— Large treatment effect observed for clinical and biological measures of combat-related PTSD by Shannon Firth, Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today February 22, 2024 Acupuncture outperformed “sham” needling in clinical and biological measures of combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans, a prospective randomized trial showed. In the intention-to-treat analysis, there was a large treatment effect […]
PUBLIC RELEASE: 12-JAN-2018 After one month, 80 percent had symptoms reduced to below the clinical level Veterans of the war in Vietnam, the Gulf War, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) found significant relief from their symptoms as a result of practicing the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique, according to a new […]
Torture. 2012;22(1):38-57. Complementary and alternative medicine in the treatment of refugees and survivors of torture: a review and proposal for action. Longacre M, Silver-Highfield E, Lama P, Grodin M. Abstract Survivors of torture and refugee trauma often have increased needs for mental and physical healthcare. This is due in part to the complex sequelae of […]
Ritu Bhatnagar, MD, MPH THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Volume 19, Number 11, 2013, pp. 860–861 ª Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. DOI: 10.1089/acm.2012.0602 Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be a chronic and disabling condition with detrimental effects on an individual’s psychological, medical, social, and occupational functioning.1 PTSD has been conceptualized as a dysregulated […]