You assert this but what little evidence there is says differently. Now, we can't possibly know if a specific incident attributed to PTSD could have been prevented by learning TM, or mindfulness, or any other therapy thought to affect PTSD in a positive way, but, assuming that the actions below WERE at last partly due to PTSD, TM *might* have helped, and, on a purely statistical basis, it might have been more likely to help than mindfulness or cognitive therapy.
And that's a good thing. Research on PTSD is becoming far more sophisticated. There's genetic and epigenetic issues that are coming to light that may someday help guide therapists in deciding which therapy or therapies will be most effective in dealing with PTSD. It might be, in some specific case, that mindfulness or cognitive therapies or drugs or some combination thereof, will be more effective than TM, but for now, the pure statistical numbers game suggests that, without more detailed data specific to an individual, TM appears to be the best single therapy for PTSD. L ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <mjackson74@...> wrote : But something needs to: http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/07/3552133/court-testimony-veteran-who-killed.html?sp=/99/205/&ihp=1 http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/07/3552133/court-testimony-veteran-who-killed.html?sp=/99/205/&ihp=1 http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/07/3552133/court-testimony-veteran-who-killed.html?sp=/99/205/&ihp=1 LANCASTER: Court testimony: Veteran who killed Chester... The Army veteran who pleaded guilty Monday to killing an 11-month-old Chester County girl was ordered to shoot and kill an 8-year-old boy while overseas in Afghan... View on www.thestate.com http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/07/3552133/court-testimony-veteran-who-killed.html?sp=/99/205/&ihp=1 Preview by Yahoo