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Mindfulness Training plus Nature Exposure for Veterans with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: A Model Intervention
There is a need to develop novel complementary interventions aimed at enhancing treatment engagement and/or response for veterans with psychiatric and substance use disorders. There is evidence that both mindfulness training and nature exposure (MT/NE) may be beneficial for this population and that...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6926798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783489 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234726 |
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author | Marchand, William R. Klinger, William Block, Ken VerMerris, Scott Herrmann, Tracy S. Johnson, Crystal Paradiso, Nicole Scott, Michael Yabko, Brandon |
author_facet | Marchand, William R. Klinger, William Block, Ken VerMerris, Scott Herrmann, Tracy S. Johnson, Crystal Paradiso, Nicole Scott, Michael Yabko, Brandon |
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description | There is a need to develop novel complementary interventions aimed at enhancing treatment engagement and/or response for veterans with psychiatric and substance use disorders. There is evidence that both mindfulness training and nature exposure (MT/NE) may be beneficial for this population and that combining the two approaches into one intervention might result in synergistic benefit. However, to date, the MT/NE concept has not been tested. This article reports a pilot feasibility and acceptability study of MT/NE which was, in this case, provided via recreational sailing. The primary aim of this project was to develop a model intervention and evaluation process that could be used for future studies of MT/NE interventions using a variety of methods of nature exposure (e.g., hiking, skiing, mountain biking). Results indicate preliminary evidence that it is feasible to utilize MT/NE interventions for the population studied and that the MT/NE model described can serve as a template for future investigations. Further, there were significant pre- to post-intervention decreases in state anxiety, as well as increases in trait mindfulness. Three psychological instruments were identified that might be used in future studies to evaluate MT/NE outcomes. Results from this project provide a model MT/NE intervention template along with evaluation metrics for use in future studies. |
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spelling | pubmed-69267982019-12-23 Mindfulness Training plus Nature Exposure for Veterans with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: A Model Intervention Marchand, William R. Klinger, William Block, Ken VerMerris, Scott Herrmann, Tracy S. Johnson, Crystal Paradiso, Nicole Scott, Michael Yabko, Brandon Int J Environ Res Public Health Article There is a need to develop novel complementary interventions aimed at enhancing treatment engagement and/or response for veterans with psychiatric and substance use disorders. There is evidence that both mindfulness training and nature exposure (MT/NE) may be beneficial for this population and that combining the two approaches into one intervention might result in synergistic benefit. However, to date, the MT/NE concept has not been tested. This article reports a pilot feasibility and acceptability study of MT/NE which was, in this case, provided via recreational sailing. The primary aim of this project was to develop a model intervention and evaluation process that could be used for future studies of MT/NE interventions using a variety of methods of nature exposure (e.g., hiking, skiing, mountain biking). Results indicate preliminary evidence that it is feasible to utilize MT/NE interventions for the population studied and that the MT/NE model described can serve as a template for future investigations. Further, there were significant pre- to post-intervention decreases in state anxiety, as well as increases in trait mindfulness. Three psychological instruments were identified that might be used in future studies to evaluate MT/NE outcomes. Results from this project provide a model MT/NE intervention template along with evaluation metrics for use in future studies. MDPI 2019-11-27 2019-12 /pmc/articles/PMC6926798/ /pubmed/31783489 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234726 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Marchand, William R. Klinger, William Block, Ken VerMerris, Scott Herrmann, Tracy S. Johnson, Crystal Paradiso, Nicole Scott, Michael Yabko, Brandon Mindfulness Training plus Nature Exposure for Veterans with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: A Model Intervention |
title | Mindfulness Training plus Nature Exposure for Veterans with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: A Model Intervention |
title_full | Mindfulness Training plus Nature Exposure for Veterans with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: A Model Intervention |
title_fullStr | Mindfulness Training plus Nature Exposure for Veterans with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: A Model Intervention |
title_full_unstemmed | Mindfulness Training plus Nature Exposure for Veterans with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: A Model Intervention |
title_short | Mindfulness Training plus Nature Exposure for Veterans with Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders: A Model Intervention |
title_sort | mindfulness training plus nature exposure for veterans with psychiatric and substance use disorders: a model intervention |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6926798/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31783489 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16234726 |
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