Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
September 2018
Hanne Verweij, Hiske Van Ravesteijn, Madelon L M Van Hooff et al.
In addition to developing diagnostic and clinical skills, postgraduate medical education should stimulate residents' professional development. Teaching medical professionalism is challenging and is often left largely to the informal and hidden curricula. An intervention that might be beneficial for medical residents is mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). The authors implemented MBSR as...
Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise
September 2018
Jacob D Meyer, Elisa Torres, Maggie L Grabow et al.
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and aerobic exercise training (AET) programs improve health and well-being. Exercise participation has been related to mindfulness and may be altered by MBSR training. This study aimed to compare 8 wk of MBSR, AET, and no-treatment control during the fall season on objectively measured physical activity in healthy adults. Participants (n = 66) wore an...
International Journal of Applied Research
September 1, 2018
Shubhdip Kaur
Background: Adolescents with histories of childhood maltreatment frequently experience severe impairments in interpersonal functioning, impacting their relationships with parents, peers, and educators, as well as their broader social perception. Objective: This study evaluated the therapeutic efficacy of Mindfulness training in enhancing interpersonal relationships among adolescents who...
International Journal of Indian Psychology
September 1, 2018
Divya Sinha, Hemalatha Ramachandran
1 citation
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) was used as a pilot study that focused on young female adults in the age group of 18-22 years. Sample size of this study was 40 female college students. Out of which 20 were in experimental group and the other 20 as control group. Screening of the subjects was done using Demographic Questionnaire. The study will measure the effect of MBSR intervention...
The Journal of AMD
September 1, 2018
Valentina Turra
The management of diabetes as a chronic disease requires constant care, adjustments of therapy and strong engagement of both the person with diabetes and the whole care team.However despite the educational and pedagogical efforts, the patient's adherence to the continuity of care, learning and conscious self-management of the illness, may remain open critical issues.The psycho-emotional...
Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
September 1, 2018
Jiayuan Zhang, Shida Qin, Yuqiu Zhou et al.
70 citations
Purpose: The incidence of subthreshold depression (StD) in adolescents is growing rapidly, which in turn is known to impair functioning and increase the risk of major depression. It is therefore important to provide effective intervention to prevent the transition from StD to major depression. As a traditional Chinese mind-body exercise, Tai Chi Chuan (TCC) may be an available selection....
Shenakht Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry
September 1, 2018
Maryam Ghorbani, Maryam Najafi, Sedigheh Rezaei Dehnavi
2 citations
Introduction:The neuroticism is persons tend to experience the negative emotions as anxiety, depression and anger and considered as a risk factor for a wide spectrum from affective disorders.Aim: The purpose of this study wase to determine the effectiveness of mindfulness based stress reduction on executive function, cognitive flexibility in women with neuroticism. Method:The method this...
Health Psychology
September 2018
Zachary W. Adams, John C Sieverdes, Brenda Brunner-Jackson et al.
Essential hypertension (EH) is the most common chronic disease in the United States and a major cause of morbidity and mortality. Lifestyle interventions (e.g., diet, exercise, stress management) to reduce blood pressure (BP) are often complex with varying effectiveness. Breathing awareness meditation (BAM) is a stress management strategy with encouraging effects on BP, though widespread...
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
September 1, 2018
Yan-Li Lin, C. P. Callahan, J. Moser
HIGHLIGHTSInternalizing disorders characterized by aberrant self‐referential processing and emotion dysregulation.Mindfulness training modulates self‐referential processing and reduces internalizing symptoms.Change in self‐referential processing may be key mechanism underlying therapeutic effects of mindfulness training. ABSTRACT The aim of the current review is to advance the hypothesis that...
Journal of Genetic Counseling
September 2018
Julia Silver, Colleen Caleshu, Sylvie Casson-Parkin et al.
Genetic counselors experience high rates of compassion fatigue and an elevated risk for burnout, both of which can negatively impact patient care and retention in the profession. In other healthcare professions, mindfulness training has been successfully used to address similar negative psychological sequelae and to bolster empathy, which is the foundation of our counseling work. We aimed to...