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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 19/04/2026

In my April 2026 Highlights column for the Mindfulness Research Monthly: 1) an on-line MBI reduces pre-procedure anxiety in first-time colonoscopy recipients, and 2) an on-line MBCT program reduces depression, itching, and lesion size in psoriasis patients. #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 15/01/2026

In my January 2026 Mindfulness Research Monthly Highlights column: 1) mindfulness training improves accuracy on a time-based prospective memory task, and 2) A pilot study of a novel mindfulness-based treatment for patients with pulmonary hypertension #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 16/12/2025

New MindfulnessResearch: 1) A Danish training program preparing teachers to teach mindfulness in secondary schools reduces teacher perceived stress, 2) A combined mindfulness+cold water immersion therapy reduces depression & anxiety in older adults—but the study lacks comparison groups #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 13/11/2025

New Research: 1) Most family caregivers of disabled children do not complete an on-line mindfulness course, even with additional peer support, although completers benefit, 2) Adjunctive MBCT improves OCD better than usual care alone. and baseline functional connectivity predicts clinical outcome.

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 14/10/2025

New Mindfulness Research: 1) MBSR reduces older adult loneliness no more than an active relaxation control; 2) A school-based mindfulness program in Finland reduces students stress a small amount compared to an active control, but not compared to a no-treatment control. #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 11/09/2025

In my September 2025 Highlights column for the Mindfulness Research Monthly: 1) 2) A mindfulness-based treatment improves quality of life for children with epilepsy, 2) How many meditation hours does one have to practice before stable and meaningful changes in wellbeing occur? #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 07/08/2025

In my August 2025 MRM column: 1) IMBT induces more changes to serum metabolites than does progressive muscle relaxation, and 2) MBCT reduces distress and increases deep sleep more than treatment-as-usual in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 10/07/2025

In the July Mindfulness Research Monthly: Mindfulness & Tai Chi/Qigong both improve cancer patient mood whether patients are assigned to their preferred treatment or randomized, and 2) mindfulness alters serotonergic and dopaminergic functional connectivity in chronic migraine patients. #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 15/06/2025

Buddhist Coalition for Democracy at the No Kings Day demonstration in Mamaroneck, NY.

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 11/06/2025

New in mindfulness studies: 1) Videoconferenced MBSR is non-inferior to in-person MBSR for general anxiety and panic disorder but not for social phobia, and 2) adding MBCT after 12 sessions of individual therapy improves unremitted depressive symptoms better than treatment-as-usual #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 30/05/2025

The Buddhist Coalition for Democracy is now on Bluesky @buddhistcoalition.bsky.social

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 13/05/2025

In the May 2025 Mindfulness Research Monthly: 1)A Danish study shows no mental health benefit from a national elementary school mindfulness program, and 2) Adding smartwatch biofeedback to MBSR reduces perceived stress compared to standard MBSR but not symtoms of psychological distress. #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 10/04/2025

In my latest MRM Highlights column: 1) mindfulness interventions reduce anxiety and depression in Parkinson's Disease, and 2) mindfulness meditation increases self-alienation in state-oriented personalities, but the self-alienation is ameliorated by imagining meditating with a friend. #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 12/03/2025

New mindfulness research: 1) Patients with depression and histories of childhood abuse are less likely to benefit from MBCT and more likely to have meditation-related adverse effects. 2) Veterans with PTSD who misuse alcohol show improved PTSD symptoms with a new mindfulness app. #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 07/03/2025

Buddhist Coalition for Democracy Call to Action

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 22/02/2025

I'll be doing a presentation on Buddhism and Psychotherapy for the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy's annual weekend convention May 3rd.

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 16/02/2025

The marvelous cast of Offenbach's satiric opera "Orphée aux Enfers" at UConn this weekend. Our granddaugher Emily (first row, second from right) sang the trowser role of Orphée. What fun! This is an opera that definitely ought to be done more often!

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 12/02/2025

In my new Mindfulness Research Monthly Highlights column: 1) Adding mindfulness to buprenorphine reduced opioid cravings but not abstinence, and 2) a mindfulness app improved anxiety, depression, fear, fatigue, and quality of life in patients in treatment for metastatic kidney cancer. #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 23/01/2025

My daughter, Jessica Segall, just completed a term as visiting artist-in-residence at SUNY-Purchase. If you ever wondered what it's like to sit and meditate on a beehive, you will like this sculpture she built while there. She now moves on to a visiting artist residency at CalTech.

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 21/01/2025

In my Highlights column for the Mindfulness Research Monthly: 1) Mindfulness buffers the effects of acute stress on mindfulness and emotional regulation in troubled teenagers, and 2) Mindfulness reduces pain and depression and improves interoceptive awareness in chronic pain patients. #mindfulness

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Seth Zuihō Segall @sethzuihosegall.com · 20/12/2024

In my new Mindfulness Research Monthly column: 1) Differential effects of MBSR with and without focus on the breath 2) Long-term meditators report greater introceptive awareness than non-meditators but produce more false positives when detecting threshold-level tactile stimuli. #mindfulness

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