Significant reductions in posttraumatic stress symptoms in Congolese refugees within 10 days of Transcendental Meditation practice.

@article{Rees2014SignificantRI,
  title={Significant reductions in posttraumatic stress symptoms in Congolese refugees within 10 days of Transcendental Meditation practice.},
  author={Brian Rees and Fred Travis and David Shapiro and Ruth Chant},
  journal={Journal of traumatic stress},
  year={2014},
  volume={27 1},
  pages={
          112-5
        }
}

• Brian Rees, Fred Travis, +1 author Ruth Chant
• Published in Journal of traumatic stress 2014
• DOI:10.1002/jts.21883

This follow-up pilot study tested whether Transcendental Meditation® (TM) practice would significantly reduce symptoms of posttraumatic stress in Congolese refugees within 10 days after instruction. The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist-Civilian (PCL-C) was administered to nonmatched waitlist controls from a previous study 3 times over a 90-day period. Within 8 days of the third baseline measure, 11 refugees were taught TM, then retested 10 days and 30 days after instruction. Average PCL… CONTINUE READING

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