Mind-Body Skills Group for Graduate Students

Description

Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group (I-MBS-G) is an 8-week group that teaches skills to build inner resources for effective mood management. This group incorporates a holistic approach to wellness through meditation and mindfulness practices, guided imagery, breath and body awareness, and relaxation techniques. Mind-body approaches have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing stress mood symptoms and improving quality of life. The study hypothesis is that the Mind-Body Skills taught in the group will reduce mood symptoms in graduate and medical students.

Conditions

Mood Change, Depressive Symptoms, Anxiety Generalized

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group (I-MBS-G) is an 8-week group that teaches skills to build inner resources for effective mood management. This group incorporates a holistic approach to wellness through meditation and mindfulness practices, guided imagery, breath and body awareness, and relaxation techniques. Mind-body approaches have demonstrated effectiveness in reducing stress mood symptoms and improving quality of life. The study hypothesis is that the Mind-Body Skills taught in the group will reduce mood symptoms in graduate and medical students.

Integrative-Mind-Body Skills Group for Mood Management Among Medical Graduate Students

Mind-Body Skills Group for Graduate Students

Condition
Mood Change
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

White Plains

Weill Cornell Medical College, White Plains, New York, United States, 10605

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Students screened and admitted to the Student Mental Health Program.
  • * Age 18 or older
  • * A score of ≥ 4 on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder scale (GAD-7)
  • * Able to attend weekly meeting times
  • * Active SI
  • * Current mania
  • * Active psychosis

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Weill Medical College of Cornell University,

Patricia Marino, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Record Dates

2025-03