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ArticleGlobal advances in health and medicine2014

Acupuncture and meditation for military veterans: first steps of quality management and future program development.

Amanda Hull, Matthew Reinhard, Kelly McCarron, Nathaniel Allen, M Cory Jecmen, Jeanette Akhter, Alaine Duncan, Karen Soltes

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Article in Global advances in health and medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amanda HullWar Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Matthew ReinhardWar Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Kelly McCarronWar Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Nathaniel AllenWar Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
M Cory JecmenWar Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Jeanette AkhterWar Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Alaine DuncanWar Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Karen SoltesWar Related Illness and Injury Study Center, Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States.
Washington DC VA Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Veterans of all war eras have a high rate of chronic disease, mental health disorders, and chronic multi-symptom illnesses (CMI).(1-3) Many veterans report symptoms that affect multiple biological systems as opposed to isolated disease states. Standard medical treatments often target isolated disease states such as headaches, insomnia, or back pain and at times may miss the more complex, multisystem dysfunction that has been documented in the veteran population. Research has shown that veterans have complex symptomatology involving physical, cognitive, psychological, and behavioral disturbances, such as difficult to diagnose pain patterns, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic fatigue, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbance, or neurocognitive dysfunction.(2-4) Meditation and acupuncture are each broad-spectrum treatments designed to target multiple biological systems simultaneously, and thus, may be well suited for these complex chronic illnesses. The emerging literature indicates that complementary and integrative medicine (CIM) approaches augment standard medical treatments to enhance positive outcomes for those with chronic disease, mental health disorders, and CMI.(5-12.)

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acupuncturechronic multisymptom illness (CMI)complementary and integrative medicine (CIM)iRest Yoga Nidramilitaryveterans

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PMID25105073
PMCPMC4104562
OpenAlexW1979619105

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