Effectiveness of an extended yoga treatment for women with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder
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BACKGROUND: Yoga has been found to be an effective posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) treatment for a variety of trauma survivors, including females with chronic PTSD. Aim/Purpose: The current study builds on extant research by examining an extended trauma-sensitive yoga treatment for women with chronic PTSD. The study sought to optimize the results of a treatment protocol examined in a recent randomized controlled trial with a shorter duration and without assignment or monitoring of home practice. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The authors examined a 20-week trauma-sensitive yoga treatment in a non-randomized single-group treatment feasibility study for women with chronic treatment-resistant PTSD (N = 9). The authors examined PTSD and dissociation symptom reduction over several assessment periods. RESULTS: The results indicate that participants experienced significant reductions in PTSD and dissociative symptomatology above and beyond similar treatments of a shorter duration. CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that more intensive trauma-sensitive yoga treatment characterized by longer duration and intentional assignment and monitoring of home practice may be more advantageous for individuals with severe and chronic PTSD. The implications of the findings for the potentially more substantial role of yoga as an intervention for a subset of adults with chronic treatment-resistant PTSD are discussed.
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Clinical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of yoga as a therapeutic intervention for PTSD and dissociation through a downregulation of the stress response.
“In addition, clinical studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of yoga as a therapeutic intervention for PTSD and dissociation through a downregulation of the stress response (180–182).”
From Vagus Nerve as Modulator of the Brain–Gut Axis in Psychiatric and Inflammatory Disorders (2018) · cites this paper as [182]
Two randomized controlled trials of women with treatment-resistant PTSD showed reductions in symptoms and dissociation; the shorter-duration study (10-weeks) resulted in symptom decreases comparable to psychopharmaceutical and psychotherapeutic interventions while extended yoga practice (20-weeks) drove even greater improvements.
“Two randomized controlled trials of women with treatment-resistant PTSD showed reductions in symptoms and dissociation; the shorter-duration study (10-weeks) resulted in symptom decreases comparable to psychopharmaceutical and psychotherapeutic interventions ( van der Kolk et al., 2014 ) while extended yoga practice (20-weeks) drove even greater improvements ( Price et al., 2017 ).”
From The brain-body disconnect: A somatic sensory basis for trauma-related disorders (2022) · cites this paper as Price et al., 2017
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- Authors
- Price, M., Spinazzola, J., Musicaro, R., Turner, J., Suvak, M., Emerson, D., & van der Kolk, B.
- Affiliations
- Boston College (US)
- Suffolk University (US)
- Justice Resource Institute (US)
- The Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute, Brookline, MA.
- Corresponding author
- Spinazzola, Joseph
- Venue
- The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017-04
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 300-309
- ISSN
- 1075-5535 (ISSN-L)
- 1557-7708
- PMC
- PMC5393408
- OpenAlex
- W2584723414
- Cited by
- 73
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 6
- FWCI
- 10.83
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer survivorship and care
- Keywords
- trauma-sensitive yoga, chronic posttraumatic stress disorder, women, treatment-resistant PTSD, home practice, treatment duration, treatment feasibility, yoga therapy
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Chronic Disease, Female, Humans, Middle Aged, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Yoga
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