Mindfulness has been around for at least thousands of years, often originating out of religious practices. Many consider Jon Kabat-Zinn, as the main person to bring mindfulness out from its roots and into a secular, health-focused perspective. Trained as a molecular biologist and a long-time practicing Buddhist, he believed that mindfulness could serve an important role in medicine.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Adapting the Cultural Formulation Interview for the Military.
● Obstructive Sleep Apnea Among Army Aircrew.
● Brief behavioral treatment for insomnia: Treatment schedule and training feasibility in the military.
What helps you to become a better clinician? There may not be a single answer to this question. In fact, most of us probably benefit from a variety of different experiences depending upon our learning style and what we are specifically seeking to improve. Literature on competency development also highlights that such improvement can focus on knowledge, attitude, skills, or any combination of these.
The percentage by which the "number and rate of alcohol-related deaths increased...between 2019 and 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic," according to an article published this spring in JAMA -- Alcohol-Related Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Mental Health Treatment Seeking and History of Suicidal Thoughts Among Suicide Decedents by Mechanism, 2003-2018.
● Does sleep quality modify the relationship between common mental disorders and chronic low back pain in adult women?
● The REBOOT Combat Recovery Program: Health and Socioemotional Benefits.