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Danielle C Mathersul

4 papers in the library · publishing 2019-2026

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Co-designed yoga nidra targeting anxiety in autistic children: A mixed methods feasibility study.

Research in developmental disabilities September 2026 Tundi Loftus, Shu H Yau, Sophia Soares et al.

Autistic children experience disproportionately high rates of anxiety, yet common interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy and traditional mindfulness practices may be less effective due to their cognitive and abstract demands. Yoga nidra, a form of guided meditation using concrete visualisations and breath awareness, may offer a more accessible alternative. This mixed methods study...

Randomised clinical non-inferiority trial of breathing-based meditation and cognitive processing therapy for symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder in military veterans.

BMJ Open August 25, 2022 Peter J Bayley, R Jay Schulz-Heik, Julia S Tang et al.

Test whether Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) was non-inferior to cognitive processing therapy (CPT) for treating symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among veterans via a parallel randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. Outpatient Veterans Affairs healthcare centre. 85 veterans (75 men, 61% white, mean age 56.9) with symptoms of PTSD participated between October 2015 and March...

Valued living among veterans in breath-based meditation treatment or cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: Exploratory outcome of a randomized controlled trial

Global Advances in Health and Medicine 2022 R. J. Schulz-Heik, Laura C. Lazzeroni, Beatriz Hernandez et al.

Background Valued living is the extent to which an individual’s behavior is consistent with what they believe is important or good. It is unknown whether many complementary and integrative treatments and psychotherapies for posttraumatic stress disorder enhance valued living, and for whom. Objectives Measure within- and between-group changes in valued living in Veterans who completed cognitive...

Study protocol for a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial of SKY breathing meditation versus cognitive processing therapy for PTSD among veterans.

BMJ Open April 3, 2019 Danielle C Mathersul, Julia S Tang, R Jay Schulz-Heik et al.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating, highly prevalent condition. Current clinical practice guidelines recommend trauma-focused psychotherapy (eg, cognitive processing therapy; CPT) as the first-line treatment for PTSD. However, while these treatments show clinically meaningful symptom improvement, the majority of those who begin treatment retain a diagnosis of PTSD...