Cognitive and Behavioral Changes Arising From Spirituality

Increased behavioral and histological variability arising from changes in cerebrovascular anatomy of the Mongolian gerbil.

The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) has been used extensively as a model of forebrain ischemia. Its unique susceptibility to ischemia was suggested to be due to an incomplete circle of Willis. The relative ease to which ischemia can be induced combined with highly reproducible delayed CA1 cell death following a 5 min occlusion made the model popular in neuroprotection studies. Presentl...

Alcohol treatment and cognitive-behavioral therapy: enhancing effectiveness by incorporating spirituality and religion.

Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is an effective modality for the treatment of alcoholism. Given widespread interest in incorporating spirituality into professional treatment, this article orients practitioners to spiritually modified CBT, an approach that may enhance outcomes with some spiritually motivated clients. More specifically, by integrating clients' spiritual beliefs and practices i...

Combination of Spirituality and Cognitive-Behavioral Family Therapy on Treatment of Generalized Anxiety Disorders

Therapeutic interventions based on specific religious and spiritual teachings have proven to be effective in dealing with psychological disorders especially general anxiety disorders. Notwithstanding the signs of effectiveness within the integral approaches consisting of religious, spiritual and family therapy’s interventions, there are few studies that indicate the exploration of the integrati...

Cognitive anosognosia and behavioral changes in probable Alzheimer's disease patients

Anosognosia, impairment insight and unawareness of deficits are used as equivalent terms in this study. OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between the presence of anosognosia symptoms and cognitive domains, functional abilities, and neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease (pAD) and elderly controls (EC). METHODS Twenty-one pAD (14 women) and twenty-two...

Changes arising from docking of fat-tailed sheep in feedlot performance