Articles Tagged With: mindfulness
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Tools to Help Build Resilience
Surgery center leaders and staff can improve their resilience and coping mechanisms during the COVID-19 pandemic by practicing mindfulness, meditation, yoga, healthy eating, exercise, and group sharing.
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Tactics for Reducing Staff Stress, Preventing Burnout
Nurses and other surgery center staff could benefit from stress reduction techniques, especially as the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.
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Cognitively Based Compassion Training for Parents Might Decrease Stress in Kids
The authors of this small, randomized, controlled trial found that Cognitively Based Compassion Training, a group-based technique taught to parents, was associated with decreased hair level of cortisol (a marker of decreased stress) in children whose parents completed this training.
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Prioritize Staff’s Emotional Health as Surgery Centers Return to Regular Business
The emotional fallout from the COVID-19 crisis could leave major emotional scars on a healthcare workforce that already was bordering on burnout before the pandemic. Encourage staff to acknowledge their anxiety and find a way to not take home their work experiences. Leaders can support staff by encouraging them to take breaks and to designate quiet spaces for mindfulness.
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Mindfulness Interventions for ADHD: Neurobiologic Antidote?
The current standard of care consists of behavioral interventions and stimulant medication; however, symptoms often are recalcitrant to these therapies and medication treatment has significant potential for undesirable effects. Functional neuroimaging studies support the premise that functional connectivity abnormalities in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder brains may be targeted directly and improved by mindfulness and meditation interventions.
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A Novel Approach to Using Mind-Body Therapies for Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is a multifactorial public health issue and the treatment plan needs to address all biopsychosocial aspects of this disease.
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Caring for Providers: Mindfulness for Healthcare Practitioners
A review of studies regarding brief mindfulness interventions for healthcare providers found an association with improved measures of provider well-being and no evidence of behavioral changes.
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Peer-led Mindfulness Meditation Program for Medical Students
This pilot study shows that a peer-led mindfulness program during medical school enhances self-compassion, altruism, and mental wellness and decreases levels of stress.