Journal of Depression and Anxiety
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Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology and Mindful Awareness Research Center, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, at UCLA, USA

Biography

Dr. Michael R. Irwin is one of the world’s foremost experts on the psychoneuroimmunological pathways by which psychosocial and behavioral factors influence health and disease. He is the Norman Cousins Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Science at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Director of the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at the UCLA Semel Institute, Director of the Mindful Awareness Research Center at the UCLA Semel Institute, and Director of the Center’s Inflammatory Biology Core.

Publications

• Research   
  Mindfulness Meditation Mobile App Improves Depression and Anxiety in Adults with Sleep Disturbance: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial
  Author(s): Jennifer Huberty*, Megan E. Puzia, Jeni Green, Robert D. Vlisides-Henry, Linda Larkey, Michael R. Irwin and Ana-Maria Vranceanu
  
  Background: The purpose of the study was to present secondary data analyses of an 8-week randomized controlled trial to: 1) Determine the effects of a meditation app on depression and anxiety in adults with sleep disturbance and 2) Explore the potential mediating effect of fatigue and daytime sleepiness on the relationship between use of the app and depression and anxiety. Methods: Depression, anxiety, fatigue, and daytime sleepiness were assessed at baseline, mid-, and post-intervention in the intervention and waitlist control group. Repeated-measures ANCOVAs assessed intervention effects on depression and anxiety. Mediation models, using the PROCESS macro, were estimated using 5000 bootstrap samples. Per-protocol and intent-to-treat (ITT) analyses were conducted. Results: Intervention group participants (N=239) h.. View More»
  

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