PTSD Common Among Women Receiving Mindfulness Therapy For Depression At Urban Federally Qualified Health Center, Small Study Reveals

Healio (12/27, Oldt) reports post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) “was common among women receiving mindfulness therapy for depression at an urban federally qualified health center, suggesting an association between trauma and residing in a disadvantaged neighborhood,” researchers found after assessing “72 women receiving a mindfulness-based intervention for depression at an urban federally qualified health center.” The findings were published online Dec. 6 in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

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— “Study Suggests link between violence, depression, PSTD,”Amanda Oldt, Healio, December 27, 2016.

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