Meditation Helps Vets With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Meditation Helps Vets With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Colombian soldiers meditate during a yoga session in Bogota. Eitan Abramovich/AFP/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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Meditation worked as well as traditional therapy for military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder in a small experiment sponsored by the Department of Defense.

One method preferred by the Department of Veterans Affairs is exposure therapy, but it doesn’t work for everyone and many can’t handle what it requires: purposely recalling traumatic events and confronting emotions.