Introduction
stress disorder, sexual trauma, TCTSY, PTSD, Trauma
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent and harmful to veterans’ physical and mental health, functioning, and well-being and has tremendous societal costs.First-line, evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for PTSD offered by the VA are trauma-focused psychotherapies, eg, prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapy (CPT); however, these therapies lack acceptability and have high treatment dropout and incomplete effect, with more than one-half of treatment completers retaining their PTSD diagnosis.In this multisite, randomized clinical trial (RCT), we examined the effectiveness of Trauma Center Trauma-Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY), a Hatha-style yoga intervention designed for women who experienced childhood sexual trauma. In contrast to cognitively based EBTs, TCTSY is a body-based intervention that focuses on reducing stress reactions of the body by cultivating interoception.