Effects of transcendental meditation in veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom with posttraumatic stress disorder: A pilot study

Military Medicine

Volumn 176, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 626-630

  Rosenthal, Joshua Z ^a   Grosswald, Sarina ^b   Ross, Richard ^c   Rosenthal, Norman ^a  

^a Capital Clinical Research Associates   (United States)

^b Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDITATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003 -; MALE; MEDITATION; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 80051634381     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-10-00254     Document Type: Article

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