Meditation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review

RAND researchers conducted a systematic review that synthesized evidence from trials of meditation interventions to provide estimates of their efficacy and safety in treating adults diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder. Adjunctive meditation interventions of mindfulness-based stress reduction, yoga, and mantram repetition program were efficacious in reducing PTSD and depression symptoms based on low to moderate quality of evidence.