Durham Va Center for Health Services Research

Finally Figuring Out What Helps Troops With Posttraumatic Stress

Belleruth Naparstek | Posted 11.17.2011

Belleruth Naparstek

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, breath work...