Exploratory Analysis of Racial/Ethnic and Educational Differences in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness-Based Weight Loss Intervention
Conclusions
Although disparities persist, mindfulness approaches may mitigate some racial/ethnic and socioeconomic differences in weight loss compared with conventional diet-exercise programs.
Trial Registration: Clinicaltrials.gov registration: NCT00960414 (Source: Psychosomatic Medicine)
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - July 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research
Harnessing Life’s Slings and Arrows: The Science and Opportunities for Mindfulness Meditation During a Global Pandemic and Beyond
We are at a difficult time in history with societal increases in stress, loneliness, and psychopathology, along with high rates of obesity, sedentary lifestyles, and chronic pain. Mindfulness interventions offer promise to address these societal issues. However, in order to make best use of the opportunities revealed by our current challenges, we must: (1) tackle these issues head-on with inclusive, innovative, and creative experimental designs and interventions, and (2) collectively adhere to rigorous, high quality methods so as to provide an evidence-based integration of mindfulness interventions into mainstream medicine...
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - July 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: EDITORIAL COMMENT Source Type: research
Article Summaries for July–August 2021 Psychosomatic Medicine, Volume 83, Issue 6
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Pain and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: The Case of Margaret Mitchell
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Interrelationships Between Oxidative Stress, Cytokines, and Psychotic Symptoms and Executive Functions in Patients With Chronic Schizophrenia
Objective
Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that the pathophysiology of schizophrenia is involved in various abnormalities in oxidative stress markers and cytokines closely related to synaptic plasticity. However, the interactive effects among key cytokines, oxidative stress, and executive dysfunction and symptoms of schizophrenia have not been investigated yet.
Methods
A total of 189 patients with chronic schizophrenia and 60 controls were recruited in the current study. Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), interleukin (IL)-8, IL-6, and IL-2 levels; catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and superoxide dismutase ...
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - June 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research
Sex Differences in Patterns of Sleep Disorders Among Hospitalizations With Parkinson’s Disease: 2004–2014 Nationwide Inpatient Sample
Conclusions
Overall, hospitalized men are more likely to experience PD with insomnia or parasomnia, whereas hospitalized women are more likely to experience PD with sleep-related movement disorder or any sleep disorder. Prospective cohort studies are needed to replicate these cross-sectional findings. (Source: Psychosomatic Medicine)
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - June 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research
Living Alone and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Conclusions
We assessed the effect of living arrangement status on clinical outcomes in patients with HFpEF and suggested that living alone was associated with an independent increase in any hospitalization.
Clinical Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00094302. (Source: Psychosomatic Medicine)
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - June 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research
Childhood Maltreatment and Subclinical Atherosclerosis: Findings From the General Population
Conclusions
Our findings suggest that the relationship between CM types and subclinical atherosclerosis as well as its clinical end points is complex and remains inconclusive, suggesting the need for further research. (Source: Psychosomatic Medicine)
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - June 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research
Financial Stressors During the Great Recession and Subsequent Risk of Early Mortality
Conclusions
Experiencing financial stressors during the Great Recession was associated with increased mortality over the 4-year follow-up period, particularly for people who reported financial security was important to their well-being. Interventions designed to reduce financial stress to improve health may benefit from targeting people for whom such stressors are particularly important. (Source: Psychosomatic Medicine)
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - June 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research
Self-Rated Health Among Patients With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Close Relatives: The Role of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms
Objective
Severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) is accompanied by significant declines in self-rated health (SRH). Although such deteriorations in SRH are related to various consequences of sTBI, the effect of posttraumatic reactions (i.e., posttraumatic stress [PTS] symptoms) has been tested insufficiently to date, especially among civilians. The present investigation is based on Trajectories of Recovery After Severe Traumatic brain injury—Matters In families (TRAST-MI), a unique study among civilians with sTBI and their families. Previous research revealed that civilian sTBI has effects beyond the injured patient, i...
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - June 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research
The Moderating Effects of Genetic Variations on Changes in Physical Activity Level and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Response to a Life-Style Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Conclusions
The effects of the intervention on PA and CRF were not moderated by the four SNPs. Future studies with extended SNP list should confirm the findings on effect modification by age. (Source: Psychosomatic Medicine)
Source: Psychosomatic Medicine - June 1, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research
