Pilot evaluation of a mindfulness-based intervention to improve quality of life among individuals who sustained traumatic brain injuries

Bédard, Michel; Felteau, Melissa; Mazmanian, Dwight; Fedyk, Karilyn; Klein, Rupert; Richardson, Julie; Parkinson, William; Minthorn-Biggs, Mary-Beth

doi:10.1080/0963828031000090489

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“…Cognitive strategies, such as replaying positive experiences and self-monitoring instances of well-being, have also been shown to boost happiness and alleviate depression (Fava, Rafanelli, Cazzaro, Conti, & Grandi, 1998). Finally, the practice of emotional skills-including mindfulness and acceptance-can have a positive impact on a client's psychological well-being (Be´dard et al, 2003;Grossman, Tiefenthaler-Gilmer, Raysz, & Kesper, 2007;Zautra et al, 2008).…”

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confidence: 99%

Enhancing well‐being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice‐friendly meta‐analysis

2009

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Do positive psychology interventions-that is, treatment methods or intentional activities aimed at cultivating positive feelings, positive behaviors, or positive cognitions-enhance well-being and ameliorate depressive symptoms? A meta-analysis of 51 such interventions with 4,266 individuals was conducted to address this question and to provide practical guidance to clinicians. The results revealed that positive psychology interventions do indeed significantly enhance well-being (mean r 5 .29) and decrease depressive symptoms (mean r 5 .31). In addition, several factors were found to impact the effectiveness of positive psychology interventions, including the depression status, self-selection, and age of participants, as well as the format and duration of the interventions. Accordingly, clinicians should be encouraged to incorporate positive psychology techniques into their clinical work, particularly for treating clients who are depressed, relatively older, or highly motivated to improve. Our findings also suggest that clinicians would do well to deliver positive psychology interventions as individual (versus group) therapy and for relatively longer periods of time.

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Enhancing well‐being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice‐friendly meta‐analysis

2009

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“…Although mindfulness meditation on its own has been shown to have promising results in relation to some TBI symptoms, [31][32][33] the addition of this device and its mindfulness app with a brain-injured population had not yet been studied. The author and her colleagues, at Harvard Medical School and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, are currently conducting a pilot study of 20 patients with chronic mild-to-moderate TBIs comparing a group utilizing the Muse neurofeedback device and a group receiving the same mindfulness meditation intervention via the app without the use of the device to see if there is a benefit in this population on measures of attention, mood, and mindfulness when using this device.…”

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An Overview of the Use of Neurofeedback Biofeedback for the Treatment of Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury in Military and Civilian Populations

Gray¹

2017

Medical Acupuncture

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Background: Neurofeedback, a type of biofeedback, is an operant conditioning treatment that has been studied for use in the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI) in both civilian and military populations. In this approach, users are able to see or hear representations of data related to their own physiologic responses to triggers, such as stress or distraction, in real time and, with practice, learn to alter these responses in order to reduce symptoms and/or improve performance. Objective: This article provides a brief overview of the use of biofeedback, focusing on neurofeedback, for symptoms related to TBI, with applications for both civilian and military populations, and describes a pilot study that is currently underway looking at the effects of a commercial neurofeedback device on patients with mild-to-moderate TBIs. Conclusions: Although more research, including blinded randomized controlled studies, is needed on the use of neurofeedback for TBI, the literature suggests that this approach shows promise for treating some symptoms of TBI with this modality. With further advances in technology, including at-home use of neurofeedback devices, preliminary data suggests that TBI survivors may benefit from improved motivation for treatment and some reduction of symptoms related to attention, mood, and mindfulness, with the addition of neurofeedback to treatment.

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“…Investigators using such designs have demonstrated that: peer-group training of pragmatic language skills may benefit individuals with communication problems following TBI (Snow, Douglas, & Ponsford, 1998), that mindfulness-based stress reduction program may be effective in treating depressed mood (Bedard et al, 2003), and that the anticonvulsant, carbamazepine, may decrease the incidence of aggressive behaviors . Each of the above research designs may be cross-sectional, examining the effects of treatment at a particular point in time, or longitudinal, where the emphasis is on the sustainability or durability of the treatment.…”

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Call for an Integrative and Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Mansour¹,

Lajiness-O’Neill²

2015

PSYCH

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Much has been gained in our understanding of the psychopathology, assessment, and treatment of TBI. Still lacking is the breadth and depth that an integrative and multi-disciplinary approach to TBI portends. While there is a greater awareness of a need for such a systems-based approach as evidenced by the number of professional organizations and government agencies recently advocating a need for standardization in the collection data in TBI, the application of multi-dimensional approach, and the development novel strategies to deliver prevention, assessment and treatment to large, diverse populations, we are still in the early stages in making this important shift. In the nearer term, there are clinical assessment and interventional programs that can be developed and empirically validated to bring us closer to this integrative, multi-disciplinary ideal. The following review calls for a universal diagnostic classification system for TBI, integration of pathophysiology and pharmacological and rehabilitative therapies, development of treatments addressing disorders comorbid with TBI, and the delivery of assessment and treatment services to large underserved populations.

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Pilot evaluation of a mindfulness-based intervention to improve quality of life among individuals who sustained traumatic brain injuries

Abstract: The intervention was simple, and improved quality of life after other treatment avenues for these participants were exhausted.

Cited by 170 publications

References 64 publications

Enhancing well‐being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice‐friendly meta‐analysis

Enhancing well‐being and alleviating depressive symptoms with positive psychology interventions: a practice‐friendly meta‐analysis

An Overview of the Use of Neurofeedback Biofeedback for the Treatment of Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury in Military and Civilian Populations

Call for an Integrative and Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

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