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AdvanceAccessPublication6July2006 eCAM2007;4(1)131–132 doi:10.1093/ecam/nel041 Commentary CAMandPost-TraumaticStressDisorder AlexHankey HealthSciences,UniversityofPune,Maharashtra,India IntheformoftheTranscendentalMeditationprogramCAMoffersamethodofeliminatingdeep-rooted stress,theefficacyofwhichhasbeendemonstratedinseveralrelatedstudies.AnydiscussionofCAM andpost-traumaticstressdisordershouldincludeastudyofitsapplicationtoVietnamWarVeterans inwhichimprovementswereobservedonallvariables,andseveralparticipantswereabletoreturnto workafterseveralyearsofbeingunabletoholdajob.Theinterventionhasbeenstudiedforitsimpact on brain and autonomic nervous system function. It has been found to be highly effective against other stress-related conditions such as hypertension, and to improve brain coherence—a measure of effectivebrainfunction.Itshouldbeconsideredapossible‘newandimprovedmodeoftreatment’for PTSD,andfurtherstudiesofitsapplicationmade. Keywords:ayurveda–post-traumaticstressdisorder–transcendentalmeditation Introduction 3 month experimental period of delayed stress syndrome, anxiety, depression (Fig. 1), insomnia, alcohol use, family The paper in your November 2005 issue, ‘Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Evidence-Based Research for the Third Millennium’, by Iribarren and co-workers (1), contained many pertinent references and very useful discussion. It did not, however, propose more than palliative care to PTSD sufferers,reducingdiscomfort,butnotthehelplessness,trials andtribulationsoflong-termchronicdiseasemanagement. Had it included a study on Vietnam war veterans at the DenverVietnamVeteransOutreachProgramin1981(2),this mighthavebeendifferent.Thestudy’sauthorsreasonedthat since,inpreviousstudiesoftheTranscendentalMeditationTM program(TM)(TranscendentalMeditationandTMareservice marks registered in the US Patent and Trademark Office, licensedtoMaharishiVedicEducationDevelopmentCorpora- tion, and used under sublicense), many of the symptoms of post-VietnamAdjustmentha