The Theoretical and Empirical Basis for Meditation as an Intervention for PTSD

Behavior Modification

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 759-786

  Lang, Ariel J ^a,b   Strauss, Jennifer L ^c   Bomyea, Jessica ^d   Bormann, Jill E ^a   Hickman, Steven D ^b   Good, Raquel C ^b   Essex, Michael ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

intervention; meditation; PTSD

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDITATION; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

HUMANS; MEDITATION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84867689524     PISSN: 01454455     EISSN: 15524167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145445512441200     Document Type: Review

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