Breathing-based meditation decreases posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in U.S. Military Veterans: A randomized controlled longitudinal study

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 397-405

  Seppälä, Emma M ^a   Nitschke, Jack B ^b,c   Tudorascu, Dana L ^d   Hayes, Andrea ^e   Goldstein, Michael R ^f   Nguyen, Dong T H ^a   Perlman, David ^b,e   Davidson, Richard J ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^f University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; BLINKING; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDITATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAR; YOGA;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; ANXIETY; BLINKING; HUMANS; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDITATION; REFLEX, STARTLE; RESPIRATORY RATE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; YOGA;

EID: 84906482899     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21936     Document Type: Article

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