Significant Reductions in Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Congolese Refugees Within 10 days of Transcendental Meditation Practice

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 112-115

  Rees, Brian ^a   Travis, Fred ^b   Shapiro, David ^c   Chant, Ruth ^d  

^a Medical Corps   (United States)

^b MUM Research Institute   (United States)

^c Institute of Science Technology and Public Policy   (United States)

^d MUM Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGO; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MEDITATION; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REFUGEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

CONGO; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MEDITATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFUGEES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA;

EID: 84893543838     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21883     Document Type: Article

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