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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Adults with Persistent Noncombat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder – HeartMath Institute

To test the effectiveness of a mental health therapy designed to reduce noncombat-related persistent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in 30 adult outpatients with a diagnosis of PTSD. The individual treatment offered modules to address PTSD nightmare distress, dissociation, general core skills, alterations in arousal and reactivity, avoidance, intrusion, and negative alternations in cognitions and…

Where Published: The Permanente Journal, 2018; 22:17-207. DOI: 10.7812/TPP/17-207.

Authors: Shawn R. Criswell, M.A., Ph.D., L.P.C., Richard Sherman, M.S., Ph.D., and Stanley Krippner, M.S., Ph.D.

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