mindfulness

Mindfulness Rebranded: Misappropriation in Modern Medicine How Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Vision of Mindfulness Became Medical Dogma LONG COVID ADVOCACY MAY 21, 2025 Quote: Cognitive Therapies: Part One Welcome to this critical exploration of therapeutic uses of mindfulness and meditation in medicine...

The Dark Side of Mindfulness: Why It Can Hurt More Than Help

Preliminary evaluation of a mindfulness intervention program in women with long COVID dysautonomia symptoms Vandenbogaart; Figueroa; Winston; Cole; Bower; Hsu BACKGROUND The symptom burden for patients with Long COVID-associated dysautonomia is high, yet there are currently no effective...

A perfect example of garbage in, garbage out. An AI generated response. Insight from top 4 papers To combat Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis (CFS/ME), a multi-faceted approach is recommended. Research suggests that a concentrated intervention program involving education, cognitive...

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction vs Escitalopram for the Treatment of Adults With Anxiety Disorders A Randomized Clinical Trial https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2798510 Abstract Importance: Anxiety disorders are common, highly distressing, and impairing...

Employee well-being outcomes from individual-level mental health interventions: Cross-sectional evidence from the United Kingdom William J. Fleming Initiatives that promote mental well‐being are formally recommended for all British workers, with many practices targeting change in individual...

Effectiveness of an Online Multicomponent Program FATIGUEWALK for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial Mayte Serrat, Jaime Navarrete, Sònia Ferrés, William Auer, Ramon Sanmartín-Sentañes, Rubén Nieto, Randy Neblett, Xavier Borràs, Juan V. Luciano, and Albert Feliu-Soler...

BBC How I rewired my brain in six weeks There is growing evidence that simple, everyday changes to our lives can alter our brains and change how they work. Melissa Hogenboom put herself into a scanner to find out. "It's surprisingly hard to think of nothing at all", is one of my first...

Why mindfulness might NOT be all it's cracked up to be: Review finds no proof trendy, A-list loved programme boosts happiness Why mindfulness might NOT be all it's cracked up to be: Review finds no proof trendy, A-list loved programme boosts happiness | Daily Mail Online paper (paywalled) A...

Mindfulness Meditation Interventions for Long COVID: Biobehavioral Gene Expression and Neuroimmune Functioning Nicole Porter *, Leonard A Jason * Center for Community Research, DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA *These authors contributed equally to this work Abstract: Some individuals...

The impact of a brief mindfulness training on interoception: A randomized controlled trial Geissy Lainny de Lima-Araujo, Geovan Menezes de Sousa Júnior, Thatiane Mendes, Marcelo Demarzo, Norman Farb, Draulio Barros de Araujo, Maria Bernardete Cordeiro de Sousa Abstract Interoception is a...

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Full title: Understanding and restoring dopaminergic function in fibromyalgia patients using a mindfulness-based psychological intervention: a [18F]-DOPA PET study. Study protocol for the FIBRODOPA study—a randomized controlled trial Abstract Background Fibromyalgia (FM) is a very prevalent...

Abstract Background Mindfulness interventions are increasingly popular as an approach to improve mental well‐being. To date, no Cochrane Review examines the effectiveness of mindfulness in medical students and junior doctors. Thus, questions remain regarding the efficacy of mindfulness...

Highlights Follow-up after mindfulness-based therapy for PNES conducted at 3–6 months. Fourteen (54%) of 26 patients attended follow-up. PNES frequency, intensity, and days per week with PNES remained improved. Illness perception, worry, and feeling understood improved over the course of MBT...

Abstract Biopsychosocial intervention has been suggested as a complementary treatment strategy for patients with chronic conditions. We compared the effect of a mind–body intervention (MBI), relative to treatment-as-usual (TAU) on WHO-5 Well-being Index during an intensive period of 12 weeks...

I've finally found a useful overview of findings in psychology that were once in high esteem but are now refuted. See: https://www.gleech.org/psych Many of the things were in psychology textbooks quite recently, including: Macbeth effect Pygmalion effect Ego depletion Power posing Stanford...

Abstract Introduction: Non-pharmacological approaches are recommended as first-line treatment for patients with fibromyalgia. This randomised controlled trial investigated the effects of a multicomponent rehabilitation programme for patients with recently diagnosed fibromyalgia in primary and...

Ashok Gupta is citing this study as 'proof' that his programme is a cure for ME/CFS. Given that he is now actively targeting Covid LongHaulers, I thought it best to bring this to the attention of S4ME's resident experts. According to the comments on this youtube video, there are allegedly "3...

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