-Practice/Self-Reflection (SP/SR) is an aspect of therapist training and professional development aimed at enhancing therapy skills, empathy, wellbeing, and resilience in the ultimate furtherance of client outcomes. For many decades, intensive SP/SR has been a required part of therapist training in many countries but relatively little is known about the effect of SP/SR. Studies have found...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
May 1, 2022
Ho-Jin Shin, Sung-Hyeon Kim, Hwi-young Cho et al.
Female caregivers of people with disabilities are burdened physically and mentally. To improve these symptoms, an intervention that is easy to apply and has fewer side effects, such as natural healing, has been proposed, but the effect of healing using marine resources is unclear until now. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of meditation accompanied with stabilization...
The FASEB Journal
May 1, 2022
Thomas Basala, Brigitte Morin, John Durocher
According to the CDC, most children and about 1 in 3 adults in the United States fail to reach their age group recommended quantity of sleep. Recently, non‐pharmacological sleep aids, such as meditation, have gained popularity. However, to our knowledge there is no research data that compares sleep metrics or psychological well‐being between those that meditate in the morning vs. in the...
Brain Science
May 1, 2022
Mikell Bursky, Dakota A. Egglefield, Sophie Schiff et al.
Depression is often associated with co-occurring neurocognitive deficits in executive function (EF), processing speed (PS) and emotion regulation (ER), which impact treatment response. Cognitive training targeting these capacities results in improved cognitive function and mood, demonstrating the relationship between cognition and affect, and shedding light on novel targets for...
Holistic Nursing Practice
May 1, 2022
Masoomeh Izadi, Fatemeh Ghaedi-Heidari, Tabandeh Sadeghi et al.
Mothers experience posttraumatic stress disorder with the birth of a premature neonate. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction on posttraumatic stress of mothers with premature neonates in Iran. Sixty mothers with premature neonates were selected by using convenience sampling and stratified random allocation. Mindfulness-based stress...
BJPsych international
May 1, 2022
Sivasubramoney Krishnan
This article describes the author's discovery of mindfulness and its method and describes the bias against mindfulness even at the beginning of the 21st century. The short essay also throws light on recent developments in mindfulness training and practice in the world and in the state of Kerala in South India.
Open heart
May 2022
Tarun Kumar Mittal, Emma Evans, Alison Pottle et al.
The study evaluated the feasibility of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) in patients with non-cardiac chest pain by assessing their willingness to participate and adhere to the programme, and for these data to help further refine the content of MBCT for chest pain. This prospective 2:1 randomised controlled trial compared the intervention of adapted MBCT as an addition to usual care...
Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
May 2022
Amanda J Shallcross, Zoe T Duberstein, Sarah H Sperber et al.
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is a promising intervention for reducing depressive symptoms in individuals with comorbid chronic disease, but the program's attendance demands make it inaccessible to many who might benefit. We tested the feasibility, acceptability, safety, and preliminary efficacy of an abbreviated, telephone-delivered adaptation of the in-person mindfulness-based...
JHEP reports : innovation in hepatology
May 2022
Leina S Alrabadi, Anne Dutton, Anahita Rabiee et al.
Psychological and life stressors may impact autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) disease activity and increase relapse risk. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is a validated course that reduces stress reactivity, and improves stress and emotion regulation. This single-arm exploratory pilot study of adult patients with AIH aimed to define the impact of an 8-week MBSR program on quality of life,...