In sum, comorbid PTSD and respiratory illness continue to burden WTC responders over a decade post disaster, despite our pharmaceutical and psychotherapeutic efforts. Mind-body treatments have demonstrated promise for reducing both PTSD and respiratory symptoms, and potential biological markers underlying these conditions;however no randomized control trial (RCT) has evaluated this treatment approach among patients with comorbid PTSD and respiratory illness. The proposed study will be the first RCT to evaluate a novel mind-body treatment among WTC responders with these comorbidities, and thus, it will have important implications for health care costs, quality of life and functioning, morbidity and possibly mortality.
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