mindfulness

https://www.statnews.com/2020/08/07/headspace-mindfulness-covid19-employers/

What Works in Mindfulness Interventions for Medically Unexplained Symptoms? A Systematic Review Billones, Saligan Note: Dr Saligan is involved in the NIH study with Dr Nath Link to paper here Abstract Background/Purpose: Mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) have been used in medically...

very long Abstract https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42087-020-00123-9

Paywall, https://www.epilepsybehavior.com/article/S1525-5050(19)30736-X/fulltext Not available via Scihub at time of posting

Open access at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0206029

I haven't read past the abstract, but it looks interesting. Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation Abstract (my bolding); https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1745691617709589

This is a comment from the New Statesman online editor Hettie O´Brien from July 19th. I don't think it has been shared in the forum, and thought it was an interesting read. Nothing new though, but it's good to see critical thoughts on CBT and mindfulness from the media. In a report published...

https://neurosciencenews.com/mindfulness-problem-14196/

https://retractionwatch.com/2019/04/17/plos-one-pulls-highly-cited-mindfulness-paper-over-undeclared-ties-other-concerns/ Chalk another one up for James Coyne. I'm in two minds about Professor Coyne: his abrasive approach is quite often detrimental, in my view, especially for a patient...

http://myriadproject.org/myriad-project/ http://myriadproject.org/ The MYRIAD collaboration: Kings College London, University of Oxford, University of Exeter, MRC; Cognition and Brain sciences unit, University of Cambridge, UCL, Wellcome. see also: Mindfulness Training in UK Secondary Schools...

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mindfulness-in-frantic-world/201902/mindfulness-could-be-powerful-painkiller Article doesn't mention CFS so far as I can see - just pain, mainly women. Given IAPT in UK (and MUS etc stuff) I thought this might be of interest.

Hello all! I have just started Breathworks Mindfulness for Health online meditation course. The cost is £55, and the commitment is to doing 2x 10 minute guided meditations daily, most days. https://www.breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk/online-courses/mindfulness-for-health-online As some of you...

Here's a weird one: A 4-day mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural intervention program for CFS/ME. An open study, with one-year follow-up. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00720/abstract These people seem to be implying that four days of CBT will fix your "CFS/ME"...

Wasn’t sure where to post this as it’s not an ME/CFS study, so please move if necessary. (Moderator note: thread has been moved.) I’ve only read the abstract and skimmed the rest but this study looks so bad – an open label uncontrolled trial relying on self-reported subjective outcome measures...

As there's some interest in mindfulness and relaxation techniques and practices, I thought I'd post this. What caught my eye was that the study used fMRI to compare and distinguish the effects on brain activity of each technique by using the same exercise for both (body scan). The article...

The article, http://neurosciencenews.com/cognition-meditation-breathing-9026/amp Full paper available here, http://sci-hub.tw/10.1111/psyp.13091

http://blogs.biomedcentral.com/bmcseriesblog/2018/05/02/putting-claims-about-mindfulness-meditation-to-the-strongest-test/

https://theconversation.com/mcmindfulness-buddhism-as-sold-to-you-by-neoliberals-88338

https://slate.com/technology/2018/02/doctors-are-increasingly-pushing-mindfulness-on-chronic-pain-patients.html [The critique can also apply to male patients] -- -- #ChronicPain #chronicillness

Simon B. Goldberg, Raymond P. Tucker, Preston A. Greene, Tracy L. Simpson, David J. Kearney, Richard J. Davidson PlosOne October 31, 2017 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0187298