Objectives: Difficulties with sexual desire impact up to a third of women and most do not seek or receive appropriate care for these complaints, in part due to stigma, embarrassment, and limited availability of treatment. In-person mindfulness-based interventions have lasting benefits to sexual desire and sex-related distress in controlled clinical trials but are difficult to access. Online...
The current study assessed associations between changes in 5 facets of mindfulness (Acting With Awareness, Observing, Describing, Non-Reactivity, and Nonjudgment) and changes in 4 posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom clusters (Re-Experiencing, Avoidance, Emotional Numbing, and Hyperarousal symptoms) among veterans participating in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). Secondary...