Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Mood States of Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Mood and negative emotional states and their regulation in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder have family, social and employment problems. Practices that could be helpful in this area are highly important. The current Study, aimed to investigate the influence of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in improving mood state of combat veterans.Patients and The current study used a randomized clinical trial design, in which Participants were selected from the patients referring to the counseling center of the veterans. The participants had Post traumatic stress disorder according to diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders fourth edition text review (DSM-IV-TR) diagnostic criteria. The patients were 62 people and were randomly assigned into 2 groups: (31 for MBSR and 31 for Control Group). Analyses showed that there were no significant differences between the groups at baseline (P < 0.05). Comparison of results between the two groups before the two-step test showed that, anger and vitality scales between the two groups, have no significant differences. But on the other scales (depression, dizziness, fatigue and tension), differences between pre and posttest groups were significant in the two groups. It was concluded that Mindfulness Based Stress reduction is a useful method to regulate the mood state in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) veterans who have difficulties in mood and emotions in Kashan.