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Struggling to meditate: Contextualising integrated treatment of traumatised Tibetan refugee monks

June 24, 2009 A. Benedict, L. Mancini, M. Grodin

As a result of the recent resurgence of violence in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, the Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights has an increased patient demographic: Tibetan refugee monks. Diagnosed by their amchis (traditional healers) as having a srog-rLung (life-wind) imbalance and presenting with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), they struggle with their contemplative...