Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Jan Moritz Fischer, Farid-Ihab Kandil, Christian S. Kessler, Lucas Nayeri, Laura Sophie Zager, Theresa Rocabado Hennhoefer, Nico Steckhan, Daniela A. Koppold-Liebscher, Holger C. Bringmann, Thomas Schaefer, Andreas Michalsen, Michael Jeitler
Summary: This study investigates the effects of integrative yoga, Iyengar yoga, and mindfulness training on stress reduction. The results indicate that all three interventions are equally effective in reducing stress, and the choice of method should be based on availability and patient preference.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Marouane Nassim, Haley Park, Elena Dikaios, Angela Potes, Sasha Elbaz, Clare Mc Veigh, Mark Lipman, Marta Novak, Emilie Trinh, Ahsan Alam, Rita S. Suri, Zoe Thomas, Susana Torres-Platas, Akshya Vasudev, Neeti Sasi, Maryse Gautier, Istvan Mucsi, Helen Noble, Soham Rej
Summary: In patients undergoing dialysis, both a brief mindfulness intervention and a health enhancement program may help alleviate symptoms of depression, with mindfulness intervention potentially being more effective in reducing anxiety symptoms. Further evaluation of mindfulness-based and other psychosocial interventions is warranted for this patient population.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Karin Cinalioglu, Paola Lavin, Magnus Bein, Myriam Lesage, Johanna Gruber, Jade Se, Syeda Bukhari, Neeti Sasi, Helen Noble, Marie Andree-Bruneau, Cyrille Launay, Justin Sanders, Serge Gauthier, Pedro Rosa, Michael Lifshitz, Bruno J. Battistini, Olivier Beauchet, Bassam Khoury, Stephane Bouchard, Pascal Fallavollita, Ipsit Vahia, Soham Rej, Harmehr Sekhon
Summary: This randomized controlled trial aims to assess the effect of VR-guided meditation intervention on stress and mental health in community-dwelling older adults. The study will recruit 30 participants aged ≥60 years with moderate stress and randomize them into intervention or control group. The results will evaluate participants' stress, anxiety, depression, sleep quality, quality of life, and mindfulness skills. The findings will contribute to the assessment of VR-guided meditation as a feasible, acceptable, safe, and cost-effective alternative intervention for improving mental health in older adults.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yuzheng Wang, Luchuan Xiao, Wenxiao Gong, Yahong Chen, Xiaoxiao Lin, Yabin Sun, Ning Wang, Jinyan Wang, Fei Luo
Summary: Mindfulness training can improve attentional blink, especially emphasizing the importance of mindful non-reactivity in reducing attentional blink.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Cherie L. La Rocque, Raegan Mazurka, Troy J. R. Stuckless, Kyra Pyke, Kate L. Harkness
Summary: The study compared the efficacy of Bikram yoga, aerobic exercise, and a waitlist for depression, finding significantly higher response rates in both the Bikram yoga and aerobic exercise conditions compared to the waitlist. Results suggest that reductions in rumination played a mediating role in the antidepressant effects of both active treatments.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2021)
Article
Immunology
Emily K. Lindsay, J. David Creswell, Harrison J. Stern, Carol M. Greco, Thomas D. Walko, Janine M. Dutcher, Aidan G. C. Wright, Kirk Warren Brown, Anna L. Marsland
Summary: This study found that mindfulness training may enhance innate immunocompetence among lonely older adults. Given that immunocompetence tends to decline with age, mindfulness training may help counteract the effects of aging and psychosocial stress on infection risk and recovery from injury.
BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Kevin M. Riordan, Donal G. MacCoon, Bruce Barrett, Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Dekila Chungyalpa, Sin U. Lam, Richard J. Davidson, Simon B. Goldberg
Summary: Meditation training may have a positive impact on pro-environmental behavior and related variables, but the research on this topic is limited. Long-term meditators showed greater environmental attitudes, but not more pro-environmental behavior or sustainable well-being. Short-term meditation training did not significantly improve the target variables compared to the control groups. However, random assignment to either meditation or active control predicted increases in pro-environmental behavior and sustainable well-being compared to the waitlist.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Esther E. E. Estey, Chelsea Roff, Michael B. Kozlowski, Stephanie Rovig, Wendy M. Guyker, Catherine P. Cook-Cottone
Summary: This study demonstrates that yoga can be an effective intervention for preventing and recovering from eating disorders. By reducing symptoms and cultivating mindfulness skills, yoga can enhance the sense of well-being. The yoga-based program called Eat Breathe Thrive has been shown to be efficacious and feasible in practice.
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Stacey Hatch, Marcia Finlayson, Soham Rej, Dorothy Kessler
Summary: This study aimed to determine the feasibility of video-delivered group EFMT for older adults living in community settings, and demonstrated its significant efficacy in improving late-life anxiety. The results showed good recruitment, retention, and adherence rates.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Stephanie Dorais, Daniel Gutierrez
Summary: Mental health concerns are rising on college campuses, with universities struggling to meet the overwhelming demand for counseling services. Online interventions, such as mindfulness meditation, have shown significant positive effects on stress and trait mindfulness in college students, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study provides valuable empirical evidence for the effectiveness of online mindfulness interventions in improving mental well-being among college students.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Seok-In Yoon, Seung-Il Lee, Hyo-Weon Suh, Sun-Yong Chung, Jong Woo Kim
Summary: This study aims to evaluate the impact of mobile mindfulness training (MMT) on employee's perceived stress, subjective well-being, and Mibyeong. The results showed that MMT significantly improved subjective well-being and Mibyeong, and this improvement lasted for at least 4 weeks.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Louise Devillers-Reolon, Nicolas Mascret, Rita Sleimen-Malkoun
Summary: The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have affected the mental and cognitive health of university students. A brief online mindfulness meditation intervention has shown to reduce psychological distress and improve well-being, but it does not have a significant impact on attentional abilities.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Rebecca L. Acabchuk, Mareyna A. Simon, Spencer Low, Julie M. Brisson, Blair T. Johnson
Summary: The study found that both groups of meditators significantly reduced distress and increased mindfulness scores following the intervention with Muse device, but EEG outcome measures provided by the Muse app did not show improvements. Participants reported high levels of satisfaction with the meditation devices, with 84% in the app group and 74% in the Muse group.
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Deanna M. Kaplan, Matthias R. Mehl, Thaddeus W. W. Pace, Lobsang Tenzin Negi, Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Brooke D. Lavelle, Teri Sivilli, Allison Williams, Tom Comstock, Bryan Price, Vicente Medrano, Megan L. Robbins, Steven P. Cole, W. Edward Craighead, Charles L. Raison
Summary: This study rigorously tested the effectiveness of meditation interventions and found that neither mindfulness meditation nor compassion meditation had reliable impacts on participants' psychological experience, biological stress reactivity, or daily behaviors. Baseline distress and intervention engagement did not significantly moderate the effects.
Article
Neurosciences
Pauline Favre, Philipp Kanske, Haakon Engen, Tania Singer
Summary: Meditation-based mental training interventions have shown benefits for physical and mental health, but different types of mental practices have varying effects on emotion processing. In the ReSource project, socio-affective skills training was found to be specifically effective in improving emotion regulation capabilities when facing adversity.
Article
Anesthesiology
Lisa Leffert, Alexander Butwick, Brendan Carvalho, Katherine Arendt, Shannon M. Bates, Alex Friedman, Terese Horlocker, Timothy Houle, Ruth Landau
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
(2018)
Article
Anesthesiology
Julia M. Rosenbloom, Sara M. Burns, Eugene Kim, David A. August, Vilma E. Ortiz, Timothy T. Houle
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
(2019)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Oluwaseun Akeju, Lauren E. Hobbs, Lei Gao, Sara M. Burns, Kara J. Pavone, George S. Plummer, Elisa C. Walsh, Tim T. Houle, Seong-Eun Kim, Matt T. Bianchi, Jeffrey M. Ellenbogen, Emery N. Brown
CLINICAL NEUROPHYSIOLOGY
(2018)
Review
Clinical Neurology
Dana P. Turner, Adriana D. Lebowitz, Ivana Chtay, Timothy T. Houle
CURRENT PAIN AND HEADACHE REPORTS
(2018)
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Pauline Yeung Ng, Timothy T. Houle, Matthias Eikermann
JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
(2018)
Article
Anesthesiology
Jessica L. Booth, Emily E. Sharpe, Timothy T. Houle, Lynnette Harris, Regina S. Curry, Carol A. Aschenbrenner, James C. Eisenach
Letter
Anesthesiology
Julia M. Rosenbloom, Sara M. Burns, Timothy T. Houle
ANESTHESIA AND ANALGESIA
(2019)
Letter
Anesthesiology
M. I. Rudolph, T. T. Houle, M. Eikermann
Editorial Material
Clinical Neurology
Timothy T. Houle, Dana P. Turner
Editorial Material
Clinical Neurology
Dana P. Turner, Timothy T. Houle
Editorial Material
Clinical Neurology
Dana P. Turner, Timothy T. Houle
Meeting Abstract
Clinical Neurology
D. Turner, T. Houle
Editorial Material
Clinical Neurology
Dana P. Turner, Timothy T. Houle
Article
Clinical Neurology
Dana P. Turner, Timothy T. Houle
Review
Clinical Neurology
A. Brooke Walters Pellegrino, Rachel E. Davis-Martin, Timothy T. Houle, Dana P. Turner, Todd A. Smitherman