The Second Brain and Possible Interactions with the Heart

Sollazzo, R; Sanges, M.

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“…Patients were encouraged to explore their bodily sensations, starting with the visceral zone (i.e., abdomen), with the help of abdominal breathing. From our experience, abdominal breathing seems to act as a strong stimulus to the visceral brain, which is continuously active throughout one's entire life (even if we have lost our conscious perception of it), and the subjective contact with the visceral zone translates as an important mediator of inner emotions and feelings [34]. (2) An apparent presence of specific dream configurations in the period before AMI (i.e., distressing dreams or repeated nightmares; no memory of dream content; or selective memory only of dreams of childhood and adolescence), which again improved when recovering from the acute event in those undergoing STP [10,11].…”

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PSYChosomatic Medicine in ONcologIc and Cardiac Disease (PSYCHONIC) Study—A Retrospective and Prospective Observational Research Protocol

Roncella

Pristipino

Carlo

et al. 2021

JCM

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Psychosocial factors play an important role in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This observational study is primarily aimed at assessing the relationship of psychological characteristics of patients with the outcomes of different NCDs, and to assess short-term psychotherapy (STP) efficacy in the real world. Methods: One hundred and forty patients with recent acute myocardial infarction, Takotsubo syndrome, or non-metastatic breast cancer and a control group of 140 age and sex-matched healthy subjects, will be enrolled. All subjects will be administered psychometric tests, quality of life tests, a specific body perception questionnaire, a dream questionnaire, and a projective test, the Six Drawing test at baseline and follow-up. All subjects with medical conditions will be asked to freely choose between an ontopsychological STP along with standard medical therapy and, whenever indicated, rehabilitation therapy or medical therapy plus rehabilitation alone. The study endpoints will be to evaluate: the relationship of the psychological characteristics of enrolled subjects with the outcomes of different NCDs, predictors of the choice of psychotherapy, and the efficacy of ontopsychological intervention on psychological and medical outcomes. Conclusion: This study will generate data on distinctive psychological characteristics of patients suffering from different CDs and their relationship with medical outcomes, as well as explore the efficacy of ontopsychological STP in these patients in the real world. (Number of registration: NCT03437642).

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