Compassion Meditation for Distressed Older Veterans: A Feasibility Study.
Clinical Gerontologist 2025 Anne Malaktaris, Caitlin L Mclean, Pollyanna Casmar et al. 2 citations
Older Veterans are at elevated risk for psychological distress and may encounter barriers to accessing mental health services. Compassion Meditation (CM) promotes positive emotions and outcomes among distressed individuals; thus, we conducted a preliminary feasibility study of CM among distressed older Veterans. Participants included 25 Veterans aged 55+ (M = 69.0, SD = 10.6) with anxiety...
DOI: 10.1080/07317115.2024.2322056 (opens in new tab)
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Us military veterans
Geriatric depression
Geriatric psychology
Mental disorder
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