article = {PDR-2018-1-105}
title = {Impact of a Brief Mindfulness Intervention on Psychiatric Consult Patients? Symptoms}
journal = {Psychological Disorders and Research}
year = {2018}
issn = {2674-2470}
doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.PDR.2018.10.005}
url = {https://www.sciencerepository.org/impact-of-a-brief-mindfulness-intervention-on-psychiatric-consult-patients-symptoms_PDR-1-105 
author = {Dallas M.  Ducar,J. Kim  Penberthy,Malvika  Venkataraman,Sara Rizvi,}
keywords = {Mindfulness,consultation liaison psychiatry,anxiety,depression}
abstract ={Psychiatric patients in the hospital suffer from stressors and challenges that may contribute to their
hospitalization. They also suffer additional stressors related to being an inpatient. The psychiatric
consultation liaison service of a hospital or health system is designed to respond to patients when stressors
have accumulated, and patients are deemed to be at risk or when patients are suspected of having a
psychiatric condition. This service provides necessary evaluation and treatment of patients who are acutely
distressed, and often the focus is on diagnosing and stabilizing the patient and keeping them safe. Due to
time constraints on medical residents, there is often no time for a professional to implement an appropriate
and effective therapeutic intervention in the moment. We developed and conducted pilot testing of a brief
mindfulness intervention for psychiatric consult patients that could be ordered by the consultation liaison
physician or team and be implemented immediately by a trained nurse. This intervention consisted of
offering a range of guided mindfulness techniques to the patient in real time response to patients and
evaluated the impact on symptoms pre-and post-intervention. Results demonstrate significant improvements
in self-reported anxiety, stress, uncomfortable thoughts, and pain after the intervention. Other symptoms of
low mood, restlessness, and body tension were not significantly improved post intervention. We briefly
discuss the intervention, its impact and potential reasons for the mixed findings}