Background and Objectives: Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition worldwide. The limited effectiveness of current psychological and pharmacological treatments has motivated studies on meditation techniques. This study is a comprehensive, multiple-treatments meta-analysis comparing the effectiveness of different categories of meditation in treating PTSD. Methods and...
We are experiencing a mental health crisis of unprecedented proportions. Over the last two decades this crisis grew from a perfect storm of rising insurance deductibles, escalating social stressors, the COVID-19 pandemic, and a critical workforce deficiency. Perhaps no mental health arena has a greater shortfall of effective treatment options than Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as the...
Abstract This study examines the impact of adding and incorporating a meditation practice into a treatment plan for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for three adult patients at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). The cases involved included patients with persistent PTSD symptoms who had experienced limited improvement with standard therapies. Data from Electronic Health Records and...
Purpose: The goal of this case report is to illustrate the implementation of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-assisted therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and learning points for health professionals in the translation of psychedelic assisted therapy research into clinical practice. We present our key learnings and 6-month follow up data from one of the first patients to...
Low-income, urban-dwelling Black adults are disproportionately affected by traumatic experiences, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and depression and encounter inequities in treatment access. In addition to the benefits Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for depression, there is preliminary evidence of successful symptom reduction in PTSD via MBCT across two prior pilot studies in...
Patients diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) mainly exhibit enduring adverse emotions, heightening susceptibility to suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Notably, metabolites of ketamine, particularly (2R,6R)-hydroxyketamine (HNK), have demonstrated favorable antidepressant properties. However, the precise mechanism through which HNK exerts its therapeutic effects on negative...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health disorder resulting from exposure to traumatic events, manifesting in various debilitating symptoms. Despite available treatments, many individuals experience inadequate response or significant side effects. Previous reviews suggest promising outcomes with MDMA-assisted psychotherapy (MDMA-AT), but limitations prompt the need for a...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a highly prevalent psychiatric disorder that can become chronic and debilitating when left untreated. The most commonly recommended first-line treatments for PTSD among adults are individual trauma-focused psychotherapies. Other evidence-based treatments include specific antidepressant medications and non-trauma-focused psychotherapies. Despite the...
[Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported online in Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy on Jul 25 2024 (see record 2025-07042-001). In the original article, there was an error in the calculations that led to the overstatement of the symptom severity of the veteran sample. Specifically, sum scores for the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom...
Reports an error in "Ayahuasca in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: Mixed-methods case series evaluation in military combat veterans" by Brandon Weiss, Lê-Anh L. Dinh-Williams, Nick Beller, Ian M. Raugh, Gregory P. Strauss and William K. Campbell (Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, Advanced Online Publication, Dec 07, 2023, np). In the original article,...