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Meditation Interventions for Treatment of PTSD in Veterans
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and Present-Centered Group Therapy (PCGT) for Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic. Completed, enrolled 116 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating psychiatric disorder which results in serious impairments in interpersonal, occupational and social functioning. Effective treatments are available for PTSD but they do not work for everyone. Alternative treatments are needed to help those veterans not helped by currently available treatments. Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a group based treatment focused on mindfulness meditation. MBSR has been found to be effective in helping people with problems with pain and anxiety. MBSR has not yet been studied in veterans with PTSD. The proposed study will compare MBSR with a standard psychotherapy treatment in veterans with PTSD. This research is relevant to Veterans' health because of the need to develop alternative treatments for veterans with PTSD who have not responded to currently available treatments.
Study Details
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Interventions
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is a group based treatment focused on progressive training in mindfulness meditation.
Present-Centered Group Therapy (PCGT) is a group therapy focused on current problems.