Mind-Body Practices for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Mind-body practices for posttraumatic stress disorder.

BACKGROUND Mind-body practices are increasingly used to provide stress reduction for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Mind-body practice encompasses activities with the intent to use the mind to impact physical functioning and improve health. METHODS This is a literature review using PubMed, PsycINFO, and Published International Literature on Traumatic Stress to identify the effects of m...

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A mind-body response to life-threatening events

Criteria for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Controversy has haunted the diagnosis of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) ever since its appearance in the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-III; American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1980). At the outset, psychiatrists opposed to the inclusion of the diagnosis in DSM-III argued that the problems of trauma-exposed people were already covered b...

Measures for Acute Stress Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Note: TIrroughout this chapter, reference is made to the various DSM-IV criteria for PTSD (American Psychiatric Association, 1994). Criterion A-I refers to the occurrence of a traumatic event. Criterion A-2 refers. to the presence of intense fear~helplessness,and horror at the time of the traumatic event. Critcrion.B refers to the presence of symptoms involving reexperienc­ ing the traumatic ev...

Cognitive behaviour therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder.

Following considerable empirical scrutiny, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has proven to be a safe and effective treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This article overviews the general principles of treatment and describes the components that comprise CBT for PTSD. We then move on to review the efficacy of CBT for the treatment of PTSD caused by various traumas, including assau...