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Among patients with fibromyalgia, practicing mindfulness may alleviate pain, depression and anxiety, thereby conferring benefits for sleep, a study has found.
An adaptive emotion-focused coping mechanism for stress appears to improve glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients who do not use insulin, a new study suggests.
Not only is listening to music relaxing for the mind, it may also benefit the heart for patients with early post-infarction angina, suggests a study released during the ACC.20/WCC Virtual Meeting.
Dr Poon Shi Hui, a consultant at the Department of Psychiatry at Singapore General Hospital, speaks to Roshini Claire Anthony on the different types of insomnia and the various management strategies deployed for each type.
Cancer patients with more advanced diseases, and those with higher anxiety and depression burdens, suffer from greater pain distress, a recent study has found.
Several pharmacologic interventions, including cannabinoids and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), do not appear to be effective in the treatment of cannabis use disorder (CUD), a study has shown.
Physicians and nurses in hospitals equipped with fever clinics or wards for patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China report experiencing symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia and distress, according to a recent survey.
In the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy (TF-CBT) appear to be most effective at reducing symptoms and increasing remission rates as well as sustaining symptom improvements after therapy has ended, according to the results of a meta-analysis.
Women with successful weight loss can maintain their weight with the help of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), with corresponding continuation of reduced energy intake and doing more physical activities which may be beneficial in the long term, a recent study has shown.
Universiti Malaya (UM) recently launched the UM Mental Health Initiative, a platform to push for mental health activities in the university. The initial focus of the initiative will be on students and the university signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Johnson & Johnson Sdn Bhd (J&J) on initiatives to innovate teaching and learning in healthcare. Of note is the component on mental health, which is aligned to the MOH’s #Letstalkmindasihat initiative launched in 2019.
