According to a report in "The Military Times," the Pentagon has invested more than five million dollars this past year to investigate the value of alternative treatments such as Reiki, acupuncture, meditation, yoga and companion animals. Evidence is accumulating that treatments once viewed as "fringe" are becoming part of the mainstream.
Studies underway are examining, for example, whether meditation improves "emotional resilience." Will holding and petting an animal reduce some of the symptoms of PTSD? Studies of acupuncture are evaluating its effectiveness in pain reduction, such as for veterans who sustained brain damage. A spokesperson for the studies noted that many military patients seem to prefer these alternatives.
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