{"title":"Reducing healthcare burnout through meditation: benefits and challenges.","authors":"Varnika Fnu, Divya Rajasekaran, Anamika Pilaniya, Kanishk Aggarwal, Mini Virmani, Aachal Gupta, Rohit Jain","doi":"10.1080/28324765.2025.2477699","DOIUrl":"10.1080/28324765.2025.2477699","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Currently, healthcare professionals face challenges such as excessive stress, mental distress, psychiatric issues, and burnout. Contributors include various personal, professional, and environmental stressors such as prolonged work hours, high workload, patient care responsibility, information overload, and financial concerns. Stress and burnout can cause employee turnover, staffing shortages, medical errors, reduced job satisfaction, and reduced interest in pursuing or continuing healthcare as a career. This paper explores meditation as a possible solution for tackling stress- and burnout-related issues among healthcare professionals. We present findings from various studies that have revealed the physiological effects of meditation and demonstrated its impact on stress reduction, cardiovascular health, immune function, brain structure, pain management, and genetic expression. We provide insights into commonly used meditation tools such as mindfulness-based stress reduction (MSBR) programs, challenges, and solutions for implementing meditation-related programs in mainstream healthcare delivery.</p>","PeriodicalId":72633,"journal":{"name":"Cogent mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"2477699"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12443006/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145558591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent mental healthPub Date : 2025-03-07eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1080/28324765.2025.2476528
Zahir Vally
{"title":"Depressive affect, stress, and compulsive Facebook use: examination in an Arabic-speaking sample.","authors":"Zahir Vally","doi":"10.1080/28324765.2025.2476528","DOIUrl":"10.1080/28324765.2025.2476528","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study assessed the psychometric properties of an Arabic-translated version of the Bergen Facebook Addiction Scale (BFAS) using a confirmatory factor analysis with maximum likelihood estimation. It also examined the associations between depression, stress, and compulsive Facebook use (CFU) measured by the newly created BFAS in a sample of young adults from the United Arab Emirates. Participants (<i>n</i> = 484) completed the BFAS and measures of stress and depression. The BFAS produced a unidimensional factor structure and the data adhered to some, but not all, indices of acceptable model fit, providing preliminary evidence of its validity and reliability. A total of 17.4% of the sample reached the polythetic threshold while 4.9% scored above the monothetic cut-off score indicative of CFU. CFU was positively associated with stress and depression. Depression significantly moderated this association of stress with CFU. The Arabic BFAS holds promise as a valid and reliable measure of CFU, but this determination should be considered preliminary. Moderation results also suggest that Facebook use may serve as a means of mood modification for individuals who experience stress, and this appears to occur uniformly across varying levels of depression.</p>","PeriodicalId":72633,"journal":{"name":"Cogent mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"2476528"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12442981/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145558651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent mental healthPub Date : 2025-03-07eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1080/28324765.2025.2473409
Alice Walker, Helen M Lloyd
{"title":"A narrative exploration of how clinical psychologists deal with the climate and ecological emergency.","authors":"Alice Walker, Helen M Lloyd","doi":"10.1080/28324765.2025.2473409","DOIUrl":"10.1080/28324765.2025.2473409","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The discipline of clinical psychology is waking up to the climate crisis. There is growing consensus that the mental and physical health impacts of climate and ecological change will be significant, and will compound existing health and social inequalities. Whilst many UK clinical psychologists recognise climate change as professionally relevant, there is no literature documenting their level of awareness about the threats of climate change to psychological wellbeing, how they perceive the intersection of their professional role and climate change adaptation, and whether as professionals they are taking a stance on climate change. This exploratory, qualitative study seeks to address this knowledge gap. Interviews were conducted with 13 clinical psychologists working in the National Health Service (NHS). Narrative analysis was used to explore how they perceived their roles and factors influencing engagement with the climate crisis. Analysis revealed identity dilemmas and social narratives about the profession influencing whether and how clinical psychologists adopted a climate-concerned position in their professional lives. Results are discussed in the context of a social identity approach to understanding climate action, and offer insight into the challenges and opportunities for the profession to fulfil its ethical responsibilities towards the human and more-than-human world.</p>","PeriodicalId":72633,"journal":{"name":"Cogent mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"2473409"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12442987/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145558584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent mental healthPub Date : 2025-03-03eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1080/28324765.2025.2470126
Tatiana Leroy, David Nicholas Top, Russell J Bailey, Christina Bartholomew, Julia Toomey, Taylor Baker, Josephine Schwalbe, Kirra D Jensen
{"title":"Accessing care: qualitative analysis of counseling center therapists' experiences of transitioning to telehealth.","authors":"Tatiana Leroy, David Nicholas Top, Russell J Bailey, Christina Bartholomew, Julia Toomey, Taylor Baker, Josephine Schwalbe, Kirra D Jensen","doi":"10.1080/28324765.2025.2470126","DOIUrl":"10.1080/28324765.2025.2470126","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study aimed to explore and categorize therapists' experiences with the transition to telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted in-depth interviews with 13 therapists working at a university counseling center in the United States to more thoroughly understand their experiences. We then employed consensual qualitative research methods within a research team to analyze these data across multiple phases. The findings revealed several key domains, including obstacles and changes in therapy style and relationships, therapists' attitudes towards telehealth, perceived fit of clients for telehealth, ethical concerns for the practice of telehealth, the need for training and established telehealth protocols, and logistical challenges for implementing telehealth. The results emphasized the need for additional research, training, and development of best practices in telehealth to support therapists in delivering effective and ethical therapy services online.</p>","PeriodicalId":72633,"journal":{"name":"Cogent mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"2470126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12443012/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145558575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cogent mental healthPub Date : 2025-01-12eCollection Date: 2025-01-01DOI: 10.1080/28324765.2025.2449878
Georgina Ramsay, Marc Williams, Elizabeth Marks, Gareth Morgan
{"title":"A COSMIN systematic review of the psychometric properties of instruments that measure climate change-related distress.","authors":"Georgina Ramsay, Marc Williams, Elizabeth Marks, Gareth Morgan","doi":"10.1080/28324765.2025.2449878","DOIUrl":"10.1080/28324765.2025.2449878","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Awareness of the climate crisis has been linked to a range of distressing emotions and multiple measurement tools have been created to assess climate change-related distress. A systematic review of psychometric properties of climate-related distress measures was conducted following the Consensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN) guidelines. Forty-four studies assessing seven measures were evaluated based on their results and the methodological quality of the studies testing each psychometric property. The measures varied with regard to the climate-related distress construct they assessed. Content validity was poor for most measures due to the methods of their development and strict COSMIN criteria; an exception was the Eco-Anxiety Questionnaire, which had promising results but was only assessed in one study. Most of the studies (<i>n</i> = 29) evaluated the Climate Change Anxiety Scale, which had inconsistent results for structural validity, but was the only measure to have some evidence of cross-cultural validity. Selection of a measure should be informed by the construct of interest to the researcher or clinician, or other features of the measure. Further research is required in different subgroups, across cultures, evaluating more psychometric properties in higher quality studies. All measures would benefit from improvements in content validity.</p>","PeriodicalId":72633,"journal":{"name":"Cogent mental health","volume":"4 1","pages":"2449878"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12443130/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145558508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}