Published in Aging & mental health
Psychosocial and cognitive-behavioral dementia caregiver interventions are effective, yet accessing counselor/therapist-led programs can be costly and difficult. Face-to-face therapist-led Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is highly effective in dementia caregivers, as established by two different randomized control trials. The current study ...
Published in Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England)
Evidence shows small positive effects associated with psychological treatments for people with multiple sclerosis (PwMS). In a recent meta-analysis, the treatment with the largest effect size was a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI). We aimed to determine whether an Internet-delivered MBI was beneficial for PwMS. Furthermore, we aimed to investig...
Published in Family practice
Health coaching (HC) and mindfulness (MFN) are proven patient-centered interventions for mobilizing patients’ inner resources and changing the trajectories of many chronic physical and psychological conditions. However, though widely available in the private sector, they have been slow to find their way into public primary care in Canada. Since 201...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Hypnosis and meditation share phenomenological and neurophysiological features, and their comparison is a topic of growing interest in the scientific literature. In this article, we review a classification of these two kinds of non-ordinary states of consciousness, and discuss the studies that directly compare them. Some findings seem to suggest th...
Published in Frontiers in Public Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the mental health care needs of health care workers. The primary aim of this study was to explore the effects of an online mindfulness program on resiliency in health care workers during the pandemic using a mixed-methods approach. An online 4-week mindfulness program was delivered to healthcare workers (N = 13...
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
Background In the pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) disease, various factors, such as workplace factors, and psychological variables, can affect the occupational status of nurses. This study aimed to assess the relationship between nurses’ professional quality of life, mindfulness, and hardiness during the outbreak of COVID-19. Method...
Published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
Anxiety disorders are the most common type of psychiatric disorders among Western countries. Evidence-based treatment modalities including pharmacological and cognitive-behavioral therapy result in deficient treatment responses. Historical and recent research suggests psychedelic drugs may be efficacious in alleviating anxiety-related symptoms amon...
The aim of the article is to present connections between the issues of body and corporeality in contemporary culture, and reflection and practice of acoustic ecology. The concept of acoustic ecology developed by Raymond Murray Schafer (1933–2021), the theoretical framework for the article, refers to the significance of our contact with the body and...
Published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
Published in Frontiers in Psychology
To manage the undesirable effect of anxiety on students, a wide scope of research has been dedicated to determining the triggers of anxiety and pedagogical interferences that can assist students with mitigating anxiety. Mindfulness is a relaxation strategy that has been related to constructive impacts when utilized as a managing technique for stres...
