Benefits, Problems, and Characteristics of Home Aquarium Owners

1999 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 998-1004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline H. Kidd ◽  
Robert M. Kidd
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Expensive Equipment ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Current Popularity ◽  
Chemical Balances

Although tank fish are currently the most popular “pets” in the USA, literature reporting studies on the benefits, problems, and characteristics of home aquarium ownership is extremely limited. Because it seemed important to learn more about people who enjoy owning and caring for home aquaria, 50 men and 50 women were interviewed in several area stores which provide and sell living fish and adjunct products necessary for maintaining good home aquarium environments. Major problems reported by home aquarium owners were the expensive equipment, especially the tanks and controls for water temperature, circulation, and chemical balances, the tank maintenance, and tank cleanliness. Major benefits mentioned by such owners were the calming, relaxation, and stress-reduction effects of just watching fish which lessened anxieties and created a sense of serenity. These findings help to explain the current popularity of the live inhabitants of home aquaria.

Rhythms of the Heart: An interprofessional community health collaboration to increase cardiovascular health knowledge

2018 ◽  
Vol 77 (5) ◽  
pp. 606-614
Author(s):  
Kira L Omelchenko ◽  
Carrie A Hall ◽  
Melissa E Gainey ◽  
Gayle E Olson
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Cardiovascular Health ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Community Education ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Health Screening ◽  
Education And Health ◽  
The Usa

Objectives: Cardiovascular health continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the USA. An interprofessional collaborative team comprising university faculty and undergraduate students developed and presented a community outreach event to provide education and health screening to a diverse group of local residents. Design: An event entitled Rhythms of the Heart was planned and implemented to reach community members. Setting: The event took place on the campus of a private college in Central Florida, USA. Methods: Clinical services, including health screening for blood pressure and body fat, were provided, along with information on the benefits of smoking cessation, physical activity, weight management, healthy diet alternatives and stress reduction. Local community resources and educational materials were supplied to event participants. Results: The event attracted approximately 275 guests. An analysis of feedback from attendees indicated a greater appreciation of music to enhance one’s understanding of cardiovascular health. Students and attendees perceived the Rhythms of the Heart concert as ‘smart and creative’, ‘cleverly conceived’ and ‘well thought out’. Conclusion: This interprofessional outreach event provided a novel means by which to undertake community education and health screening.

scholarly journals A Bibliometric and Visualization Analysis of Mindfulness and Meditation Research from 1900 to 2021

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 13150
Author(s):  
Yuzheng Wang ◽  
Lingqiu Liao ◽  
Xiaoxiao Lin ◽  
Yabin Sun ◽  
Ning Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Mindfulness Meditation ◽  
Citation Index ◽  
Mental Disease ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Knowledge Map ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
The Usa

This study comprehensively summarizes research in the field of meditation, especially mindfulness meditation from 1900 to 2021, by analyzing the knowledge map through CiteSpace and VOSviewer software. Using “mindfulness *” or “meditation *” as the topic, articles included in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index were searched in the web of science core database, resulting in the selection of 19,752 articles. Over half a century ago, Deikman published the field’s first article in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease in 1963, and publications have soared in subsequent decades. The USA is in the core position in terms of global collaboration, total publication numbers, and total citations. The Mindfulness journal ranked first for the most published articles and citations. “The benefits of being present: Mindfulness and its role in psychological well-being,” written by Brown and Ryan, was the most cited article. Mindfulness, meditation, depression, intervention, stress reduction, stress, and anxiety are the top co-occurrence keywords. The timeline of cluster analysis discloses that before 2010, hypertension, cancer, mindfulness, generalized anxiety disorder, and other topics received great attention. In the decade since 2010, scholars have shown interest in meta-analysis, attention, and self-assessment, and keen attention to mindfulness-based interventions. These findings provide an important foundation to direct future research.

scholarly journals Coping with the Challenges of COVID-19 Using the Sociotype Framework: A Rehearsal for the Next Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen Peng ◽  
◽  
Elliot M. Berry ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Reduction ◽  
World Order ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Marshall Plan ◽  
Economic Damage ◽  
Coping Responses ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Individual

The world, as a global village, is currently taking part in a real-time public health, medical, socio-cultural, and economic experiment on how best to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures. Depending on the time from the outbreak, strategies have ranged from minimal intervention to mitigation by quarantine for high-risk groups (elderly with chronic illnesses) to containment and lockdown. Adherence to such restrictions have depended on the individual and national psyche and culture. One can understand and forgive governments for being over-cautious, but not for being ill-prepared. It seems that Singapore after SARS (2003) and South Korea after MERS (2015) learnt from their experiences and have fared relatively well with minimal disruption to daily routines. Coping with the challenge of COVID-19 is an urgent global task. We use the Sociotype ecological framework to analyze different coping responses at three levels: Context (government and leadership, social context, health services, and media); Relationships; and the Individual. We describe the many negative outcomes (e.g. mortality [obviously], unemployment, economic damage, threat to democracy, claustrophobia) and the positive ones (e.g. new, remote teaching, working, and medical routines; social bonding and solidarity; redefining existential values and priorities) of this surreal situation, which is still evolving. We highlight the importance of humor in stress reduction. Regular and reliable communication to the public has to be improved, acknowledging incomplete data, and learning to deal with fake news, misinformation, and conspiracy theories. Excess mortality is the preferred statistic to follow and compare outcomes. When the health risks are over, the economic recovery responses will vary according to the financial state of countries. If world order is to be reshaped, then a massive economic aid plan should be launched by the rich countries—akin to the Marshall plan after the Second World War. It should be led preferably by the USA and China. The results of the tradeoffs between health and economic lockdowns will only become apparent in the months to come. The experiences and lessons learned from this emergency should be used as a rehearsal for the next epi-/pandemic, which will surely take place in the foreseeable future.

A comprehensive stress-reduction program for dental students

1984 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 203-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
RM Schwartz ◽  
CR Eigenbrode ◽  
O Cantor
Keyword(s):  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Reduction Program

The outcome of laparoscopic fundoplication for reflux disease in communlity practice in the USA

2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A16-A16 ◽  
Author(s):  
N VAKIL ◽  
S TREML ◽  
M SHAW ◽  
R KIRBY
Keyword(s):  
Reflux Disease ◽  
Laparoscopic Fundoplication ◽  
The Usa

Achtsamkeitsbasierte kognitive Therapie

2014 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Heidenreich ◽  
Christoph Grober ◽  
Johannes Michalak
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Therapy ◽  
Stress Reduction ◽  
Kognitive Therapie ◽  
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction ◽  
Praktische Umsetzung

Unter den im Zentrum dieses Sonderhefts stehenden Neuentwicklungen nehmen achtsamkeitsbasierte Verfahren eine bedeutsame Rolle ein: Während die „Achtsamkeitsbasierte Stressreduktion” (mindfulness-based stress reduction, MBSR) bereits in der zweiten Hälfte der 1970er Jahre entwickelt wurde ( Kabat-Zinn, 1990 ), erlangte insbesondere die von Segal, Williams und Teasdale (2002) speziell für die Rückfallprävention bei rezidivierender depressiver Störung entwickelte „Achtsamkeitsbasierte Kognitive Therapie” (mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, MBCT) eine zunehmende Bedeutung im Bereich kognitiv-behavioraler Ansätze. Der vorliegende Beitrag geht zunächst auf den historischen und theoretischen Hintergrund der Achtsamkeitsbasierten Kognitiven Therapie ein. Im Anschluss daran wird die praktische Umsetzung des Gruppenkonzepts vorgestellt und der Stand der Forschung anhand aktueller Metaanalysen referiert. Der Beitrag schließt mit einer kritischen Diskussion einer allzu verkürzten Anwendung von Achtsamkeit in der klinischen Praxis.

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