Clinical Case Series: Treatment of PTSD With Transcendental Meditation in Active Duty Military Personnel

Barnes, Vernon A.; Rigg, John L.; Williams, Jennifer J.

doi:10.7205/milmed-d-12-00426

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“…10 A systematic review of 14 randomized clinical trials examining anxiety show TM to be more effective than usual care with the greatest effects on those with high anxiety. 15 A review of meditation studies also supports the safety and potential efficacy of meditative practices as treatments for medical illness, particularly in nonpsychotic mood and anxiety disorders. 16 Preliminary findings for reducing PTSD symptomatology through TM suggested the worth of this intervention to practitioners in the military health care community.…”

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Impact of Transcendental Meditation on Psychotropic Medication Use Among Active Duty Military Service Members With Anxiety and PTSD

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Monto²,

Williams

et al. 2016

Military Medicine

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The purpose of the study was to determine whether the regular practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM) decreased the need for psychotropic medications required for anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) management and increased psychological wellbeing. The sample included 74 military Service Members with documented PTSD or anxiety disorder not otherwise specified (ADNOS), 37 that practiced TM and 37 that did not. At 1 month, 83.7% of the TM group stabilized, decreased, or ceased medications and 10.8% increased medication dosage; compared with 59.4% of controls that showed stabilizations, decreases, or cessations; and 40.5% that increased medications (p < 0.03). A similar pattern was observed after 2 (p < 0.27), 3 (p < 0.002), and 6 months (p < 0.34). Notably, there was a 20.5% difference between groups in severity of psychological symptoms after 6 months, that is, the control group experienced an increase in symptom severity compared with the group practicing TM. These findings provide insight into the benefits of TM as a viable treatment modality in military treatment facilities for reducing PTSD and ADNOS psychological symptoms and associated medication use.

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confidence: 93%

Impact of Transcendental Meditation on Psychotropic Medication Use Among Active Duty Military Service Members With Anxiety and PTSD

Barnes

Monto²,

Williams

et al. 2016

Military Medicine

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“…Six studies investigated mantra-based meditation: two RCTs (Bormann, Thorp, Wetherell, & Golshan, 2008;Bormann, Thorp, Wetherell, Golshan, & Lang, 2013); one case-controlled study (Rees, Travis, Shapiro, & Chant, 2013); and three uncontrolled studies (Barnes, Rigg, & Williams, 2013;Rees, Travis, Shapiro, & Chant, 2014;Rosenthal, Grosswald, Ross, & Rosenthal, 2011). One large (N = 146), good-quality RCT found that both MBM combined with treatment as usual (TAU; medication and case management), and TAU alone reduced PTSD symptoms, with greater reductions in the intervention group (Bormann et al, 2013).…”

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Efficacy of Fifteen Emerging Interventions for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review

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Varker

Forbes

et al. 2016

Journal of Traumatic Stress

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Although there is an abundance of novel interventions for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often their efficacy remains unknown. This systematic review assessed the evidence for 15 new or novel interventions for the treatment of PTSD. Studies that investigated changes to PTSD symptoms following the delivery of any 1 of the 15 interventions of interest were identified through systematic literature searches. There were 19 studies that met the inclusion criteria for this study. Eligible studies were assessed against methodological quality criteria and data were extracted. The majority of the 19 studies were of poor quality, hampered by methodological limitations, such as small sample sizes and lack of control group. There were 4 interventions, however, stemming from a mind-body philosophy (acupuncture, emotional freedom technique, mantra-based meditation, and yoga) that had moderate quality evidence from mostly small- to moderate-sized randomized controlled trials. The active components, however, of these promising emerging interventions and how they related to or were distinct from established treatments remain unclear. The majority of emerging interventions for the treatment of PTSD currently have an insufficient level of evidence supporting their efficacy, despite their increasing popularity. Further well-designed controlled trials of emerging interventions for PTSD are required.

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“…Thus, it is restricted to 10 works only. Future empirical research is recommended in order to inspect how meditation can benefit quality of work life and organizational competitiveness among diverse professions, for example, among legal professionals (Halpern, ), military and soldiers (Barnes, Rigg, & Williams, ; Rees, ; Seppala et al, ), nurses (Ando, Natsume, Kukihara, Shibata, & Ito, ; Cohen‐Katz et al, ), social workers (Berceli & Napoli, ), and teachers (Anderson, Levinson, Barker, & Kiewra, ; Gold et al, ).…”

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What Does Meditation Contribute to Workplace? An Integrative Review

Cheng¹

2016

J Psych Issues Organ Cult

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Quality in the workforce is essential for organizational competitiveness, requiring human resource executives to develop programs in pursuit of business success: one such possibility is meditation. The current integrative review provides an overview of how meditation can contribute to life in the workplace. In analyzing 10 empirical studies carried out in North America, Europe, and Asia, it indicates the presence of individual and organizational dimensions, in that meditation not only benefits personal and mental health and social relationships, as well as the alleviation of role conflicts, but also benefits organizational innovativeness and development. These results point to future studies and reveal implications for practices related to integrating meditation into daily life and building mindful organizations.

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Clinical Case Series: Treatment of PTSD With Transcendental Meditation in Active Duty Military Personnel

Cited by 20 publications

References 26 publications

Impact of Transcendental Meditation on Psychotropic Medication Use Among Active Duty Military Service Members With Anxiety and PTSD

Impact of Transcendental Meditation on Psychotropic Medication Use Among Active Duty Military Service Members With Anxiety and PTSD

Efficacy of Fifteen Emerging Interventions for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review

What Does Meditation Contribute to Workplace? An Integrative Review

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