Mindfulness Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Mindfulness

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2014, Pages 776-793

  Wahbeh, Helané ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical Western mindfulness meditation; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979895620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118294895.ch39     Document Type: Chapter

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