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cord-011241-2f73r2nv	Lang, Ariel J.	Compassion Meditation for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD): a Nonrandomized Study	2017-12-22		.txt	text/plain	7195	357	47	Data from clinical and non-clinical samples suggest that compassion meditation (CM) has a positive impact on positive emotion and social functioning, which are areas of difficulty for many individuals with PTSD. Group meetings for this study were structured approximately as follows: welcome agenda setting (5 min), homework review (15 min), participants' summary of past week's material (10 min), didactics (20 min), mindfulness exercise incorporating new concepts (15 min), meditation incorporating new concepts (15 min), homework assignment, and question/answer session (10 min). Protocol Refinement The CBCT® program was manualized before the initial group based on clinical experience with Veterans with PTSD (AJL, PC, ME) in collaboration with CBCT developers (LN, TH) to create the Veteran version, CBCT-Vet. Initial modification was aimed at increasing military/Veteran relevance and facilitating use by individuals with psychopathology. This open trial suggests that compassion meditation may help alleviate symptoms of PTSD and depression, although causality cannot be concluded based on this study design and the mechanism by which change occurs is unclear.	./cache/cord-011241-2f73r2nv.txt	./txt/cord-011241-2f73r2nv.txt