Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction for PTSD in Road Traffic Accident Victims: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Inclusion Criteria: (a) Possession of a road traffic identification certificate issued by the public security traffic police department; (b) Age 18-60 years; (c) junior high school education or above and full civil capacity; (d) those who meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD according to DSM-5-TR (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorder 5th Edition-Text Revised) which occurred after road traffic accident; (e) A score of 31 or above on the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5) indicating possibility of PTSD in diagnosis; and (f) those taking a stable dose of a single antidepressant for the past 2 weeks and willing to maintain on the dose until the end of the study. Exclusion Criteria: (a) Organic brain damage caused by road traffic accident; (b) A previous diagnosis of any mental illness; (c) Pregnant women; (d) Alcohol and drug dependence and abuse; (e) Inability to understand Chinese; (f) history of severe and unstable medical illnesses that are not suitable for participation in the study; (g) having participated in any psychotherapy before participating in the study, and (h) those with suicidal tendency.