Journal of Traumatic Stress Disorders & TreatmentISSN: 2324-8947

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Research Article, J Trauma Stress Disor Treat Vol: 2 Issue: 3

Multi-Component Yoga Breath Program for Vietnam Veteran Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial

Janis J Carter1, Patricia L Gerbarg2, Richard P Brown3, Robert S Ware4, Christina D’Ambrosio5, Leena Anand5, Mihaela Dirlea5, Monica Vermani5,8 and Martin A Katzman5,6,7,8,9*
1University of Queensland, Discipline of Psychiatry, Brisbane, Australia
2New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
3Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
3School of Population Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
3START Clinic for the Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3Department of Psychology Lakehead University Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
3Adler Graduate Professional School, Canada
Corresponding author : Martin A. Katzman
START Clinic for the Mood and Anxiety Disorders, 32 Park Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4S 2N4
E-mail: mkatzman@startclinic.ca
Received: May 13, 2013 Accepted: July 24, 2013 Published: July 31, 2013
Citation: Carter J, Gerbarg PL, Brown RP, Ware RS, D’Ambrosio C, et al. (2013) Multi-Component Yoga Breath Program for Vietnam Veteran Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Trauma Stress Disor Treat 2:3. doi:10.4172/2324-8947.1000108

Abstract

Multi-Component Yoga Breath Program for Vietnam Veteran Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Randomized Controlled Trial

It is appropriate to acknowledge that despite treatment, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) continually debilitates many Vietnam veterans. Although therapies have been developed, remission is hard to obtain with either pharmacotherapy or psychotherapy. Evidence has suggested that some forms of yoga may reduce sympathetic overactivity and increase parasympathetic activity, thereby improving stress resilience.

Keywords: Veteran; Yoga; Trauma; Breathing; Post traumatic stress disorder; Stress; Mind-body

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