Multi-component yoga breath program for Vietnam veteran post traumatic stress disorder: randomized controlled trial
Author(s)
Carter, Janis J.
Gerbarg, Patricia L.
Brown, Richard P.
Ware, Robert S.
D'Ambrosia, Christina
Anand, Leena
Dirlea, Mihaela
Vermani, Monica
Katzman, Martin A.
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2013
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It is appropriate to acknowledge that despite treatment, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) continually debilitates many Vietnam veterans. Although therapies have been developed, remission is hard to obtain with either pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. Evidence has suggested that some forms of yoga may reduce sympathetic overactivity and increase parasympathetic activity, thereby improving stress resilience.It is appropriate to acknowledge that despite treatment, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) continually debilitates many Vietnam veterans. Although therapies have been developed, remission is hard to obtain with either pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. Evidence has suggested that some forms of yoga may reduce sympathetic overactivity and increase parasympathetic activity, thereby improving stress resilience.
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Journal Title
Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & Treatment
Volume
2
Issue
3
Subject
Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified