Mindfulness-based treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder: A review of the treatment literature and neurobiological evidence

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 7-25

  Boyd, Jenna E ^a,b,c   Lanius, Ruth A ^c,d,e   McKinnon, Margaret C ^a,b,c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HOMEWOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; EMOTION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EXPOSURE THERAPY; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MINDFULNESS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SALIENCE NETWORK; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SUBCORTEX; BRAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

BRAIN; HUMANS; MINDFULNESS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85038811811     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: 14882434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/jpn.170021     Document Type: Review

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