Improve the Psychological Well-Being of Police with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “self-reported mindfulness to be associated with increased resilience and emotional intelligence and decreased negative health outcomes among police officers.” – John H. Kim Policing is a very stressful occupation. Stress in police can result from role conflicts between […]
Further Improve Health Care Professionals’ Mental Health with Supplemental Mindfulness Training By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “The therapeutic applications of mindfulness are considerable and its impact on clinical practice itself appears to be profound. Indeed, several commentators characterize mindfulness as inciting nothing short of a revolution in the way we conduct our […]
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Improve the Psychological Health of Health Care Professionals with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “The front lines for health care providers may feel overwhelming. . . turning to mindfulness practice can help us settle, help us get out of all that thinking for a moment. We can try to settle down and […]
Mindfulness Training Improves the Psychological Health of Health Care Professionals By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Levels of stress and burnout in the healthcare profession have been exacerbated in recent decades by significant changes in how health care is delivered and administered. Extensive research has shown that mindfulness training . . . can […]
Improve Well-Being in Nurses with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “For nurses, many of them went into the field because of their ability to connect with people and make a difference in their lives. Mindfulness is a path to help us reconnect with what brings meaning to the profession. It brings […]
Improve the Mental Health on Intensive Care Nurses with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Nurses are particularly vulnerable to stress and burnout, with little time in their schedule to commit to self-care or intensive stress reduction programs” . . . on-the-job mindfulness-based intervention is viable for this nursing population. In addition […]
Improve Resilience in First-Responders with a Smartphone Mindfulness App By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “The mindfulness practices work at both a preventative and remedial level by assisting them to maintain higher levels of resilience to deal with their emergency responder roles and helping to reduce and cease distressing reactions after difficult personal […]
Mindfulness Area Research: Effects of Mindfulness with Adolescents Adolescence is a time of mental, physical, social, and emotional growth. It is during this time that higher levels of thinking, sometimes called executive function, develops. But adolescence can be a difficult time, fraught with challenges. During this time the child transitions to young adulthood; including […]
Improve the Happiness of Healthcare Workers with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Thanks to the rapidly growing science of mindfulness, we are now understanding the seamless interconnectedness of brain, mind, body, experience, and well-being — to say nothing of the contributions to health and well-being that stem from social interconnectedness and environmental/planetary […]