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News October 7, 2019 Osher Collaborative for Integrative Medicine Vanderbilt University

Special Issue On Mindfulness
Current Opinion In Psychology August 2019

David Vago, PhD, Research Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and director of the Contemplative Neuroscience and Integrative Medicine (CNIM) Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, along with Amit Bernstein, PhD, University of Haifa, Israel, and Thorsten Barnhofer, PhD, University of Surrey, edited the Special Issue on Mindfulness in Current Opinion in Psychology.

News March 16, 2018 Vanderbilt University

How Alternative Treatment Helps Chronic Pain, Opioid Addiction
News Channel 5 with Dr. Lindsey McKernan (Vanderbilt Osher Center)

As lawmakers debate on bills that could impact the opioid crisis in Tennessee, people have been looking for alternative treatments to help with chronic pain and, in many cases, addiction. Steve Olson has been taking individual and group clinical hypnosis sessions at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine on West End in Nashville.

News December 6, 2017 Vanderbilt University

This is Your Brain on Mediation by David Vago
10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast and Course

There has been an explosion of research in recent years on what meditation does to the brain, but as neuroscientist Dave Vago points out, the science of putting meditation under neuro-imaging is still quite young. Vago, the research director for the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, studies brain scans of meditators to analyze changes in brain activity, blood flow, size and function of certain areas in the brain, and he was part of a group of scientists who published paper aiming to define “mindfulness” and its neurological impacts.

News November 20, 2017 Vanderbilt University

Leadership in New Era of Healthcare, by Susan Carter
TEDxNashville

How can we improve patient outcomes in healthcare environments and also be more fulfilled as healthcare professionals? Watch Susan Carter’s TEDxNashville talk to learn her simple yet profound answer to this important question.

News November 2, 2017 Vanderbilt University

NAMI Radio Hour Guest: Linda Manning of the Vanderbilt Osher Center

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Linda Manning, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and currently serves as Interim Director at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt. As a clinical psychologist she provides mind-body therapy and integrative health consultations for adults who are struggling with chronic illness, trauma, and emotional and physical pain.

Publication October 10, 2017 Vanderbilt University

Mind the Hype: A Critical Evaluation and Prescriptive Agenda for Research on Mindfulness and Meditation

Nicholas T. Van Dam, Marieke K. van Vugt, David R. Vago, Laura Schmalzl, Clifford D. Saron, Andrew Olendzki, Ted Meissner, Sara W. Lazar, Catherine E. Kerr, Jolie Gorchov, Kieran C. R. Fox, Brent A. Field, Willoughby B. Britton, Julie A. Brefczynski-Lewis, David E. Meyer

News September 13, 2017 Vanderbilt University

Nashville Medical News Features Vanderbilt Osher Center
"The Osher Center: Healing Mind, Body & Spirit"

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Once considered “alternative” in American healthcare, integrative medicine is now a widely respected, evidence-based option for pain management, and The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt is leading the way. Founded in 2007, the Nashville clinic is one of six Osher Centers worldwide dedicated to healing the mind, body and spirit.

News July 20, 2017 Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt Osher Center to study standards for mindfulness training

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As mindfulness grows in popularity as a treatment option for conditions ranging from anxiety to chronic pain, experts in integrative medicine at Vanderbilt are doing research to better quantify its effectiveness and setting standards for how it is administered.

News July 10, 2017 Vanderbilt University

Is Inflammation the Key to Aging?
Huffington Post

By: Deepak Chopra, MD, William C Bushell, PhD, Ryan Castle, David Vago, PhD, Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D.

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News July 3, 2017 Vanderbilt University

Waking Up to an Invisible Epidemic
Huffington Post

By: Deepak Chopra, MD, William C Bushell, PhD, Ryan Castle, David Vago, PhD, Peder S. Olofsson, MD, PhD, Mark Lambert

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News June 1, 2017 Vanderbilt University

On mental states, mindfulness, and self-transcendent experiences

In psychology, feelings of oneness and self-loss are often described as symptoms of psychopathology, but might they also be associated with well-being? An interdisciplinary team of psychologists and neuroscientists thinks so. The group, including David Vago, the director of research at Vanderbilt’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, was put together by David Yaden, a research fellow in the Positive Psychology Center and Ph.D. student in the Department of Psychology in the School of Arts & Sciences.

Publication June 1, 2017 Vanderbilt University

The varieties of self-transcendent experience

Yaden, David Bryce; Haidt, Jonathan; Hood Jr., Ralph W.; Vago, David R.; Newberg, Andrew B.

Post May 2, 2017 Vanderbilt University

Team-based care

Integration of health coaching into team-based care approach

The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Vanderbilt approaches wellness from all directions. Their team includes physicians, psychologists, health coaches, and licensed complementary therapists trained in acupuncture, massage and other healing techniques. Together, they collaborate with you to promote your overall well-being.

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