Contemporary Perspectives on Stress Management: Medication, Meditation or Mitigation

Overholser, James C.; Fisher, Lauren

doi:10.1007/s10879-009-9114-8

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“… 20 These strategies can be used to reduce the chance of disorder relapse 21 and improve coping with major life stressors. 22 There has been little previous research into the use or value of psychotherapeutic strategies during global public health crises, such as pandemics, to manage mental health. Previous research conducted during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic 23 indicated that certain types of strategies, particularly those that were focused on problem-solving (e.g.…”

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Effects of previous exposure to psychotherapeutic strategies on depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Background The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an increase in depression and anxiety among those with and without a history of mental illness. Commonly used forms of psychological therapy improve mental health by teaching psychotherapeutic strategies that assist people to better manage their symptoms and cope with life stressors. Minimal research to date has explored their application or value in managing mental health during significant broad-scale public health crises. Aims To determine which psychotherapeutic strategies people who have previously received therapy use to manage their distress during the COVID-19 pandemic, and whether the use and perceived helpfulness of these strategies has an effect on symptoms of depression and anxiety. Method Data (N = 857) was drawn from multiple waves of a representative longitudinal study of the effects of COVID-19 on the mental health of Australian adults, which includes measures of anxiety, depression and experiences with psychotherapy and psychotherapeutic strategies. Results Previous engagement in therapy with psychotherapeutic strategies had a protective effect on depressive but not anxiety symptoms. Common and helpful strategies used by respondents were exercise, mindfulness and breathing exercises. Using mindfulness and perceiving it to be helpful was associated with lower levels of depression and anxiety symptoms. No other strategies were associated with improved mental health. Conclusions Prior knowledge of psychotherapeutic strategies may play a role in managing mental health during unprecedented public health events such as a global pandemic. There may be value in promoting these techniques more widely in the community to manage general distress during such times.

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Effects of previous exposure to psychotherapeutic strategies on depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic

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“…The American College Health Association (ACHA) reported that 14% of all undergraduate students suffer from depression during their college careers, with multiple stressors contributing significantly to the onset of depression (American College Health Association [ACHA], 2016). In addition, studies have suggested that college students enter higher education on more psychotropic drugs than each previous decade (Overholser & Fisher, 2009; Whitaker, 2007), and that students’ mental health problems appear more serious and complicated than prior decades (Kitrow, 2003; Zivin, Eisenberg, Gollust, & Golberstein, 2009).…”

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University students’ perceived need for mental health services: A study of variables related to not seeking help.

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Sixbey

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Psychological Services

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This study analyzed data from the 2012 Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) survey, collected from undergraduate students at 9 universities. Researchers explored how demographic and behavioral variables related to avoidance of psychological help when needed. A total of 7,992 SERU participants responded to target items included in the present study. We examined whether student characteristics and behaviors differed between 3 self-report groups: (1) students who indicated they did not need counseling services; (2) students who reported needing counseling services, but not using them; and (3) students who reported using counseling services at least once during the 2012 academic year. Students who reported needing, but not using, counseling services were significantly different from the other 2 groups in that they were more likely to be female, Hispanic, endorse financial difficulties, and work longer hours while attending school. The 3 groups did not differ in understanding others with observable disabilities. Implications for college counselors and student affairs personnel are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record

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“…Since meditation has a strong impact on human body and mind and recently it is widely accepted that it can successfully be used in stress management and in the treatment of hypertension, [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27] so this powerful tool may be suitably extended to use in clinical settings especially in stress and hypertension related treatments.…”

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Analysis of heart rate variability signal in meditation using second-order difference plot

Goswami

Tibarewala

Bhattacharya

2011

Journal of Applied Physics

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In this article, the heart rate variability signal taken from subjects practising different types of meditations have been investigated to find the underlying similarity among them and how they differ from the non-meditative condition. Four different groups of subjects having different meditation techniques are involved. The data have been obtained from the Physionet and also collected with our own ECG machine. For data analysis, the second order difference plot is applied. Each of the plots obtained from the second order differences form a single cluster which is nearly elliptical in shape except for some outliers. In meditation, the axis of the elliptical cluster rotates anticlockwise from the cluster formed from the premeditation data, although the amount of rotation is not of the same extent in every case. This form study reveals definite and specific changes in the heart rate variability of the subjects during meditation. All the four groups of subjects followed different procedures but surprisingly the resulting physiological effect is the same to some extent. It indicates that there is some commonness among all the meditative techniques in spite of their apparent dissimilarity and it may be hoped that each of them leads to the same result as preached by the masters of meditation. The study shows that meditative state has a completely different physiology and that it can be achieved by any meditation technique we have observed. Possible use of this tool in clinical setting such as in stress management and in the treatment of hypertension is also mentioned.

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Contemporary Perspectives on Stress Management: Medication, Meditation or Mitigation

Cited by 4 publications

References 78 publications

Effects of previous exposure to psychotherapeutic strategies on depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic

Effects of previous exposure to psychotherapeutic strategies on depression and anxiety symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic

University students’ perceived need for mental health services: A study of variables related to not seeking help.

Analysis of heart rate variability signal in meditation using second-order difference plot

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