A sampling of articles....
Minds “At Attention”: Mindfulness Training Curbs Attentional Lapses in Military Cohorts
In sum, while protracted periods of high-demand military training may increase attentional performance lapses, practice-focused Mindfulness programs ...may bolster attentional performance more than didactic-focused programs.
Published: February 11, 2015
Study: Mindfulness Training Produces Less-Stressed Marines
Pacific Standard May 15, 2014 - Marines who took an eight-week course in the basics of mindfulness recovered from stress faster following an intense training session that ...
War and Peace (of Mind): Mindfulness training for military could help them deal with stress (Research)
May 2014
Marines studying mindfulness-based training - Yahoo News
Jan 19, 2013 - Marine Corps officials say they will build a curriculum that would integratemindfulness-based techniques into their
training if they see positive ...
Marines expanding use of meditation training - Washington ...The Washington Times
Dec 5, 2012 - While preparing for overseas deployment with the U.S. Marines last year, ... That benefit is the impetus
behind Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness ...
Meditate Just Like The U.S. Marines
July 3, 2012 The Marines have embraced mindfulness to help them beat stress and exhaustion.
Mindfulness Therapy Can Aid Vets with PTSD
April 18, 2013 The collaborative study from the University of Michigan Health System and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
discovered the eight-week mindfulness-based group treatment plan was more effective than traditional treatment.
Studies on Mindfulness or Meditation and PTSD
There are several ongoing studies looking specifically at the impacts of mindfulness on veterans with PTSD:
New study from University of Michigan, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System: “The results of our trial are encouraging for veterans trying to find help for PTSD,” says Anthony P. King, Ph.D., the study’s lead author and research assistant professor in the U-M Department of Psychiatry, who performed the study in collaboration with psychologists at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. “Mindfulness techniques seemed to lead to a reduction in symptoms and might be a potentially effective novel therapeutic approach to PTSD and trauma-related conditions.” The study was published online in Depression and Anxiety.
Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison: They are currently investigating the impacts of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) meditation on veterans with PTSD. Preliminary studies from their teams show promise for substantially reducing PTSD symptoms in combat veterans trained in the use of SKY meditation techniques, to include Veterans previously shown to be treatment resistant and who have polytrauma.
Other Ongoing Studies
The Defense Center of Excellence (DCoE) for Psychological Health (PH) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), within the Department of Defense, has awarded the Center for Mind-Body Medicine a research grant to study the effects of mind-body skills groups on veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The Center for Mind-Body Medicine was founded by Jim Gordon, M.D., a Harvard-educated psychiatrist, and world-renowned expert in using mind-body medicine to heal depression, anxiety, and psychological trauma. Jim recently served as chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. He also served as the first chair of the Program Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Alternative Medicine and is a former member of the Cancer Advisory Panel on Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the NIH. The study will be performed at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System (SLVHCS) in collaboration with investigators there. They are measuring the effect of mind-body skills groups on PTSD, anger, quality of sleep, depression, anxiety, health-related quality of life, and posttraumatic growth (positive psychological changes that can occur as a result of trauma exposure).
Smaller Studies
Veterans of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars showed a 50% reduction in their symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after just eight weeks of practicing the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique, according to a pilot study published in the June 2011 issue of Military Medicine (Volume 176, Number 6). The paper’s senior researcher, Norman Rosenthal, M.D., is clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical School. “Even though the number of veterans in this study was small, the results were very impressive,” Rosenthal said. “These young men were in extreme distress as a direct result of trauma suffered during combat, and the simple and effortless Transcendental Meditation technique literally transformed their lives.” (Military Medicine, Volume 176, Number 6, June 2011, pp. 626-630(5), “Effects of Transcendental Meditation in Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Study;” Rosenthal, Joshua Z.; Grosswald, Sarina; Ross, Richard; Rosenthal, Norman)
Study: reduction in PTSD symptoms after 8 weeks of Transcendental Meditation, published in Military Medicine, June 2011
In sum, while protracted periods of high-demand military training may increase attentional performance lapses, practice-focused Mindfulness programs ...may bolster attentional performance more than didactic-focused programs.
Published: February 11, 2015
Study: Mindfulness Training Produces Less-Stressed Marines
Pacific Standard May 15, 2014 - Marines who took an eight-week course in the basics of mindfulness recovered from stress faster following an intense training session that ...
War and Peace (of Mind): Mindfulness training for military could help them deal with stress (Research)
May 2014
Marines studying mindfulness-based training - Yahoo News
Jan 19, 2013 - Marine Corps officials say they will build a curriculum that would integratemindfulness-based techniques into their
training if they see positive ...
Marines expanding use of meditation training - Washington ...The Washington Times
Dec 5, 2012 - While preparing for overseas deployment with the U.S. Marines last year, ... That benefit is the impetus
behind Mindfulness-based Mind Fitness ...
Meditate Just Like The U.S. Marines
July 3, 2012 The Marines have embraced mindfulness to help them beat stress and exhaustion.
Mindfulness Therapy Can Aid Vets with PTSD
April 18, 2013 The collaborative study from the University of Michigan Health System and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
discovered the eight-week mindfulness-based group treatment plan was more effective than traditional treatment.
Studies on Mindfulness or Meditation and PTSD
There are several ongoing studies looking specifically at the impacts of mindfulness on veterans with PTSD:
New study from University of Michigan, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System: “The results of our trial are encouraging for veterans trying to find help for PTSD,” says Anthony P. King, Ph.D., the study’s lead author and research assistant professor in the U-M Department of Psychiatry, who performed the study in collaboration with psychologists at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. “Mindfulness techniques seemed to lead to a reduction in symptoms and might be a potentially effective novel therapeutic approach to PTSD and trauma-related conditions.” The study was published online in Depression and Anxiety.
Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison: They are currently investigating the impacts of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga (SKY) meditation on veterans with PTSD. Preliminary studies from their teams show promise for substantially reducing PTSD symptoms in combat veterans trained in the use of SKY meditation techniques, to include Veterans previously shown to be treatment resistant and who have polytrauma.
Other Ongoing Studies
The Defense Center of Excellence (DCoE) for Psychological Health (PH) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), within the Department of Defense, has awarded the Center for Mind-Body Medicine a research grant to study the effects of mind-body skills groups on veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The Center for Mind-Body Medicine was founded by Jim Gordon, M.D., a Harvard-educated psychiatrist, and world-renowned expert in using mind-body medicine to heal depression, anxiety, and psychological trauma. Jim recently served as chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy. He also served as the first chair of the Program Advisory Council of the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Alternative Medicine and is a former member of the Cancer Advisory Panel on Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the NIH. The study will be performed at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Healthcare System (SLVHCS) in collaboration with investigators there. They are measuring the effect of mind-body skills groups on PTSD, anger, quality of sleep, depression, anxiety, health-related quality of life, and posttraumatic growth (positive psychological changes that can occur as a result of trauma exposure).
Smaller Studies
Veterans of the Iraq/Afghanistan wars showed a 50% reduction in their symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after just eight weeks of practicing the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique, according to a pilot study published in the June 2011 issue of Military Medicine (Volume 176, Number 6). The paper’s senior researcher, Norman Rosenthal, M.D., is clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University Medical School. “Even though the number of veterans in this study was small, the results were very impressive,” Rosenthal said. “These young men were in extreme distress as a direct result of trauma suffered during combat, and the simple and effortless Transcendental Meditation technique literally transformed their lives.” (Military Medicine, Volume 176, Number 6, June 2011, pp. 626-630(5), “Effects of Transcendental Meditation in Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Pilot Study;” Rosenthal, Joshua Z.; Grosswald, Sarina; Ross, Richard; Rosenthal, Norman)
Study: reduction in PTSD symptoms after 8 weeks of Transcendental Meditation, published in Military Medicine, June 2011
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