Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Psychoeducation

6 papers

Interoceptive Awareness Skills for Emotion Regulation: Theory and Approach of Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT)

Price, Cynthia J., Hooven, Carole

www.frontiersin.org Summary & key facts 2018 388 citations

This paper explains how being aware of internal body signals (called interoceptive awareness) is tied to understanding and managing emotions. It describes a therapy named Mindful Awareness in Body-Oriented Therapy (MABT) that teaches three core interoceptive skills—identifying, accessing, and appraising bodily signals—using education and hands-on body work. The authors present…

Cognitive behavior therapy for chronic subjective dizziness: a randomized, controlled trial

Sarah Edelman, Alison Mahoney, Phillip D. Cremer

American Journal of Otolaryngology Summary & key facts 2011 125 citations

This randomized, controlled trial tested a brief cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program for 41 patients with chronic subjective dizziness. The program was three weekly sessions led by a clinical psychologist and used psychoeducation, behavioral experiments, exposure, and attention refocusing. After treatment, patients showed large, significant reductions in dizziness-related disability, physical…

Glaucoma and retinal disorders Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Vestibular and auditory disorders

A double-edged hashtag: Evaluation of #ADHD-related TikTok content and its associations with perceptions of ADHD

Vasileia Karasavva, C. Miller, Nicole B. Groves, Andrés Montiel, Will H. Canu, Amori Yee Mikami

PLoS ONE Summary & key facts 2025 25 citations

Researchers analyzed the top 100 TikTok videos tagged #ADHD and asked 843 college students about their TikTok use and views of those videos. Two clinical psychologists rated the top 100 videos and found that fewer than half of the claims about ADHD symptoms matched the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of…

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Digital Mental Health Interventions Impact of Technology on Adolescents

Bipolar disorder and adherence: implications of manic subjective experience on treatment disruption

Samuel Bulteau, Marie Grall-Bronnec, Pierre-Yves Bars, Edouard-Jules Laforgue, François Etcheverrigaray, Jean-Christophe Loirat, et al.

PubMed Central (PMC) Summary & key facts 2018 13 citations

Researchers interviewed 12 adults with bipolar I disorder who were well and not currently manic. Patients usually remembered their manic episodes vividly, but memories often had gaps and felt changed by later problems. The study found that stopping medication was more often linked to losing insight during a manic state…

Bipolar Disorder and Treatment Mental Health Treatment and Access Schizophrenia research and treatment

Comparing and contrasting body-dysmorphic disorder and eating disorders

Eda Gorbis, JUSTINE JAMERO

Journal of Aesthetic Nursing Summary & key facts 2019 1 citation

Body-dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental illness where a person is deeply upset and focused on a perceived physical flaw. The worry can take many hours a day, lead to repeated checking or grooming, hurt work and school life, and sometimes lead to hospital stays or thoughts of suicide. Research…

Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies Eating Disorders and Behaviors Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior

Ketamine, Psychedelics, and Psychotherapy: Reframing, Redefining, Renaming Treatment Models

Jennifer Swainson, Elisa Brietzke, Atul Khullar, Roger S McIntyre, Claudio N Soares

PubMed Central (PMC) Summary & key facts 2025 0 citations

This article says interest in ketamine and other psychedelics for conditions like PTSD, depression, and anxiety has grown fast, but the field is confused. Studies and clinics use different kinds of therapy and do not clearly say whether benefit comes from the drug, the psychedelic “experience,” or the psychotherapy. The…

Diverse academic research themes Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis Psychedelics and Drug Studies

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