Mindfulness

Burnout, stress and suicide rates have reached “crisis levels” among health care professionals, according to the AMA Alliance.

Ketamine and mindfulness training may be effective as adjunctive treatments for patients with alcohol use disorder, according to a double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 clinical trial published in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Exhaustion. Fear. Burnout. Uncertainty. Stress. Trauma. Grief.

A structured Mediterranean diet or mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy, compared with usual care, significantly reduced the proportion of newborns at risk for low birth weight being born below the 10th percentile, data showed.

In this video interview, Melanie L. Brown, MD, a pediatrician at Johns Hopkins, discusses the impact of the pandemic on provider wellness and the need for self-care plans.

Healio Neurology featured some of the major stories from the American Neurological Association Annual Meeting.

A digital mindfulness intervention was feasible and associated with benefits in quality of life among adults with asthma, according to data published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine.

Data suggest that practicing mindfulness — the quality or state of being conscious or aware — may decrease levels of burnout, enhance satisfaction with life and lead to better patient care among oncologists.

A physician’s job is never done, but for three oncologists, incorporating health, nutrition and mindfulness into their daily lives is vital to maintaining a sense of wellness and being fully present whether at home or work.

Diabetes specialists want the people in their care to do their best to achieve health-related goals, but a perfectionist mindset can counterintuitively lead to worse outcomes and poor mental health, according to two speakers.