Turning Towards or Turning Away: A Comparison of Mindfulness Meditation and Guided Imagery Relaxation in Patients with Acute Depression

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Costa ◽  
Thorsten Barnhofer
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Guided Imagery ◽  
Maintenance Phase ◽  
Mindfulness Skills ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Brief Training ◽  
Initial Reduction ◽  
Maladaptive Thinking

Background: Disengaging from maladaptive thinking is an important imperative in the treatment of depression. Mindfulness training is aimed at helping patients acquire relevant skills for this purpose. It remains unclear, however, whether this practice is helpful when patients are acutely depressed. Aims: In order to investigate effects of mindfulness on symptoms and self-regulatory capacities in this group, the current study compared a brief training in mindfulness (n = 19) to guided imagery relaxation (n = 18). Method: Participants were introduced to the respective techniques in a single session, and practised daily over one week. Self-reported severity of symptoms, difficulties in emotion-regulation, attentional control, the ability to decentre, and mindfulness were assessed pre and postintervention, and at a one-week follow-up. Results: Symptoms of depression significantly decreased and self-regulatory functioning significantly increased in both groups, with changes being maintained during follow-up. When controlling for change in depressive symptoms, results showed significantly higher improvements in emotion regulation at follow-up in the mindfulness group. The ability to decentre predicted changes in symptoms from pre to postintervention, while mindfulness skills predicted changes in symptoms during the maintenance phase. Conclusions: The findings suggest that both practices can help to instigate reductions in symptoms and enhance self-regulatory functioning in depression. However, in order to improve emotion regulation above levels explained by reductions in symptoms more intentional mental training seems necessary. Furthermore, while the ability to disengage from negative patterns of thinking seems crucial for initial reduction of symptoms, maintenance of gains might require broader skills in mindfulness.

scholarly journals Mindfulness practice for protecting mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Lei Zhu ◽  
Rasmus Schülke ◽  
Deniz Vatansever ◽  
Dayou Xi ◽  
Junjie Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Psychological Impact ◽  
Mindfulness Training ◽  
Mindfulness Practice ◽  
Peak Time ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression

AbstractEmerging evidence shows that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is negatively affecting mental health around the globe. Interventions to alleviate the psychological impact of the pandemic are urgently needed. Whether mindfulness practice may protect against the harmful emotional effects of a pandemic crisis remains hitherto unknown. We investigated the influence of mindfulness training on mental health during the COVID-19 outbreak in China. We hypothesized that mindfulness practitioners might manifest less pandemic-related distress, depression, anxiety, and stress than non-practitioners and that more frequent practice would be associated with an improvement in mental health during the pandemic. Therefore, we assessed pandemic-related distress and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as the frequency of meditation practice at the peak of new infections (Feb 4–5; N = 673) and three weeks later (Feb 29–30; N = 521) in mindfulness practitioners via online questionnaires. Self-reported symptoms were also collected from non-practitioners at peak time only (N = 1550). We found lower scores of pandemic-related distress in mindfulness practitioners compared to non-practitioners. In general, older participants showed fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety. In younger practitioners, pandemic-related distress decreased from peak to follow-up. Importantly, increased mindfulness training during the preceding two weeks was associated with lower scores of depression and anxiety at both assessments. Likewise, practice frequency predicted individual improvement in scores of depression, anxiety, and stress at follow-up. Our results indicate that mindfulness meditation might be a viable low-cost intervention to mitigate the psychological impact of the COVID-19 crisis and future pandemics.

scholarly journals Adolescent Emotion Network Dynamics in Daily Life and Implications for Depression

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
David M. Lydon-Staley ◽  
Mengya Xia ◽  
Hio Wa Mak ◽  
Gregory Fosco
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Adolescent Depression ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Emotional Responses ◽  
Network Density ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Difficulties In Emotion Regulation

Objective. Emotion network density describes the degree of interdependence amongemotion states across time, such that higher density reflects self-perpetuating emotions orrigidity in emotion functioning. Higher density in emotion networks appears to be a riskfactor for depression in studies of adults. This paper extended research on emotionnetwork density to adolescents and examined: 1) associations between emotion networkdensity and a standard measure of emotion regulation and 2) associations betweenemotion network density and symptoms of depression. Method. Data from a daily diarystudy (t=21 days) of adolescents (N=151; 61.59% female; mean age=14.60 years) wereused to construct emotion network density scores. Emotion regulation was measuredusing The Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale Short Form (DERS-SF). Associationsbetween emotion network density and DERS-SF were examined through Pearsoncorrelations. Multiple regression analyses examined associations between emotionnetwork density and depression. Results. Emotion network density was not associatedwith the DERS-SF. Follow-up analyses showed that it was associated with nonacceptanceof emotions (a subscale of the DERS-SF). Emotion network density waspositively associated with depression. Discussion. Non-acceptance of emotions mayencourage the spread of emotion across time and emotion states given that a feature ofnon-acceptance is to have secondary emotional responses to one's emotions. Rigidity inemotion function in the form of context-insensitive, self-perpetuating emotion networksmay be a risk factor for adolescent depression.

scholarly journals Comparison of Two Novel Methods for Sink Drain Disinfection

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s180-s180
Author(s):  
Muhammed Fawwaz Haq ◽  
Lucas Jones ◽  
Natalia Pinto Herrera ◽  
Jennifer Cadnum ◽  
Philip Carling ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Contact Time ◽  
Healthcare Facility ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Disinfection Methods ◽  
Initial Reduction ◽  
Repeated Measures Analysis ◽  
Potential Reservoir ◽  
Cleaning And Disinfection

Background: Sink drainage systems are a potential reservoir for the dissemination of gram-negative bacilli but are not amenable to standard methods of cleaning and disinfection. Pouring liquid disinfectants down drains has only a limited and transient effect on drain colonization, presumably due to inadequate disinfectant contact time and suboptimal penetration into areas harboring biofilm-associated organisms. Methods: We compared the antimicrobial efficacy of 2 novel sink disinfection methods intended to enhance disinfectant contact time and penetration. Healthcare facility sinks were randomly assigned to disinfection with 300 mL hydrogen peroxide-based disinfectant applied either as a foam (N = 13 sinks) or instilled for 30 minutes behind a temporary obstruction created by an inflated urinary catheter balloon (N = 12 sinks). Swabs were used to collect quantitative cultures from the proximal sink drain to depth of 2.5 cm (1 inch) below the strainer before treatment and at 15 minutes and 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7 days after treatment. Repeated measures analysis of variance was performed to compare the efficacy of the 2 treatments. Results: As shown in Fig. 1, both methods yielded an initial reduction of >3 log10 CFU of gram-negative bacilli. Over the 7-day follow-up period, disinfectant instillation resulted in significantly greater reduction than the foam application (P < .01). Recovery of sink colonization to >2 log per swab occurred at day 3 for both treatments, whereas recovery to >3 log per swab occurred on day 3 for the foam treatment versus day 7 for disinfectant instillation. Conclusions: Two novel disinfection methods were effective in reducing sink drain colonization for several days. The instillation method was more effective than the foam method in maintaining reductions over 7 days.Funding: NoneDisclosures: NoneDisclosures: NoneFunding: None

scholarly journals The Effects of Different Stages of Mindfulness Meditation Training on Emotion Regulation

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qin Zhang ◽  
Zheng Wang ◽  
Xinqiang Wang ◽  
Lei Liu ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emotion Regulation ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation

The effects of a mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction program on mood and symptoms of stress in cancer outpatients: 6-month follow-up

2001 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda E. Carlson ◽  
Zenovia Ursuliak ◽  
Eileen Goodey ◽  
Maureen Angen ◽  
Michael Speca
Keyword(s):  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Reduction Program

Rare cause of chronic abdominal pain: left paraduodenal hernia and its surgical management

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (12) ◽  
pp. e245024
Author(s):  
Ajay Chikara ◽  
Sasidhar Reddy Karnati ◽  
Kailash Chand Kurdia ◽  
Yashwant Sakaray
Keyword(s):  
Abdominal Pain ◽  
Stable Condition ◽  
Paraduodenal Hernia ◽  
Inferior Mesenteric Vein ◽  
Anterior Border ◽  
Initial Reduction ◽  
Contrast Enhanced ◽  
History Of ◽  
Enhanced Computed Tomography

A 30-year-old man presented with colicky abdominal pain for 2 months, associated with occasional episodes of bilious vomiting. He had a history of similar complaints at the age of 16 and 26 years. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography abdomen was consistent with a diagnosis of left paraduodenal hernia. On laparoscopy a 3 × 3 cm hernial defect was identified in the left paraduodenal fossa (fossa of Landzert). Contents were jejunal, and proximal ileal loops which were dilated and edematous. Anterior border of the sac was formed by the inferior mesenteric vein and left branch of the left colic artery. Initial reduction of contents was easy. However, complete reduction proved to be difficult due to adhesions with the sac opening, the hernial sac instead laid open by dividing the Inferior Mesentric Vein (IMV) (anterior border of defect) using a vascular stapler. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 3 in a stable condition. On follow-up the patient is doing well.

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