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...