Frontiers in Psychology
2024
Garret Yount, Sitara Taddeo, Tadas Stumbrys et al.
1 citation
Salivary alpha-amylase (sAA) is considered a marker of autonomic nervous system activity in stress research, and atypical waking sAA responses have been reported for traumatized individuals. Lucid dreams, characterized by a dreamer's awareness of their dream state while remaining asleep, have shown promising preliminary evidence of their potential to enhance mental health. This study's...
Cureus
2024
Mahmoud T Hefnawy, Basma E Amer, Samar A Amer et al.
8 citations
Sleep paralysis (SP) is a mixed state of consciousness and sleep, combining features of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep with those of wakefulness. The exact cause of SP is unknown, and its prevalence varies among the studies. We aim to identify SP's global prevalence, the affected population's characteristics, and the SP's clinical picture. We searched three databases (PubMed, Scopus, and Web of...
European Journal of Psychotraumatology
2024
Jerome Herpers, Natalie Maximets, Noah N N van Dongen et al.
7 citations
Introduction: The positive results of MDMA from Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials in MDMA-assisted therapy (MDMA-AT) for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) call for a critical evaluation of its regulatory status within the European mental healthcare system. This is driven by the recent submission of MDMA-AT for FDA approval in the United States. Unless coordinated efforts in the...
LGBT health
2024
Ziad Saade, Brady D. Hanshaw, Alex S Keuroghlian
3 citations
Sexually and gender diverse (SGD) populations experience an increased prevalence and severity of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared with the general population. Minority stress theory contextualizes this increased disease burden by outlining how stigma and discrimination (e.g., homophobia and transphobia) contribute to worse mental health outcomes. The standard-of-care...
Journal of addiction psychiatry
2024
Gianni Martire, Daniel Sipple, David Baron et al.
341 citations
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) share overlapping neurobiological mechanisms particularly reward deficiency and stress-like anti-reward processes. And so, BPD may be reclassified as a "traumatic personality stress disorder" (TPSD) with ensuing common therapeutic strategies that may stabilize dopaminergic reward function such as...
Journal of Psychedelic Studies
December 14, 2023
Ann M. Inouye, Aaron Wolfgang, Lianne T. Philhower
1 citation
AbstractAssociated with high-risk behavior, borderline personality disorder (BPD) remains one of the field's most misunderstood, misdiagnosed, and stigmatized conditions. Individuals with BPD are frequently labeled as treatment-resistant patients. Furthermore, 25–58% of BPD individuals have a comorbid diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and BPD may be conceptualized as a...
Journal of Mood and Anxiety Disorders
December 1, 2023
Sierra Carter, Grace Packard, Callan Coghlan et al.
18 citations
The present study investigated differences in perceptions of psychedelic-assisted therapy between Black and White Americans, as well as factors that may influence these perceptions. A final sample of 294 adults (42% female, 44% Black/African American or Mixed Race (of Black/African ancestry), 56% White American; Mage = 36.3 years) completed an online survey which assessed baseline knowledge and...
Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
December 1, 2023
Guy W. Fincham, Amy Kartar, Malin V. Uthaug et al.
41 citations
High Ventilation Breathwork (HVB) refers to practices employing specific volitional manipulation of breathing, with a long history of use to relieve various forms of psychological distress. This paper seeks to offer a consolidative insight into potential clinical application of HVB as a treatment of psychiatric disorders. We thus review the characteristic phenomenological and neurophysiological...
European Psychiatry
November 17, 2023
C. Alvarez Garcia, L. Nocete Navarro, A. Sanz Giancola
Introduction Posttraumatic nightmares are one of the most frequent symptoms in posttraumatic stress disorder. Prevalence can be up to 96%. These nightmares evoke the experienced traumatic event, causing a negative impact. Besides, they are and independent risk for suicide. There are different pharmacological and non-pharmacological options for PTN, despite is no optimal treatment. Objectives To...
ACS Chemical Neuroscience
November 15, 2023
L Jacob Flameling, Jacob S. Aday, Michiel van Elk
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ARTICLES ASAPPREVViewpointNEXTExpectancy Effects Cannot Be Neglected in MDMA-Assisted Therapy ResearchL. Jacob FlamelingL. Jacob FlamelingInstitute of Psychology, Leiden University, Leiden 2333 AK, The NetherlandsMore by L. Jacob Flamelinghttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1425-1180, Jacob S. AdayJacob S. AdayDepartment of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,...