Buddhist inspired resources for physicians and other health care professionals.
Posted in Addiction Medicine on Jan 14th, 2010
Thursday, January 14, 2010, 7:30 – 9pm
Downstairs at Town Hall; enter on Seneca Street.
Addictions fill celebrity tabloids and fuel “reality” TV shows, but the true reality is that even those of us who know an addict, or have experienced addiction, have a hard time fully understanding the void that addiction attempts to fill, or know how to [...]
Posted in Addiction Medicine on Sep 3rd, 2009
from Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2009;17(4):254-67
Dakwar E, Levin FR.
Division of Substance Abuse, New York State Psychiatric Institute/Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA. dakware@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
Over the past 30 years the practice of meditation has become increasingly popular in clinical settings. In addition to evidence-based medical uses, meditation may have psychiatric benefits. In this review, the literature [...]
Posted in Addiction Medicine, Mindfulness in Medicine, Prison Outreach on Jul 31st, 2009
from Psychol Addict Behav. 2006 Sep;20(3):343-7
Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Dillworth TM, Chawla N, Simpson TL, Ostafin BD, Larimer ME, Blume AW, Parks GA, Marlatt GA.
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. swbowen@u.washington.edu
Despite the availability of various substance abuse treatments, alcohol and drug misuse and related negative consequences remain [...]
Posted in Addiction Medicine, Mindfulness in Medicine on Jul 31st, 2009
from Addict Behav. 2007 Oct;32(10):2324-8
Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Dillworth TM, Marlatt GA.
University of Washington, Department of Psychology, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. swbowen@u.washington.edu
Previous studies have demonstrated that attempts to suppress thoughts about using substances may actually lead to increases in substance use. Vipassana, a mindfulness meditation practice, emphasizes acceptance, rather than suppression, of unwanted [...]
Posted in Addiction Medicine, Mindfulness in Medicine, NW Center for Medical Activism, Prison Outreach, Social Action / Engaged Buddhism on Jul 31st, 2009
from J Trauma Stress. 2007 Jun;20(3):239-49
Simpson TL, Kaysen D, Bowen S, MacPherson LM, Chawla N, Blume A, Marlatt GA, Larimer M.
VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. tracey.simpson@va.gov
The present study evaluated whether Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom severity was associated with participation and [...]
Posted in Addiction Medicine, Mindfulness in Medicine on Feb 27th, 2009
Jean L. Kristeller and C. Brendan Hallett
Dept. of Psychology
Indiana State University
Journal of Health Psychology. (1999). Vol 4 (3). 357-363.
This study investigated the efficacy of a meditation-based intervention for Binge Eating Disorder (BED). The intervention employed standard and eating-specific mindfulness meditation exercises as the core part of a six-week group treatment. Eighteen obese (BMI > 27) [...]
Posted in Addiction Medicine, Mindfulness in Medicine on Feb 27th, 2009
from the Bariatric Times, Nov/Dec 2007: “Although bariatric surgical procedures are powerful tools in the treatment of obesity, patients and healthcare providers alike can feel frustrated by the difficulties of actually achieving postoperative weight loss objectives, particularly postoperative weight loss maintenance. One result of these surgical interventions is to bring the feeling of fullness into [...]
Posted in Addiction Medicine, Medical Education, Mindfulness in Medicine, Social Action / Engaged Buddhism, Theravadin Tradition, Tibetan Tradition on Feb 25th, 2009
14 - 15 June 2007 at the Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
The Dalai Lama and a faculty of expert speakers from Australia and overseas will explore the techniques for achieving peace and happiness at this conference. It is a two day conference featuring up to 50 leading minds from psychology, science, philosophy, and [...]
Posted in Addiction Medicine, Mindfulness in Medicine on Feb 24th, 2009
Mindfulness Meditation is becoming widely popular as an adjunct to conventional medical and psychological therapies.
This site is designed to assist people who are interested in the integration of psychotherapy and medical therapies, for their own well being , for the purpose of enhancing the therapeutic relationship or to improve the quality of clinical interventions.
Posted in Addiction Medicine, Mindfulness in Medicine on Feb 24th, 2009
April 2-4, 2009, La Jolla, CA: Buddhism & Psychology, featuring Jack Kornfeld, Tara Brach, Marsha Linehan, Alan Marlatt, Stephen Hayes and Rick Hanson.
Mindfulness Skills & Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Mindfulness Based Relapse Prevention (MBRP)
The Self-Transforming Brain
Fully Living with Chronic Pain: A Mindfulness Based Approach
Transformative Principles of Buddhist Psychology
Practices & Applications of Mindfulness in Psychotherapy
Awakening the Good [...]