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Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study
Compassion meditation (CM) is a contemplative practice that is intended to cultivate the ability to extend and sustain compassion toward self and others. Although research documents the benefits of CM in healthy populations, its use in the context of psychopathology is largely unexamined. The purpos...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7223870/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32435316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0866-z |
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author | Lang, Ariel J. Casmar, Pollyanna Hurst, Samantha Harrison, Timothy Golshan, Shahrokh Good, Raquel Essex, Michael Negi, Lobsang |
author_facet | Lang, Ariel J. Casmar, Pollyanna Hurst, Samantha Harrison, Timothy Golshan, Shahrokh Good, Raquel Essex, Michael Negi, Lobsang |
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description | Compassion meditation (CM) is a contemplative practice that is intended to cultivate the ability to extend and sustain compassion toward self and others. Although research documents the benefits of CM in healthy populations, its use in the context of psychopathology is largely unexamined. The purpose of this study was to refine and initially evaluate a CM protocol, Cognitively Based Compassion Training (CBCT®), for use with Veterans with PTSD. To this end, our research team developed and refined a manualized protocol, CBCT-Vet, over 4 sets of groups involving 36 Veterans. This protocol was delivered in 8–10 sessions, each lasting 90–120 min and led by a CBCT®-trained clinical psychologist. Quantitative and qualitative data were used to identify areas to be improved and to assess change that occurred during the treatment period. Based on pooled data from this series of groups, CM appears to be acceptable to Veterans with PTSD. Group participation was associated with reduced symptoms of PTSD (partial eta squared = .27) and depression (partial eta squared = .19), but causality should not be inferred given the nonrandomized design. No change was observed in additional outcomes, including positive emotion and social connectedness. The results of this open trial support additional exploration of CM as part of the recovery process for Veterans with PTSD. |
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spelling | pubmed-72238702020-05-15 Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study Lang, Ariel J. Casmar, Pollyanna Hurst, Samantha Harrison, Timothy Golshan, Shahrokh Good, Raquel Essex, Michael Negi, Lobsang Mindfulness (N Y) Original Paper Compassion meditation (CM) is a contemplative practice that is intended to cultivate the ability to extend and sustain compassion toward self and others. Although research documents the benefits of CM in healthy populations, its use in the context of psychopathology is largely unexamined. The purpose of this study was to refine and initially evaluate a CM protocol, Cognitively Based Compassion Training (CBCT®), for use with Veterans with PTSD. To this end, our research team developed and refined a manualized protocol, CBCT-Vet, over 4 sets of groups involving 36 Veterans. This protocol was delivered in 8–10 sessions, each lasting 90–120 min and led by a CBCT®-trained clinical psychologist. Quantitative and qualitative data were used to identify areas to be improved and to assess change that occurred during the treatment period. Based on pooled data from this series of groups, CM appears to be acceptable to Veterans with PTSD. Group participation was associated with reduced symptoms of PTSD (partial eta squared = .27) and depression (partial eta squared = .19), but causality should not be inferred given the nonrandomized design. No change was observed in additional outcomes, including positive emotion and social connectedness. The results of this open trial support additional exploration of CM as part of the recovery process for Veterans with PTSD. Springer US 2017-12-22 2020 /pmc/articles/PMC7223870/ /pubmed/32435316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0866-z Text en © US Government (outside the USA) 2017 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Lang, Ariel J. Casmar, Pollyanna Hurst, Samantha Harrison, Timothy Golshan, Shahrokh Good, Raquel Essex, Michael Negi, Lobsang Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study |
title | Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study |
title_full | Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study |
title_fullStr | Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study |
title_short | Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study |
title_sort | compassion meditation for veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (ptsd): a nonrandomized study |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7223870/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32435316 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12671-017-0866-z |
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