Two sessions of sleep-focused mind–body bridging improve self-reported symptoms of sleep and PTSD in veterans: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Nakamura, Yoshio; Lipschitz, David A.; Landward, Richard; Kuhn, Renee; West, Gavin

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.09.007

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“…A variety of outcome measures assessing PTSD symptoms in either self-report or clinician-administered formats were employed: PTSD checklist/PTSD checklist -military (PCL/PCL-M) (Germain et al, 2012;Nakamura, Lipschitz, Landward, Kuhn, & West, 2011;Rose, 2013;Talbot et al, 2014;Ulmer, Edinger, & Calhoun, 2011;Ustinov, 2013), PTSD symptom scale/modified PTSD symptom scale (PSS/ MPSS) (Davis & Wright, 2007;Krakow et al, 2000Krakow et al, , 2001aMack, 2013;Margolies, Rybarczyk, Vrana, Leszczyszyn, & Lynch, 2013), trauma symptom inventory (TSI) (Davis et al, 2011), and Clinicianadministered PTSD scale (CAPS) (Davis et al, 2011;Krakow et al, 2000Krakow et al, , 2001aTalbot et al, 2014). Self-report and clinicianadministered measures of MDD symptoms included Beck depression inventory (BDI) (Davis & Wright, 2007;Germain et al, 2012;Talbot et al, 2014;Ustinov, 2013), patient health questionnaire (PHQ) (Mack, 2013;Margolies et al, 2013;Ulmer et al, 2011), center for epidemiological studies -depression (CES-D) (Nakamura et al, 2011), and trauma symptom inventory (TSI) (Davis et al, 2011). Self-report sleep measures included Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI) (Davis & Wright, 2007;Davis et al, 2011;Germain et al, 2012;Krakow et al, 2000Krakow et al, , 2001aMack, 2013;Margolies et al, 2013;Rose, 2013;Talbot et al, 2014;Ulmer et al, 2011), sleep diary …”

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Cognitive-behavioral therapy for sleep disturbances in treating posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Chan

Tang

2016

Clinical Psychology Review

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Cognitive-behavioral therapy for sleep disturbances in treating posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Chan

Tang

2016

Clinical Psychology Review

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“…50 These well-established scales have been shown to be sensitive to short-term behavioral interventions, and have been validated in a wide range of populations, including patients with RLS. [51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60] Blood pressure and heart rate were measured with subjects in a seated position following a 5-minute rest period; using the OMRON HEM-780 automatic blood pressure monitor, measurements were taken 3 times and averaged for a final score.…”

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Efficacy of an Eight-Week Yoga Intervention on Symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS): A Pilot Study

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Selfe

Agarwal

et al. 2013

The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

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Background: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a common and highly burdensome sleep disorder. While relaxation therapies, including yoga, are often recommended for RLS management, rigorous supporting research is sparse. The goal of this preliminary study was to assess the effects of yoga on RLS symptoms and related outcomes in women with RLS. Methods: Participants were 13 nonsmoking women with moderate to severe RLS, who did not have diabetes, sleep apnea, or other serious concomitant chronic conditions, and who were not pregnant. The intervention was a gentle, 8-week Iyengar yoga program. Core outcomes assessed pre-and post-treatment were RLS symptoms and symptom severity (International RLS Scale [IRLS] and RLS ordinal scale), sleep quality (Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale), mood (Profile of Mood States), and perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale). Participants also completed yoga logs and a brief exit questionnaire regarding their experience with the study. Results: Ten (10) women, aged 32-66 years, completed the study. Participants attended an average 13.4 -0.5 (of 16 possible) classes, and completed a mean of 4.1 -0.3 (of 5 possible) homework sessions/week. At follow-up, participants demonstrated striking reductions in RLS symptoms and symptom severity, with symptoms decreasing to minimal/mild in all but 1 woman and no participant scoring in the severe range by week 8. Effect sizes (Cohen's d) were large: 1.6 for IRLS total, and 2.2 for RLS ordinal scale. IRLS scores declined significantly with increasing minutes of homework practice per session (r = 0.70, p = 0.025) and total homework minutes (r = 0.64, p < 0.05), suggesting a possible dose-response relation. Participants also showed significant improvements in sleep, perceived stress, and mood (all p's £ 0.02), with effect sizes ranging from 1.0 to 1.6. Conclusions: These preliminary findings suggest that yoga may be effective in attenuating RLS symptoms and symptom severity, reducing perceived stress, and improving sleep and mood in women with RLS.

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“…This dysfunctional process perpetuates maladaptive thoughts, feelings and behaviors and, in MBB, is heuristically "personified" as an "Identity System" that can be activated when an individual encounters triggering situations or undesirable outcomes. MBB has been investigated as a short-term intervention for managing disturbed sleep and other co-occurring symptoms [17], as well as for dealing with various issues associated with substance misuse/abuse conditions, using MBB as a complementary intervention added to standard care [18]. Clinical trials have demonstrated that MBB, compared to a mindfulness meditation condition, can be relatively more fast-acting and equally long-lasting in promoting mind-body wellbeing, after only three weekly sessions [19].…”

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Healing Dysfunctional Identity: Bridging Mind-Body Intervention to Brain Systems

Ho¹,

Nakamura²

2017

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In this paper, we aim to use an innovative model to integrate applied work on a fast-acting mind-body intervention, Mind-Body Bridging (MBB), with theoretical work based on psychology and neuroscience. In an affect-object generative inference and regulation (AGIR) model, we propose that functional dynamics between two systems, the affect-object thought generation system and the cognitive control system, can guide an individual to achieve homeostasis within self and harmonious relationships with others. We used Neurosynth (www.neurosynth.org), an automated meta-analysis database, to identify potential brain substrates underlying the key components in the AGIR model. Based on the findings, some brain regions are implicated as the key cortical substrates in this model, corroborating our central hypothesis that a hallmark of mind-body wellbeing can be characterized as a low-frequency anti-correlantion between 1) the cognitive control system including the dorsal anterior/middle cingulate cortex, and 2) the affect-object thought generation system including the ventromedial prefrontal cortex and posterior cingulate cortex. MBB provides an efficient strategy for responding to and dissolving a fundamental problem that impairs mind-body wellbeing, i.e., unrealistic identity-grasping consisting of self-centered embodied expectations of self and others. We demonstrated how theoretical and applied work could be integrated by drawing evidence from the neuroscience literature to support the AGIR model, and then we applied the AGIR model to elucidate how MBB might work.

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Two sessions of sleep-focused mind–body bridging improve self-reported symptoms of sleep and PTSD in veterans: A pilot randomized controlled trial

Cited by 66 publications

References 42 publications

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for sleep disturbances in treating posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Cognitive-behavioral therapy for sleep disturbances in treating posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Efficacy of an Eight-Week Yoga Intervention on Symptoms of Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS): A Pilot Study

Healing Dysfunctional Identity: Bridging Mind-Body Intervention to Brain Systems

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