This post is offered as a concise review of the evidence for meditation and mind-body practices in PTSD. Future posts will review the evidence for select natural supplements, biofeedback, eye movement ...

Study: Effectiveness of Meditation Techniques in Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Image Credit: Supa Chan/Shutterstock.com In a recent review published ...

Mindfulness treatment that includes meditation, stretching, and emotional acceptance can help lower symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), new research suggests. A small pilot study of ...

This meta-analysis shows the mean effect sizes in Hedges’s g units with 95% confidence intervals organized by the four types of meditations: MBO, MBSR, OM, and TM. Gold bars indicate the results for ...

PTSD is among the signature wounds of the past two decades of war. The VA estimates that up to 1 in 5 veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan have post traumatic stress disorder. And estimates for ...

All fifteen studies in the most recent paper showed that in every case TM worked more rapidly than the control procedure. The four charts shown in this figure used repeated measures, illustrating that ...

(Reuters Health) - Some veterans may experience a sharper decline in symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with meditation-based therapy than with other forms of treatment, a recent study ...

African civilians in war-torn countries have experienced the threat of violence or death, and many have witnessed the abuse, torture, rape and even murder of loved ones. Many Congolese living in ...