International Conference on Evolutionary Computation
September 18, 2018
Koen H. B. Damen, E. D. van der Spek
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is used in mental health therapy but requires effort by the patient. This paper describes a preliminary design exploration of Open-MindEd, a Virtual Reality (VR) application specifically designed to support starting with MBCT. In collaboration with a mental health institute, two prospective users from the target group gave longitudinal input for the...
Philosophical Psychology
September 18, 2018
Candace L. Upton, Michael Richard Brent
12 citations
While philosophers of mind have devoted abundant time and attention to questions of content and consciousness, philosophical questions about the nature and scope of mental action have been relatively neglected. Galen Strawson’s account of mental action, the most well developed extant account, holds that cognitive mental action consists in triggering the delivery of content to one’s field of...
BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
September 17, 2018
Catheleine M. G. van Driel, Geertruida H. de Bock, Maya J. Schroevers et al.
32 citations
OBJECTIVE: To assess the short- and long-term effects of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) on the resulting quality of life, sexual functioning, and sexual distress after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO). DESIGN: Randomised controlled trial. SETTING: A specialised family cancer clinic of the university medical center Groningen. POPULATION: Sixty-six women carriers of the...
Open Journal of Occupational Therapy
September 16, 2018
Kimberly S. Mollo, Bernardo A. Merizalde, Jennifer Lape
Background: Executive functions are higher order cognitive processes occurring in the frontal lobe that influence cognitive, emotional, and behavioral functions. Adolescents with executive functioning deficits are at risk for difficulties in all domains of occupational functioning. Parents of these adolescents often live in a persistent state of stress that leads to highly reactive exchanges...
Journal of Attention Disorders
September 15, 2018
Anna Ridderinkhof, Esther I. de Bruin, Sanne van den Driesschen et al.
52 citations
Objective: Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) show atypical attention. Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs), with self-regulation of attention as a basic component, could benefit these children. Method: We investigated how 49 children with ASD differed from 51 typically developing (TD) children in their attention systems; and whether their attention systems were improved by an MBP for...
Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
September 15, 2018
Abdollah Omidi, Sajedeh Hamidian
6 citations
Background: Comorbidity of anxiety and mood disorders is rather common, making the treatment of each disorder more difficult. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one of the anxiety disorders with a high degree of association with depression; PTSD-depression comorbidity can significantly affect the quality of life of the ones affected. Hence, using the best way to deal with each of these...
Clinical Nursing Research
September 14, 2018
Emine Yılmaz, Funda Kavak
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of mindfulness-based psychoeducation on internalized stigma in patients with schizophrenia. The patients were recruited from the community mental health centers. This quasiexperimental study was conducted using pretests and posttests with a control group. The participants were 69 patients with schizophrenia; 34 were part of the experimental...
The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
September 14, 2018
Marco Cavicchioli, Mariagrazia Movalli, Cesare Maffei
Background: Theoretical frameworks postulate that mindfulness represents a relevant therapeutic process in substance use disorders (SUDs), especially in treating difficulties with emotion regulation (DER). Nonetheless, it remains unclear how mindfulness dimensions, particularly self-regulation of attention and acceptance attitudes, are implicated in the well-validated relationship between DER...
Cephalalgia
September 13, 2018
Licia Grazzi, Alberto Raggi, Domenico D'Amico et al.
Aim: To address whether, in patients with chronic migraine and medication overuse headache, mindfulness-based treatment is associated with changes in plasma levels of catecholamines and elusive amines that are similar to those observed in patients undergoing pharmacological prophylaxis. Methods: In this non-randomized, clinic-based effectiveness study, patients aged 18-65, with a history of...
Journal of American College Health
September 13, 2018
J. Tubbs, J. Savage, A. Adkins et al.
Abstract Objective: To explore the relations between trauma exposure and anxiety and depression among college students, and to determine whether trait mindfulness may moderate these relations. Participants: Self-report survey data from 2,336 college sophomores were drawn from a larger university-wide study (“Spit for Science”). Methods: We constructed multiple linear regression models using...