Alter Cognition of Patients with Anxiety with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Anxiety can mentally exhaust you and have real impacts on your body. But before you get anxious about being anxious, know that research has shown you can reduce your anxiety and stress with a simple mindfulness practice.” – Mandy Ferreira […]
Virtual Mindfulness Training Improves Well-Being By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Spending too much time planning, problem solving, daydreaming, or thinking negative or random thoughts can be draining. It also can make you more likely to experience stress, anxiety and symptoms of depression. Practicing mindfulness exercises, on the other hand, can help you […]
Improve Sleep in Patients with Mental Disorders with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Not getting enough sleep skews our ability to regulate our emotions. In the long run, this can increase our risk of developing a mental health condition. In turn, conditions such as anxiety and depression may cause further sleep […]
Improve Anxiety and the Gut Microbiome with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “A healthy gut can be different iterations of bacteria for different people, because it is this diversity that maintains wellness.” – Jennifer Wolkin Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting 40 million adults, or […]
Mindfulness Improves Obsessive Compulsive Disorder as well as Drug Treatment By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “most OCD sufferers I know who practice mindfulness find it very helpful in fighting their disorder. To be able to focus on what is really happening in any given moment, as opposed to dwelling on the past […]
Mindfulness Changes Neural Activity and Improves Major Depressive Disorder By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “People at risk for depression are dealing with a lot of negative thoughts, feelings and beliefs about themselves and this can easily slide into a depressive relapse. . . MBCT helps them to recognize that’s happening, engage with […]
Improve Bipolar Disorder with Few Adverse Complications with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “[Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy] in [bipolar disorder] is associated with improvements in cognitive functioning and emotional regulation, reduction in symptoms of anxiety depression and mania symptoms.” – Sanja Bojic Bipolar disorder, also known as manic depressive disorder, is […]
Improve Food Related Cognitive Processing in Patients with Eating Disorders with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “Practicing mindfulness techniques has proven to be extremely helpful in aiding individuals to understand the driving forces behind their eating disorder.” – Greta Gleissner Around 30 million people in the United States of all […]
Improve Anxiety Disorders with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “[Anxiety Disorders] primarily involves unrelenting worry. With meditation, you can learn to accept those worries without letting them upset you, which is likely to diminish your stress.” – Arlin Cuncic Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the United States, affecting […]
Improve Well-Being of Healthy Individuals with Mindfulness By John M. de Castro, Ph.D. “engaging in mindfulness meditation cultivates our ability to both focus and broaden our attention, which is a practical way to elicit psychological well-being.” – Jennifer Wolkin The primary focus of the majority of research on mindfulness has been on […]