The effectiveness of mindfulness training on psychological symptoms in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder

At least half the veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder suffer from psychological problems. The present study was an attempt to examine the effectiveness of mindfulness training in improving the psychological symptoms in veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder It was an experimental study with pretest-posttest design including a control group. This study was carried out in 2012 in Isfahan Shahid Rajai Hospital. The available twenty-eight male veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. Data were collected using Brief Symptoms Inventory of Dura et al. Results indicated that average score for psychological symptoms and its dimensions (anxiety، depression & somatization) significantly improved in the treatment group in both post-test and the follow-up. The Results supported the effectiveness of mindfulness training in improving the psychological symptoms in veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and have important implications for the role of mindfulness-based therapies in reducing the psychological symptoms in veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.