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When Someone You Love Suffers from Posttraumatic Stress: What to Expect and What You Can Do

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By Claudia Zayfert, Jason C. DeViva — 2011

For trauma survivors struggling with intense memories and emotions, it often feels like life won’t ever be “normal” again. Effective treatments are out there, but the needs of family members are often overlooked. See more...

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New Research Shows Simple Meditation Can Outperform a Standard V.A. Trauma Therapy — Part 1

Belleruth describes recent research from the San Diego VA Hospital, which concludes that Transcendental Meditation decreases​ symptom​ severity​ in Veterans ​with​ Post-Traumatic​ Stress,​ outperforming​ Prolonged ​Exposure ​Therapy.

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Finally Figuring Out What Helps Troops with Posttraumatic Stress

The tools that work so well are neither complicated nor expensive. They’re interventions that ping on the primitive structures in the brain, where posttraumatic stress sits and wreaks its havoc. These are tools like guided imagery, relaxation, meditation, hypnosis, and breath work.

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Note to Colleagues: Please Stop Saying Post Traumatic Stress Is Incurable

You can recover from posttraumatic stress. Certainly, you can significantly reduce—not just manage—its symptoms. But—and here’s the thing—not with traditional treatment.

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Getting Rid of Repeating Nightmares: A Simple, Potent, New Recipe

One of the most dramatic, butt-kicking examples of an effective new treatment tool for posttraumatic stress is a simple protocol called Nightmare Reprocessing, devised by two V.A. psychologists.

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Who Gets Better from Combat Stress (and How)

There are several studies claiming a 70-percent improvement rate for returning warriors who are treated for combat stress with various cognitive behavioral therapies and/or prolonged exposure strategies. But this is a misleading number.

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Belleruth Naparstek on PTSD Episode 2

Belleruth Naparstek's in-depth interview with Anne Bassett with The Vineyard View on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and guided imagery.

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Belleruth Naparstek on PTSD Episode 5

Belleruth Naparstek's in-depth interview with Anne Bassett with The Vineyard View on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and guided imagery.

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Guided Imagery for Soldiers with PTSD with Belleruth Naparstek

Watch this video with Belleruth Naparstek as she tells the story of creating a guided imagery introduction with 1st Sergeant Dave Rauls that soldiers really get.

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Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD)