Enhancing Recovery from Trauma: Facilitating a Mindfulness Skills Group on a Department of Veterans Affairs Inpatient PTSD Unit |
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Authors: | Sam Schwartz Landrum |
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Institution: | Department of Veterans Affairs, Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, USA |
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Abstract: | Mindfulness and acceptance based treatments are being increasingly implemented for a variety of emotional and psychological related problems, including the impact of military and combat related trauma exposure. This article describes a mindfulness skills group as it was implemented on a sub-acute inpatient PTSD Unit at a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center, to demonstrate and explore the role of the mindfulness skills development in a group setting, for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other trauma related problems. |
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Keywords: | Veterans Trauma Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Mindfulness skills group Inpatient PTSD Unit Department of Veterans Affairs |
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