Brief Training of Psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology-Based Meditation (PNEIMED) Reduces Stress Symptom Ratings and Improves Control on Salivary Cortisol Secretion Under Basal and Stimulated Conditions

Bottaccioli, Francesco; Carosella, Antonia; Cardone, Raffaella; Mambelli, Monica; Cemin, Marisa; D’Errico, Marcello Mario; Ponzio, Elisa; Bottaccioli, Anna Giulia; Minelli, Andrea

doi:10.1016/j.explore.2014.02.002

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“…[103,192] Interventions during the perinatal period are the best way to strengthen the coping strategies and stress management for pregnant women with better outcomes. [103,159,191,193] Present study showed that EBMI may have effect on coping mechanism through improvement in positive appraisal as shown in Prenatal Coping Inventory in FP group at T2 when compared with control and Not FP group (p < .05) (see Table 6). Present intervention may be effective in promoting maternal health through improved stress-coping mechanism.…”

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Effects of perinatal meditation on pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial

Chan¹

2014

JNEP

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Objective: To assess the effects of Perinatal Meditation on pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong. Design: A prospective longitudinal randomized control quantitative study. Data were collected using the Prenatal Distress Questionnaire, Prenatal Coping Inventory, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Body-Mind-Spirit Well-Being Inventory (BM-SWBI) and salivary cortisol. Data were collected during first visit, 36th weeks pregnant, 5 th weeks and 5 th months after delivery. Settings: Perinatal meditation program (Eastern Based Meditative Intervention, EBMI) for pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong who were attending the hospital clinic for routine perinatal care. Participants: 64 pregnant Chinese women were recruited for intervention and 59 were for control. 36 cases were classified as Frequent Practice (FP) in intervention group. Results: Quantitative results showed statistically significant increase in positive appraisal (p < .05) at 36th weeks, difference in evening salivary cortisol (p < .05) and decreased in physical distress (p < .05) at 5 th weeks postpartum in the Frequent Practice (FP) group. Conclusions: Frequency of practice of meditation is directly related to its effects. Perinatal meditation can help pregnant women to reduce perinatal stress through its effect on coping mechanism and improves physical discomfort in postnatal period which are risk factors for maternal health, fetal health and child health. Perinatal meditation can be added into present perinatal counselling and perinatal program to promote maternal health, child health and family health.

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Effects of perinatal meditation on pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial

Chan¹

2014

JNEP

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“…Dual diagnosis with concurrent treatment of PTSD and substance use disorder has demonstrated overall improvement in outcomes (Back, Waldrop, Brady, & Hien, 2006; Mills et al, 2012; Najavits, Weiss, Shaw, & Muenz, 1998), but broader application of stress amelioration techniques may be advantageous in this population. Mindfulness training, with or without integrated meditation, body relaxation, acupressure, or distress intolerance components, has shown stable decreases in subjective distress, basal cortisol, and the amplitude/duration of physiological reactivity to a stressor (cortisol response, heart rate), within healthy controls (Bottaccioli et al, 2014; Fan, Tang, & Posner, 2014) and tobacco (Davis, Manley, Goldberg, Smith, & Jorenby, 2014; Goldberg et al, 2014), cocaine (Brewer et al, 2009; Kevin W Chen, Berger, Gandhi, Weintraub, & Lejuez, 2013), or alcohol abuse (Stasiewicz et al, 2013) treatment cohorts. Increased abstinence behavior and decreased cravings have likewise resulted from mindfulness or neurofeedback (biofeedback focused on electroencephalograms, EEG) training in substance abuse treatment (Kevin W Chen et al, 2013; Goldberg et al, 2014; Ross, 2013; Stasiewicz et al, 2013), including opioid addiction (Dehghani-Arani, Rostami, & Nadali, 2013).…”

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Psychological and physiological stress negatively impacts early engagement and retention of opioid-dependent individuals on methadone maintenance

Jaremko

Sterling

Bockstaele

2015

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

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The present study investigated whether psychological and/or physiological measures of stress would impede induction onto methadone maintenance and predict early (<6 months) discontinuation. Compared with controls, opioid-dependent subjects displayed increased distress on the perceived stress scale (PSS) and post-traumatic stress disorder checklist (PCLC); 60% exhibited abnormal cortisol. Addiction severity index (ASI), drug-use, and stress indices explained between 17–37% of the variance in engagement including attendance, opioid abstinence, and methadone stabilization. Participants who discontinued treatment displayed poor engagement, abnormal cortisol, elevated withdrawal symptoms, higher distress, and increased ongoing opioid use versus compliant individuals. Discontinuation was initially related to drug-use severity; however, by 6 months, retention depended primarily upon cortisol abnormalities, which increased an individual’s discontinuation risk by 7.7-fold. These findings support admission screening with the ASI/cortisol for drop out, and stress/drug-use indices for engagement that together may enable clinically-relevant early recognition and interventions for prevention of stress-induced relapse in opioid-dependent populations.

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“…There is evidence from both human and animal research that intensive stress may affect many aspects of the integrative network among the nervous, endocrine and immune systems . The complex effects of stress on the interactions among these systems have been subjected to studies in the developing field of psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology . Many studies have demonstrated that some degree of stress can affect the secretion of hormones, cytokines, immunoglobulins and many other proteins connected with the immune response .…”

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Serum Proteomics Analysis in Rats of Immunosuppression Induced by Chronic Stress

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The immune system can be damaged by chronic stress. However, for this process, the involved molecular alterations and their regulatory roles played in immunosuppression still remain unclear. This study was aimed to identify the differences in serum protein expressions that are closely associated with the effect of chronic stress on immune function. Serum protein levels of rats in control group and chronic stress group were measured by iTRAQ analysis. Subsequently, among the 121 differentially expressed proteins screened between the two groups, 46 proteins were upregulated (>1.5-fold, P < 0.05), while 75 proteins were downregulated (<0.67-fold, P < 0.05). Bioinformatics analysis revealed that most of the differentially expressed proteins were in relation with the metabolic, cellular, response stimulus and immune system processes. The significantly differential expression of ceruloplasmin, haptoglobin, catalase and peroxiredoxin-1 were picked out for reconfirmation by ELISA analysis. The results were consistent with those obtained by iTRAQ. What is more, the roles of above-mentioned four proteins, apolipoprotein B-100 and heat-shock protein 90 in immunosuppression induced by chronic stress were discussed. Taken together, these findings may provide a new insight into better understanding the molecular mechanisms of immunosuppression induced by chronic stress.

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Brief Training of Psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology-Based Meditation (PNEIMED) Reduces Stress Symptom Ratings and Improves Control on Salivary Cortisol Secretion Under Basal and Stimulated Conditions

Cited by 27 publications

References 41 publications

Effects of perinatal meditation on pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial

Effects of perinatal meditation on pregnant Chinese women in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial

Psychological and physiological stress negatively impacts early engagement and retention of opioid-dependent individuals on methadone maintenance

Serum Proteomics Analysis in Rats of Immunosuppression Induced by Chronic Stress

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