The Effectiveness of a Brief Mind-Body Intervention for Treating Depression in Community Health Center Patients

Abstract

采用短期身心合一干预措施对社区健康中心的患者进行治疗的效果Efectividad de una intervención mente-cuerpo breve para tratar la depresión en pacientes de centros de salud comunitarios Kathleen M. Miller,

Mobility Coupled with Motivation Promotes Survival: The Evolution of Cognition as an Adaptive Strategy

“…Stress and negative emotions can even increase during withdrawal [13], creating a barrier to successful smoking cessation [14]. App content and exercises draw from Mind-Body Medicine-based techniques designed to foster social, psychological, behavioral, and spiritual wellbeing [15] and decrease negative emotions including depressive symptoms, anxiety, and stress [16,17]. Nuumi users learn to effectively manage stress and negative emotions and learn to apply coping strategies when experiencing withdrawal symptoms.…”

Characteristics of adult smokers presenting to a mind–body medicine clinic

“…sympathetic dominance). In addition, mind–body interventions reduce psychological stress, anxiety, depression, and pain (Astin, 2004; Hofmann et al, 2010; Jacobs, 2001; Luberto et al, 2013; Miller et al, 2015; Park et al, 2013; Sylvia et al, 2015), and many mind–body interventions are practiced in a group format, which can improve social support (Barrera et al, 2002; Cattan et al, 2005; Samuelson et al, 2010; Vranceanu et al, 2014). Recent systematic reviews also concluded that yoga and meditation-based interventions, and mindfulness meditation interventions specifically (Oikonomou et al, 2017), improve smoking cessation rates (Carim-Todd et al, 2013).…”

“…Moreover, individuals who utilize mind–body medicine tend to be of higher income and education levels (Berz et al, 2015; Bishop and Lewith, 2010), suggesting that smokers might be less likely to access mind–body medicine services. We recently developed the Stress Management and Resiliency Training–Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (SMART-3RP) (Park et al, 2013), a multi-modal mind–body intervention that significantly reduces physical and mental health symptoms (Kuo et al, 2015; Miller et al, 2015; Sylvia et al, 2015) and is easily modifiable for different clinical groups; however, it has not yet been adapted for smoking cessation due to the lack of available information regarding the characteristic needs of smokers who might utilize this treatment.…”