BMC Public Health
May 14, 2019
Diana Moesgen, Katharina Ise, Janina Dyba et al.
Abstract Background Children of substance-abusing parents are at a substantial risk of developing substance-use and other mental disorders. Children involved in substance abuse – not diagnosed with substance-use problems but integrated in psychiatric treatment or youth welfare services – constitute a particular high-risk group that is in need of substance use prevention. Emerging evidence...
Clínica y Salud
May 14, 2019
Barbara Horrillo Álvarez, Carolina Marín‐Martín, Manuel R. Abuín
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Beneficial effects of mindfulness meditation (MM) have been observed in many studies, with attention to and awareness of the present moment possibly representing an essential variable. However, adhering to the meditation regimes is poor at times. As such, the effects of MM training on attention and awareness were examined here, and whether the means of recording the practice of MM – using paper...
Global Psychiatry
May 13, 2019
Illaria Tercelli, Nuno Ferreira
Abstract: Objective: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most prevalent disorders in childhood, which may pose risks in later life such as academic underachievement and anti-social behaviour. It has been suggested that mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) may contribute to positive outcomes with child and adult populations. In this article, we aim to systematically...
Cureus
May 9, 2019
Ria Mehta, Kirti Sharma, Louis Potters et al.
Mindfulness is being used increasingly in various aspects of cancer management. Benefits of mindfulness practices are being observed to manage the adverse effects of treatment, symptoms from cancer progression, and the cost-effectiveness compared to conventional contemporary management strategies. In this review article, we present clinical trial data showing the benefits of mindfulness in...
PLoS One
May 9, 2019
Marco Schlosser, Terje Sparby, S. Vörös et al.
So far, the large and expanding body of research on meditation has mostly focussed on the putative benefits of meditation on health and well-being. However, a growing number of reports indicate that psychologically unpleasant experiences can occur in the context of meditation practice. Very little is known about the prevalence and potential causes of these experiences. The aim of this study was...
Frontiers in Psychology
May 8, 2019
Lauren B Shomaker, Bernadette Pivarunas, Shelly K. Annameier et al.
IntroductionTo explore if a brief mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) leads to sustained, improved clinical outcomes in adolescents at-risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D).MethodsParticipants were 12–17y girls with overweight/obesity, elevated depression symptoms, and T2D family history participating in a randomized, controlled pilot trial of a six-session MBI vs. cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)...
Trials
May 6, 2019
Alice Pressman, Heather Law, Robert Stahl et al.
Migraine is one of the most common neurological disorders in clinical practice and is a substantial cause of disability worldwide. Current approaches to therapy are primarily based on medication but are often limited by inadequate effectiveness and common side effects. Newer, more effective medications are expensive. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), an 8-week classroom-based...
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy
May 6, 2019
Emily Wharton, N. Kanas
Over the past several decades, there has been a proliferation of research on the use of mindfulness techniques that increase awareness of present-moment thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations in the treatment of anxiety disorders. The first study of one of these approaches, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), found significant decreases in anxiety, panic, and depressive symptoms...
Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology
May 6, 2019
Rasoul Heshmati, Monica Pellerone
The aim of this research was to investigate the relationship among dispositional mindfulness, self-destruction and self-criticism in academic performance of boy students. In a descriptive-correlation study, 205 high school students from schools of Ahar city were selected by cluster sampling method. The GPA, Freiburg mindfulness inventory, The Levels of Self-Criticism Scale and Depressive...
Scientific Reports
May 6, 2019
Ulrich Kirk, Giuseppe Pagnoni, Sébastien Hétu et al.
Abstract: Activity changes in dopaminergic neurons encode the ongoing discrepancy between expected and actual value of a stimulus, providing a teaching signal for a reward prediction process. Previous work comparing a cohort of long-term Zen meditators to controls demonstrated an attenuation of reward prediction signals to appetitive reward in the striatum. Using a cross-commodity design...