Tim Brunson DCH

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Meditators have Better Capabilities to Moderate the Intensity of their Emotional Arousal

Posted At : January 5, 2007 5:04 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from the State Research Institute of Physiology at the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences in Novosibirsk, Russia, mounted a controlled, randomized clinical trial to examine how long-term meditation practice can effect EEG activity during non-emotional arousal (eyes-closed and eyes-open periods, viewing emotionally neutral movie clip) and while experiencing experimentally induced negative emotions (viewing an aversive movie clip).

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Laproscopy Patients who Listened to Guided Imagery or Music Experienced Positive Effects

Posted At : January 5, 2007 5:02 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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A newly published study from Perioperative Services at Concord Hospital in New Hampshire of 84 patients undergoing gynecologic laparoscopy that looked at the effects of two interventions - guided imagery and music - on post-operative pain, nausea and vomiting (PONV) and length of stay (LOS), showed that patients in both the guided imagery and music groups had significantly less pain on PACU discharge to home than controls. The audio recordings used in the study were from Health Journeys.

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The effect of Music-Based Imagery and Musical Alternate Engagement on the Burn

Posted At : January 5, 2007 5:01 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Researchers from the Burn Center at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland tested the effectiveness of music-based imagery and music alone for helping burn patients in managing their pain and anxiety during debridement (the painful process of removing dead skin).

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Helping Children Relax During Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Posted At : January 5, 2007 4:58 AM | Posted By : Tim Brunson, PhD
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Helping children relax during magnetic resonance imaging.

In the Sept/Oct, 1997 issue of The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing [Vol. 22(5), pp 237-241], Gail Smart, a clinical pediatric nurse specialist at Children's Hospital of Denver, reports on her pilot study on the effects of guided imagery on kids during MRI procedures. She randomly assigned 20 kids, ages 4-8, to either a guided imagery group or a control group.

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