Zev Schuman-Olivier

Dados Biográficos

ID5508713
NOMEZev Schuman-Olivier
PRENOMESZev
SOBRENOMESchuman-Olivier
ASSINATURASCHUMAN-OLIVIER Z
AFILIAÇÕESMassachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS7
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR7
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2007
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Mandela Yoga

    Open AccessRicha Gawande, Felipe Kalatauma Rosario et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Disparities in substance use treatment access and outcomes between communities with racially, economically, linguistically, and mentally/physically marginalized identities and more privileged populations are staggering. Communities of color lack access to culturally resonant treatment options that incorporate the role of racial oppression, address the chronic effects of stress on the nervous system, provide culturally-and linguistical…

  • A pilot study of an online group-based Internal Family Systems intervention for comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder and substance use

    Open AccessDilara Ally, Laure Tobiasz-Veltz et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2025

    Individuals with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use disorder (SUD) present with a diversity of symptoms. Current interventions show minimal efficacy differences and have high attrition. Offering a variety of treatment options, including virtual ones, ensures treatment access that is appropriate and acceptable to individual needs. We conducted a single-arm pilot study to examine the acceptability and feasibility of an …

  • Mindfulness Training Improves Quality of Life and Reduces Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Among Police Officers

    Open AccessMarcelo Trombka, Marcelo Demarzo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Background: Police officers' high-stress levels and its deleterious consequences are raising awareness to an epidemic of mental health problems and quality of life (QoL) impairment. There is a growing evidence that mindfulness-based interventions are efficacious to promote mental health and well-being among high-stress occupations. Methods: The POLICE study is a multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT) with three assessment points (baseline,…

  • Mindfulness Training for Primary Care for Portuguese-Speaking Immigrants

    Open AccessMarcelo Trombka, Timothy B Creedon et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2021

    Background: Portuguese-speaking immigrants are a growing underserved population in the Unites States who experience high levels of psychological distress and increased vulnerability to mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety. Current evidence shows that mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) are effective to promote physical and mental health among educated English speakers; nonetheless, the lack of diversity in the mindfulness lit…

  • Mindfulness and Behavior Change

    Open AccessZev Schuman-Olivier, Zev Schuman‐Olivier et al.ARTICLEHarvard Review of Psychiatry2020

    Initiating and maintaining behavior change is key to the prevention and treatment of most preventable chronic medical and psychiatric illnesses. The cultivation of mindfulness, involving acceptance and nonjudgment of present-moment experience, often results in transformative health behavior change. Neural systems involved in motivation and learning have an important role to play. A theoretical model of mindfulness that integrates these mechanisms…

  • How Does Mindfulness Meditation Work? Proposing Mechanisms of Action From a Conceptual and Neural Perspective

    Open AccessBritta K Hölzel, Sara W Lazar et al.ARTICLEPerspectives on Psychological…2011

    Cultivation of mindfulness, the nonjudgmental awareness of experiences in the present moment, produces beneficial effects on well-being and ameliorates psychiatric and stress-related symptoms. Mindfulness meditation has therefore increasingly been incorporated into psychotherapeutic interventions. Although the number of publications in the field has sharply increased over the last two decades, there is a paucity of theoretical reviews that integr…

  • Reflections by inner-city drug users on a Buddhist-based spirituality-focused therapy

    Mark Beitel, Marla Genova et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2007

    A manual-guided, spirituality-focused intervention--spiritual self-schema (3-S) therapy--for the treatment of addiction and HIV-risk behavior was developed as part of a Stage I behavioral therapies development project. It is theoretically grounded in cognitive and Buddhist psychologies and may be suitable for individuals of diverse faiths. The therapy development process began with focus groups to assess addicted clients' perceived need for a spi…