BACKGROUND To evaluate the efficacy of a multidisciplinary stress treatment programme. METHODS General practitioners referred 198 employed patients on sick leave with symptoms of persistent work-related stress. Using a waitlisted randomised controlled trial design, the participants were randomly divided into the following three groups: the intervention group (IG, 69 participants); treatment-a...

OBJECTIVE There is a research gap in studies that evaluate the effectiveness of a school-embedded mindfulness-based intervention for both students and teachers. To address this gap, the present pilot study reviews relevant literature and investigates whether students and teachers who participate in separate Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) courses show improvements across a variety of ...

The research focuses on the effectiveness of psychological intervention using Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Technique among low Resilience Bells Palsy subjects in relation to their Metacognitive Thinking. 14 Subjects (9 male and 5 female) were identified as having bases median scores. age range was between 20- 45 years. Thinking Scale (MCTS) by Sandhu Goel (2010) Bharathiar Universi...

Anxiety is a common emotion that can be experienced at various developmental milestones throughout childhood. Both healthy and unhealthy forms of anxiety exist and although the majority of youth move through anxious episodes with little to no disruption in their lives, 1020% of youth experience anxiety-related symptoms that significantly affect their emotional, social, and academic development....

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is an illness characterized by intrusive and distressing thoughts, images, or impulses (i.e., obsessions) and by repetitive mental or behavioral acts (i.e., compulsions) performed to prevent or reduce distress. Efficacious treatments for OCD include psychotropic medications and exposure and response prevention (EX/RP). The following case report presents an in...

Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an 8-week training that is designed to teach participants mindful awareness of the present moment. In randomized clinical trials (RCTs), MBSR has demonstrated efficacy in various conditions including reducing chronic pain-related distress and improving quality of life in healthy individuals. There have, however, been no qualitative studies investigat...

BACKGROUND Distress and burnout among medical and psychology professionals are commonly reported and have implications for the quality of patient care delivered. Already in the course of university studies, medicine and psychology students report mental distress and low life satisfaction. There is a need for interventions that promote better coping skills in students in order to prevent distres...