The effects of mindfulness training on post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and heart rate variability in combat veterans

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 860-861

  Bhatnagar, Ritu ^a,b   Phelps, Lori ^b   Rietz, Kristi ^b   Juergens, Timothy ^b   Russell, Douglas ^b   Miller, Nathan ^a   Ahearn, Eileen ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^b WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINDFULNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VETERANS;

EID: 84888109621     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: 15577708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2012.0602     Document Type: Article

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