Seth Zuihō Segall
@sethzuihosegall.com
Zen Priest; Clinical Psychologist; Author of The House We Live In: Virtue, Wisdom, and Pluralism (2023) and Buddhism and Human Flourishing (2020); Contributing Editor, Tricycle: the Buddhist Review; Coordinating Committee, Buddhist Coalition for Democracy
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.
November 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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.
At the Mamaroneck, NY No Kings
October 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
At the Mamaroneck, NY No Kings
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
October 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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
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
September 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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
My Labor Day protest sign.
September 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
My Labor Day protest sign.
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
August 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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
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
July 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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
Buddhist Coalition for Democracy at the No Kings Day demonstration in Mamaroneck, NY.
June 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Buddhist Coalition for Democracy at the No Kings Day demonstration in Mamaroneck, NY.
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
June 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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
May 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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
May 13, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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
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
April 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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
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
March 12, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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
Buddhist Coalition for Democracy Call to Action
March 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Buddhist Coalition for Democracy Call to Action
I'll be doing a presentation on Buddhism and Psychotherapy for the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy's annual weekend convention May 3rd.
February 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I'll be doing a presentation on Buddhism and Psychotherapy for the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy's annual weekend convention May 3rd.
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!
February 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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!
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
February 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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
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.
January 23, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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.
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
January 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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
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
December 20, 2024 at 12:12 AM
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