Substance Use & Misuse
April 21, 2017
Ryan C Shorey, Joanna Elmquist, Michael J. Gawrysiak et al.
Background: Substance use disorders are understood as a chronically relapsing condition that is difficult to treat. However, in recent years there have been promising developments in the treatment of substance use disorders, specifically with interventions based on mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy. Little research has examined whether these types of interventions may positively...
Apple Academic Press eBooks
April 21, 2017
Arvind K. Birdie, Kuldeep Kumar
276 The present workplace and world is blooming complicated and stressful day by day. The present chapter reviews the role of mindfulness in workplace. Mindfulness is gaining a growing popularity as a practice in daily life, apart from Buddhist insight meditation and its application in psychology. Not that long ago, meditation was seen widely as the preserve of hippies and saffron-clad monks,...
April 20, 2017
N. Wongtongkam, Branka Krivokapic‐Skoko, R. Duncan et al.
Abstract Workplace mindfulness is a recognised tool for enhancing health and well-being of university staff and may result in better task performance and satisfaction in the workplace. The study examined the beneficial effects of mindfulness meditation on job satisfaction, mindful awareness and anxiety levels in university personnel. Mixed methods with a quasi-experiment and in-depth interviews...
Eat, Sleep, Work
April 20, 2017
Craig Cameron Hicks
Background: Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and alcohol comorbidity is becoming a rising issue within the military veteran community highlighted by research indicating individuals diagnosed with PTSD are more likely to have a drinking problem [1]. The implementation of meditation as an alternative form of stress release was aimed at reducing PTSD symptomology and therefor reducing factors...
Mindfulness
April 19, 2017
Joshua Benjamin Kaplan, Aaron L Bergman, Michael Christopher et al.
First responders are exposed to critical incidents and chronic stressors that contribute to a higher prevalence of negative health outcomes compared to other occupations. Psychological resilience, a learnable process of positive adaptation to stress, has been identified as a protective factor against the negative impact of burnout. Mindfulness-Based Resilience Training (MBRT) is a preventive...
Journal of Behavioral Addictions
April 19, 2017
William van Gordon, Edo Shonin, Thomas J. Dunn et al.
144 citations
Background and aims Workaholism is a form of behavioral addiction that can lead to reduced life and job satisfaction, anxiety, depression, burnout, work-family conflict, and impaired productivity. Given the number of people affected, there is a need for more targeted workaholism treatments. Findings from previous case studies successfully utilizing second-generation mindfulness-based...
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
April 19, 2017
Tim Lomas, Joan Carles Medina, Itai Ivtzan et al.
231 citations
Work can be demanding, imposing challenges that can be detrimental to the physical and mental health of workers. Efforts are therefore underway to develop practices and initiatives that may improve occupational well-being. These include interventions based on mindfulness meditation. This paper offers a systematic review of empirical studies featuring analyses of mindfulness in occupational...
Neurology
April 18, 2017
D. Wheelwright, N. Dangayach, Stephen Griffiths et al.
Objective: We hypothesize that intra-ICU initiation of guided mindfulness meditation is feasible and will help prevent the development of anxiety and depression in good grade SAH patients. Background: Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) has a case fatality rate of about 20%. Of all SAH patients, 40% are “good grade” defined as Hunt-Hess 1–2 with normal mental status whereas 60% are poor...
Journal of Affective Disorders
April 15, 2017
Philip Spinhoven, Marloes J. Huijbers, Johan Ormel et al.
This study examined whether changes in mindfulness skills following Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) are predictive of long-term changes in personality traits. Using data from the MOMENT study, we included 278 participants with recurrent depression in remission allocated to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT). Mindfulness skills were measured with the FFMQ at baseline, after...
Journal of adolescence
April 14, 2017
Karen Bluth, Tory A. Eisenlohr‐Moul
As adolescence can be a stressful developmental stage, the purpose of this study was to determine if a novel mindful self-compassion program would decrease stress, depressive symptoms, and anxiety and increase resilience, gratitude, and curiosity/exploration (positive risk-taking), and to ascertain if mindfulness and self-compassion co-varied with these outcomes over time. Forty-seven...