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Mindfulness in PTSD treatment

Lang, Ariel J·2017·Current Opinion in Psychology
DOI 10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.10.005
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In recent years, the field has witnessed considerable enthusiasm for the ancient practice of mindfulness. The skills derived from this experience, including focused attention, nonjudgmental acceptance of internal experiences and reduced autonomic reactivity, may be helpful in counteracting pathological responses to trauma. Several types of interventions that incorporate principles of mindfulness have been examined for treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This nascent literature is inconsistent and methodologically limited but does suggest that mindfulness is a potentially important tool for creating psychological change. The interventions described herein generally would not yet be considered first-line treatments for PTSD. Nonetheless, evidence is building, and mindfulness may provide an impetus for better understanding how to personalize psychological interventions and to evaluate their outcomes.

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  • Best practices for offering mindfulness for dissociative patients remain unclear.

    “While best practices for offering mindfulness for dissociative patients remain unclear”

    From Integrating choice points into mindfulness training for the dissociative subtype of PTSD: A case report (2024) · cites this paper as Lang, 2017

  • As insight developed, Carina could redefine safety and progress by choosing the meaning she gained from her symptoms, perhaps learning over time that wellness is not an absence of symptoms but an absence of struggle with the symptoms.

    “As this insight developed, she could redefine safety and progress by choosing the meaning she gained from her symptoms, perhaps learning over time that wellness is not an absence of symptoms but an absence of struggle with the symptoms (Lang, 2017).”

    From Integrating choice points into mindfulness training for the dissociative subtype of PTSD: A case report (2024) · cites this paper as Lang, 2017

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Authors
Lang, A. J.
Affiliations
University of California San Diego (US)
Corresponding author
Lang, Ariel J
ORCID
Lang, Ariel J
Venue
Current Opinion in Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-04
Volume
14
Pages
40-43
ISSN
2352-250X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.copsyc.2016.10.005
OpenAlex
W2548168217
Semantic Scholar
c3f78cfd165980bd325c7de357d7bbb5138d0fcf
Cited by
55
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 7 · 2017: 2
FWCI
0.74
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Psychology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Keywords
mindfulness, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD treatment, trauma response, focused attention, nonjudgmental acceptance, autonomic reactivity, psychological intervention, personalized treatment

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