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ACP Journal Club |15 December 2015

In veterans with PTSD, mindfulness-based group therapy reduced symptom severity

Patrick G. O’Malley, MD, MPH, FACP

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Polusny MA, Erbes CR, Thuras P, et al. Mindfulness-based stress reduction for posttraumatic stress disorder among veterans: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA. 2015;314:456-65. 26241597

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In veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), what is the efficacy of mindfulness-based, stress-reduction group therapy compared with present-centered group therapy?
Randomized controlled trial. Clinicaltrials.gov NCT01548742.
{Concealed}*.†
Blinded† (outcome assessors, {investigators, and statistician}*).
17 weeks.
Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
116 veterans (mean age 59 y, 84% men) who had current full PTSD (according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition) or subthreshold PTSD, who agreed not to...
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O’Malley PG. In veterans with PTSD, mindfulness-based group therapy reduced symptom severity. Ann Intern Med. 2015;163:JC9. doi: 10.7326/ACPJC-2015-163-12-009

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Published: Ann Intern Med. 2015;163(12):JC9.

DOI: 10.7326/ACPJC-2015-163-12-009

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