Mitigation of stress: new treatment alternatives

Subhani, Ahmad Rauf; Kamel, Nidal; Saad, Mohamad Naufal Mohamad; Nandagopal, Nanda; Kang, Kenneth; Malik, Aamir Saeed

doi:10.1007/s11571-017-9460-2

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“…Especially the neurobiology of emotions (variable E) has created a neuro-psychological subdiscipline of its own: affective neuroscience. Also problem intensity (P) is related to the experience of stress and all neural and neuroendocrine mechanisms of stress regulation (Subhani et al 2018 ).…”

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Personality development in psychotherapy: a synergetic model of state-trait dynamics

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Theoretical models of psychotherapy not only try to predict outcome but also intend to explain patterns of change. Studies showed that psychotherapeutic change processes are characterized by nonlinearity, complexity, and discontinuous transitions. By this, theoretical models of psychotherapy should be able to reproduce these dynamic features. Using time series derived from daily measures through internet-based real-time monitoring as empirical reference, we earlier presented a model of psychotherapy which includes five state variables and four trait variables. In mathematical terms, the traits modulate the shape of the functions which define the nonlinear interactions between the variables (states) of the model. The functions are integrated into five coupled nonlinear difference equations. In the present paper, we model how traits (dispositions or competencies of a person) can continuously be altered by new experiences and states (cognition, emotion, behavior). Adding equations that link states to traits, this model not only describes how therapeutic interventions modulate short-term change and fluctuations of psychological states, but also how these can influence traits. Speaking in terms of Synergetics (theory of self-organization in complex systems), the states correspond to the order parameters and the traits to the control parameters of the system. In terms of psychology, trait dynamics is driven by the states—i.e., by the concrete experiences of a client—and creates a process of personality development at a slower time scale than that of the state dynamics (separation of time scales between control and order parameter dynamics).

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Personality development in psychotherapy: a synergetic model of state-trait dynamics

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“…The modulated synapses in turn affect the neural responses. This feedback coupling between global network dynamics and local neuronal circuits is an important operating mode of the brain 31 and is closely related to the mechanisms of learning and memory 32,33 . However, the neuronal electric activities generated by the transmembrane flow of ions not only modulate the synaptic connection but also inevitably produce a time-varying electric field as well as a magnetic field, according to Maxwell’s theory of electromagnetic induction 34–36 .…”

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Spontaneous electromagnetic induction promotes the formation of economical neuronal network structure via self-organization process

Wang

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2019

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Developed through evolution, brain neural system self-organizes into an economical and dynamic network structure with the modulation of repetitive neuronal firing activities through synaptic plasticity. These highly variable electric activities inevitably produce a spontaneous magnetic field, which also significantly modulates the dynamic neuronal behaviors in the brain. However, how this spontaneous electromagnetic induction affects the self-organization process and what is its role in the formation of an economical neuronal network still have not been reported. Here, we investigate the effects of spontaneous electromagnetic induction on the self-organization process and the topological properties of the self-organized neuronal network. We first find that spontaneous electromagnetic induction slows down the self-organization process of the neuronal network by decreasing the neuronal excitability. In addition, spontaneous electromagnetic induction can result in a more homogeneous directed-weighted network structure with lower causal relationship and less modularity which supports weaker neuronal synchronization. Furthermore, we show that spontaneous electromagnetic induction can reconfigure synaptic connections to optimize the economical connectivity pattern of self-organized neuronal networks, endowing it with enhanced local and global efficiency from the perspective of graph theory. Our results reveal the critical role of spontaneous electromagnetic induction in the formation of an economical self-organized neuronal network and are also helpful for understanding the evolution of the brain neural system.

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“…Stress reduction has become a key focus in research area owing to the increasingly demanding nature of modern lifestyles. New physiologic measures have been used to identify stress, and recent related research has paved the way for new methods in objective stress treatment (Subhani et al 2018). In a metaanalysis that evaluated the relationship between migraine and depression, it was reported that depression was approximately twice as common in migraineurs than in those without headache.…”

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An open/pilot trial of cognitive behavioral therapy in Turkish patients with refractory chronic migraine

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Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for pain management is a therapy that aims to modify thoughts and behavior to be more realistic and balanced. There are limited number of studies to assess the efficacy of CBT for patients with pharmacotherapy-resistant chronic migraine in our population. We aimed to invstigate the effects of CBT for patients with refractory chronic migraine on pain attack frequency, disability, severity, anxiety and depression. Fourteen patients with refractory chronic migraine who were referred from the headache clinic to the psychiatry department and regularly attended CBT sessions at least once every 2 weeks for at least 6 months, were included in the study. After 2 sessions of psychiatric evaluation, the subjects had 12 40-min CBT sessions and were given relaxation exercises. The Hamilton depression and anxiety inventories, visual analogue scale for assessing the severity of pain, and the Migraine disability assessment (MIDAS) test were used before and after CBT. The mean Hamilton depression scores before and after CBT were 29.07 ± 7.74 and 14.21 ± 7.7, respectively (p \ 0.0001). The mean Hamilton anxiety scores before and after CBT were 26.8 ± 11.7 and 11.7 ± 2.6, respectively (p \ 0.0001). The mean VAS scores before and after CBT were 8.07 ± 0.91 and 3.71 ± 1.32, respectively (p \ 0.0001). The mean MIDAS scores before and after CBT were 55.5 ± 20.4 and 20.12 ± 16.6, respectively (p \ 0.0001). Our results showed that CBT had made a statistically significant difference on pain severity, number of migraine attacks and disability in patients with refractory chronic migraine. CBT should be considered in this patient group.

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Mitigation of stress: new treatment alternatives

Cited by 49 publications

References 117 publications

Personality development in psychotherapy: a synergetic model of state-trait dynamics

Personality development in psychotherapy: a synergetic model of state-trait dynamics

Spontaneous electromagnetic induction promotes the formation of economical neuronal network structure via self-organization process

An open/pilot trial of cognitive behavioral therapy in Turkish patients with refractory chronic migraine

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