Post by Admin on Jun 28, 2019 16:48:55 GMT -5
Here is another fine interview by Ted Meissner of the podcast Present Moment Mindfulness about current research relating to veterans and military families; abstract and link below.
Dr. Lara-Cinisomo is a research psychologist researching mindfulness with a focus on those who care for veterans. She is the present Director of The Laboratory for Emotion and Stress Assessment (LESA) in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Some of her relevant research papers follow:
PODCAST:
Ted Meissner of Present Moment Mindfulness, Practice & Science Podcasts interviews Dr Lara-Cinisomo, with the summary from the podcast website quoted below:
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Dr. Lara-Cinisomo is a research psychologist researching mindfulness with a focus on those who care for veterans. She is the present Director of The Laboratory for Emotion and Stress Assessment (LESA) in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Some of her relevant research papers follow:
Lara-Cinisomo, S., Chandra, A, Jaycox L, Tanielian T, Burns R, Ruder, T., & Han, B. (2011). A mixed-method approach to understanding the experiences of non-deployed military caregivers. Maternal and Child Health, 16(2):374-84. doi: 10.1007/s10995-011-0772-2.
Lara-Cinisomo, S., Chandra, A., Burns, R.M., & Lau, J. (2013). Recommendations for Counselors and Community Service Providers Working with Military Families. Primary Health Care, 3, 139-144
Lara-Cinisomo, S., Chandra, A., Burns, R.M., & Lau, J. (2013). Recommendations for Counselors and Community Service Providers Working with Military Families. Primary Health Care, 3, 139-144
PODCAST:
Ted Meissner of Present Moment Mindfulness, Practice & Science Podcasts interviews Dr Lara-Cinisomo, with the summary from the podcast website quoted below:
Episode 135 :: Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo :: Mindfulness and Caregivers of Veterans (24:20)
May 19, 2019
Dr. Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo joins us to speak about her study on mindfulness helping caregivers of veterans.
We’ve done several episodes on this podcast about mindfulness for military personnel, pre and post deployment, to help them with resulting problems like PTSD, or the prevention of it. Those challenges are sometimes faced by others as well, as informal caregivers like spouses or immediate family of veterans can be forgotten in the need for help, as they help their loved ones, particularly in underserved communities.
Dr. Lara-Cinisomo is a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on addressing mental health disparities in women and mothers, particularly racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, and military populations. Her research approach builds on a framework focused on psychosocial, cultural, structural and physiological factors. Specifically, she examines how contextual factors (e.g., culture, biology) are associated with poor mental health in her populations of interest. As such, she takes an integrated approach to understand mental health disparities in mothers and women. Recently, she completed several studies that examine associations between hormone function (i.e., cortisol and oxytocin) and perinatal depression in Latinas. Her recent studies also tested the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention on reducing stress, depression, anxiety and worry in caregivers of veterans, most of whom were women. Currently, she is conducting a multisite study on prenatal depression, diabetes, and disease management.
Listen to Podcast HERE (24:20)
May 19, 2019
Dr. Sandraluz Lara-Cinisomo joins us to speak about her study on mindfulness helping caregivers of veterans.
We’ve done several episodes on this podcast about mindfulness for military personnel, pre and post deployment, to help them with resulting problems like PTSD, or the prevention of it. Those challenges are sometimes faced by others as well, as informal caregivers like spouses or immediate family of veterans can be forgotten in the need for help, as they help their loved ones, particularly in underserved communities.
Dr. Lara-Cinisomo is a developmental psychologist whose research focuses on addressing mental health disparities in women and mothers, particularly racial and ethnic minorities, immigrants, and military populations. Her research approach builds on a framework focused on psychosocial, cultural, structural and physiological factors. Specifically, she examines how contextual factors (e.g., culture, biology) are associated with poor mental health in her populations of interest. As such, she takes an integrated approach to understand mental health disparities in mothers and women. Recently, she completed several studies that examine associations between hormone function (i.e., cortisol and oxytocin) and perinatal depression in Latinas. Her recent studies also tested the effectiveness of a mindfulness-based intervention on reducing stress, depression, anxiety and worry in caregivers of veterans, most of whom were women. Currently, she is conducting a multisite study on prenatal depression, diabetes, and disease management.
Listen to Podcast HERE (24:20)