In mental health care, attributing improvement to a specific treatment often remains difficult, a phenomenon that we propose to describe here as "therapeutic opacity." Moreover, the conditions under which many clinical studies are conducted often differ substantially from those of routine clinical practice, raising questions about their ecological validity. Drawing on debates surrounding...
Given the close link between cardiovascular disease and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it is appropriate to focus on the symptoms of PTSD throughout the cardiology care pathway. The aim of the study presented here, which involved 67 patients, was to integrate an intervention based on mindfulness meditation into a cardiovascular rehabilitation programme and then to assess its impact on...