Browsing by Author "Benson, Herbert"
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Effectiveness of the Relaxation Response-Based Group Intervention for Treating Depressed Chinese American Immigrants: A Pilot Study
Yeung, Albert; Slipp, Lauren E.; Niles, Halsey; Jacquart, Jolene; Chow, Choi-Ling; Fava, Maurizio; Denninger, John W.; Benson, Herbert; Fricchione, Gregory L. (MDPI, 2014)Background:: This study examined the feasibility, safety and efficacy of an 8-week Relaxation Response (RR)-based group. Methods:: Twenty-two depressed Chinese American immigrants were recruited. Outcomes measures were ... -
The Feasibility and Impact of Delivering a Mind-Body Intervention in a Virtual World
Linton, Deborah A.; Bello, Heather E.; Senelly, Marco; Milik, Mariola T.; Baim, Margaret A.; Hoch, Daniel B.; Watson, Alice Joan; Jethwani, Kamal Shanker; Fricchione, Gregory Lewis; Benson, Herbert; Kvedar, Joseph Charles (Public Library of Science, 2012)Introduction: Mind-body medical approaches may ameliorate chronic disease. Stress reduction is particularly helpful, but face-to-face delivery systems cannot reach all those who might benefit. An online, 3-dimensional ... -
Genomic and Clinical Effects Associated with a Relaxation Response Mind-Body Intervention in Patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Kuo, Braden; Bhasin, Manoj; Jacquart, Jolene; Scult, Matthew A.; Slipp, Lauren; Riklin, Eric Isaac Kagan; Lepoutre, Veronique; Comosa, Nicole; Norton, Beth-Ann; Dassatti, Allison; Rosenblum, Jessica; Thurler, Andrea H.; Surjanhata, Brian C.; Hasheminejad, Nicole N.; Kagan, Leslee; Slawsby, Ellen; Rao, Sowmya R.; Macklin, Eric A.; Fricchione, Gregory L.; Benson, Herbert; Libermann, Towia A.; Korzenik, Joshua; Denninger, John W. (Public Library of Science, 2015)Introduction: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) can profoundly affect quality of life and are influenced by stress and resiliency. The impact of mind-body interventions (MBIs) on IBS and ... -
Genomic Counter-Stress Changes Induced by the Relaxation Response
Dusek, Jeffery A.; Otu, Hasan H; Wohlhueter, Ann L.; Bhasin, Manoj; Zerbini, Luiz F.; Joseph, Marie G.; Benson, Herbert; Libermann, Towia Aron (Public Library of Science, 2008)Background: Mind-body practices that elicit the relaxation response (RR) have been used worldwide for millennia to prevent and treat disease. The RR is characterized by decreased oxygen consumption, increased exhaled nitric ... -
Nest Making and Oxytocin Comparably Promote Wound Healing in Isolation Reared Rats
Vitalo, Antonia; Fricchione, Jonathan; Hoge, Elizabeth A.; Casali, Monica; Berdichevsky, Yevgeny; Rauch, Scott Laurence; Berthiaume, Francois; Yarmush, Martin Leon; Benson, Herbert; Fricchione, Gregory Lewis; Levine, John Brenner (Public Library of Science, 2009)Background: Environmental enrichment (EE) fosters attachment behavior through its effect on brain oxytocin levels in the hippocampus and other brain regions, which in turn modulate the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA). ... -
P04.28. Implementing a mind-body medicine relaxation training program in an urban high school: changes in health behaviors, perceived stress, and anxiety
Wilson, Harvey Kent; Scult, M; Wilcher, M; Chudnofsky, R; Malloy, L; Fricchione, Gregory Lewis; Benson, Herbert; Denninger, John Weber (BioMed Central, 2012) -
Relaxation Response and Resiliency Training and Its Effect on Healthcare Resource Utilization
Stahl, James E.; Dossett, Michelle Leigh; LaJoie, A. Scott; Denninger, John Weber; Mehta, Darshan Hemendra; Goldman, Roberta; Fricchione, Gregory Lewis; Benson, Herbert (Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2015) -
Relaxation Response Induces Temporal Transcriptome Changes in Energy Metabolism, Insulin Secretion and Inflammatory Pathways
Bhasin, Manoj; Dusek, Jeffery A.; Chang, Bei-Hung; Joseph, Marie G.; Denninger, John Weber; Fricchione, Gregory Lewis; Benson, Herbert; Libermann, Towia Aron (Public Library of Science, 2013)The relaxation response (RR) is the counterpart of the stress response. Millennia-old practices evoking the RR include meditation, yoga and repetitive prayer. Although RR elicitation is an effective therapeutic intervention ... -
Standardised Mindfulness-Based Interventions in Healthcare: An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of RCTs
Gotink, Rinske A.; Chu, Paula; Busschbach, Jan J. V.; Benson, Herbert; Fricchione, Gregory L.; Hunink, M. G. Myriam (Public Library of Science, 2015)Background: Mindfulness-based therapies are being used in a wide range of common chronic conditions in both treatment and prevention despite lack of consensus about their effectiveness in different patient categories. ...