Feasibility and Acceptability of a Brief Mindfulness Program for Veterans in Primary Care with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Mindfulness

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 986-995

  Pigeon, Wilfred ^a   Allen, Christy ^b   Possemato, Kyle ^b   Bergen Cico, Dessa ^c   Treatman, Scott ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CROUSE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Meditation; Mindfulness; Primary care; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941195160     PISSN: 18688527     EISSN: 18688535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12671-014-0340-0     Document Type: Article

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