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A summary of research on the Transcendental Meditation technique

July 4th, 2011

For more information visit – www.TM.org The wide-ranging benefits of the Transcendental Meditation technique have been verified by more than 600 scientific studies conducted at 250 independent universities, research institutions and medical schools in 33 countries during the past 40 years. Research studies have described specific physiological effects that occur during the practice of the Transcendental Meditation technique. The first studies were published in the early 1970s in Science, American Journal of Physiology, and Scientific American. This research found that the Transcendental Meditation technique produced a physiological state that the researchers called a “wakeful hypometabolic state.” During the practice of the technique the researchers found significant reductions in respiration, minute ventilation, tidal volume, blood lactate, and significant increases in basal skin resistance, while EEG measurements showed increased coherence and integration of brain functioning. In 1987, researchers at Maharishi University of Management, Dillbeck, MC, and DW Orme-Johnson, concluded that the physiology was alert rather than asleep during TM practice. Studies have suggested a positive correlation between the Transcendental Meditation technique and possible health-related physiological states, including improvement in lung function for patients with asthma, reduction of high blood pressure, an effect the researchers termed “younger biological age”, decreased insomnia

Peritraumatic fear, helplessness and horror and peritraumatic dissociation: Do physical and cognitive symptoms of panic mediate the relationship between … from: Behaviour Research and Therapy]

August 26th, 2010

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The goal of this study was to examine whether panic mediates the relationship between fear, helplessness, and horror (PTSD criterion A2) and dissociation at the time of trauma. The study sample included 709 police officers and 317 peer-nominated civilians who had been exposed to a variety of critical incidents. Participants filled out measures of critical incident exposure, PTSD criterion A2, panic, and dissociation. Results indicate that together, physical and cognitive symptoms of panic completely mediate the relationship between criterion A2 and dissociation in civilians, and partially mediate that relationship in police. These results provide support for the idea that panic mediates the relationship between fear, helplessness, and horror (criterion A2) and dissociation at the time of trauma. The results also raise the possibility, however, that the mediational role of panic may be further moderated by additional variables.

Peritraumatic fear, helplessness and horror and peritraumatic dissociation: Do physical and cognitive symptoms of panic mediate the relationship between … from: Behaviour Research and Therapy]

Panic disorder: a tightening vortex of misery. .(psychiatric research; includes symptoms and “drugs that elicit panic attacks” … from: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

July 21st, 2010

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This digital document is an article from Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, published by Nursecom, Inc. on January 1, 2003. The length of the article is 2388 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Panic disorder: a tightening vortex of misery. (Biological Perspectives).(psychiatric research; includes symptoms and “drugs that elicit panic attacks” charts)
Author: Norman L. Keltner
Publication: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care (Refereed)
Date: January 1, 2003
Publisher: Nursecom, Inc.
Volume: 39 Issue: 1 Page: 38(5)

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Panic disorder: a tightening vortex of misery. .(psychiatric research; includes symptoms and “drugs that elicit panic attacks” … from: Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

Writing Research Papers On Panic Disorders – Helpful Tips For Research Students

March 2nd, 2010

Should a person be interested on papers regarding panic disorders, there is plenty out there and plenty to read. Should a person want to write about it, there are many ways to do the research.

One of the best places to start is the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. People can contact the employees by writing, calling or going through the Internet. ADAA is a nonprofit organization set on getting awareness out about the different anxieties people can face. It also keeps up with the medical studies, will report on new research and publishes a newsletter. Two other organizations also maintain websites. These are: Anxiety Network International and Obsessive Compulsive Foundation.

Should a person need to write a paper on panic issues, there are several different topics within this broad category.

* How to recognize the start of the panic attack
* How to arrest a panic attack
* How to recognize thinking that leads to panic attacks
* How to differentiate between anxiety and panic attacks
* How to take control of your life

Should someone need to write a paper about panic disorders, start by gathering research on the Internet and getting other research materials. To really do a good job, a person should really understand what they are writing about. To start off… understand the meanings behind stress, depression, relaxation, worry and phobias. Phobias and disorders can lead to huge misunderstandings if someone does not know the difference.

Any paper about panic disorders will tell the person what happens when a panic attack happens to the sufferers with anxiety and have full blown panic disorder.

What is typically misundestood is that panic disorders and anxiety attacks are not the same. Anxiety attacks are when a person is overly worried about something that can be desribed. This worry begins to cause a physical reaction. Yet, when it becomes so intense that the person ignores it, then it turns into a phobia.

Example: Hood flies up at you – You are driving down the highway, driving sixty miles per hour and all of a sudden the hood flies up. You pull over calmly then break down into tears. Afterwards, it is hard for you to drive on the road at anything higher than forty miles per hour. This turns into a phobia.

As the person reads further on into the paper on panic disorders, they will find that the anxiety turns into a disorder even when physical symptoms are not attributed to anything in particular. It then says there is nothing to avoid because the situation is not defined. The anxiety here is not a phobia.

This is one area of study with anxiety and panic disorders that is available to research on. It is imperative to understand the definitions to deal with the personal problems in the right manner so you can understand what you are reading.

One note: Depending on the kinds of attacks experienced, medications versus relaxation techniques can be used.

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Anxiety sensitivity interacts with marijuana use in the prediction of anxiety symptoms and panic-related catastrophic thinking among daily tobacco users … from: Behaviour Research and Therapy]

February 27th, 2010

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The present investigation evaluated whether anxiety sensitivity interacted with marijuana use in relation to the prediction of panic-relevant variables among young adult tobacco smokers (n=265). Approximately 73% of the sample was composed of current marijuana smokers, with 78.5% of this sub-sample using marijuana more than once per week. As expected, after covarying cigarettes per day, alcohol use, and negative affectivity, the interaction between marijuana use and anxiety sensitivity predicted anxiety symptoms and agoraphobic cognitions. Partially consistent with prediction, the interaction between frequency of marijuana use and anxiety sensitivity predicted only anxiety symptoms. These results are discussed in relation to better understanding the potential role of regular marijuana use and anxiety sensitivity for panic-relevant emotional vulnerability among regular tobacco smokers.

Anxiety sensitivity interacts with marijuana use in the prediction of anxiety symptoms and panic-related catastrophic thinking among daily tobacco users … from: Behaviour Research and Therapy]

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