Yeungnam University journal of medicine
2019
Jungwon Lee, Chorong Park, Saeyoung Kim
Awareness during general anesthesia occurs in approximately 0.1-0.2% of cases; nevertheless, particular attention is required because it can lead to critical complications including insomnia, depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder. To prevent these complications, bispectral index (BIS) and end-tidal anesthetic gas (ETAG) concentration monitoring are commonly used to examine...
American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
2019
Wei-Chin Hwang, Courtney P Chan
Racism and race-related stress can negatively impact the mental health status of ethnic minorities. In recent years, college campuses have held demonstrations to promote awareness regarding racism and to call for resources to help improve campus climate and to address the needs of students of color. This study answers this call by developing and evaluating the benefits of a peer-led...
Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P
2019
Raquel Vilanova Araújo, Ana Fátima Carvalho Fernandes, Inez Sampaio Nery et al.
To evaluate the effect of meditation on the psychological stress level of women with breast cancer. A systematic literature review performed in the LILACS, PubMed, Scopus, CINAHL and Web of Science databases. The sample consisted of 22 studies using Mindfulness, Transcendental Meditation, and Contemplative Self-Healing Meditation techniques. There was a significant effect of meditation on...
Substance Use & Misuse
2019
Thomas Lyons, Veronica Y Womack, Wm Dustin Cantrell et al.
More than half of prisoners in the United States are estimated to suffer from a substance use disorder. Mindfulness involves attention to the present moment, and nonjudgmental acceptance of sensations, thoughts, and emotional states. Mindfulness-based relapse prevention (MBRP) following substance use disorder treatment has been shown to reduce substance use. We sought to adapt and test MBRP for...
Consciousness and Cognition
2019
Dominique Makowski, Marco Sperduti, Samantha Lavallée et al.
Emotional stimuli have been shown to automatically hijack attention, hindering the detection of forthcoming targets. Mindfulness is defined as a present moment non-judgemental attentional stance that can be cultivated by meditation practices, but that may present interindividual variability in the general population. The mechanisms underlying modification in emotional reactivity linked to...
Biologie aujourd'hui
2019
Rémi Corne, Raymond Mongeau
7 citations
Psychedelic drugs, often referred to as hallucinogens, are quite distinct from other classes of psychotropic drugs. Although the subjective and behavioral effects they induce are quite dramatic, they possess little addictive potential when compared to nicotine, alcohol or opiates. Since the discovery of ketamine antidepressant effects, there has been growing interest for these molecules....
Annual Review of Clinical Psychology
December 11, 2018
Joseph Wielgosz, Simon B. Goldberg, Tammi R. A. Kral et al.
441 citations
Mindfulness meditation is increasingly incorporated into mental health interventions, and theoretical concepts associated with it have influenced basic research on psychopathology. Here, we review the current understanding of mindfulness meditation through the lens of clinical neuroscience, outlining the core capacities targeted by mindfulness meditation and mapping them onto cognitive and...
Military behavioral health
November 29, 2018
Justin Havens, Jamie Hacker Hughes, F. McMaster et al.
Abstract Nightmares are a hallmark symptom of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), affecting an estimated 90% of trauma-exposed adults. This article reports on a pragmatic randomized control trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an enhanced treatment approach called Planned Dream Interventions (PDI) compared with a standard sleep hygiene intervention. Ninety-two U.K. Armed Forces veterans...
Medicines
November 2, 2018
Helané Wahbeh
Background: Older adults have fewer physiological reserves and are more likely to be affected by stress. Mindfulness meditation has the potential to be an effective treatment for depression, but little research has been conducted on older adults. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate depression symptom changes in older adults (55–80 years old) taking an Internet Mindfulness...
Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice
November 2018
Inger Burnett-Zeigler, Elizabeth M Waldron, Sunghyun Hong et al.
We evaluated the feasibility of using an activity monitor to support mindfulness practice, reduce self-reported stress and physiological indicators of stress. Adult women (N = 19) who previously participated in a mindfulness intervention wore an activity monitor for eight-weeks. The activity monitor notified them when they were stressed (based on standard deviation pulse pressure). Heart rate...