The Effects of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Trauma in Victims of Gun Violence: a Pilot Study.

"Declarations Ethics ApprovalThe study was approved by the University of California San Diego Institutional Review Board (IRB#192007). Informed ConsentWritten informed consent was obtained from all participants included in the study. Conflict of InterestThe authors declare no competing interests. Conflict of Interest The authors declare no competing interests."

"This work was supported by the Hemera Foundation, National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (R01-AT009693, R21-AT010352, R00-AT008238), UC San Diego Department of Anesthesiology, and the UC San Diego Denny T. Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion. We are grateful to the leaders and members of Everytown for Gun Safety, Pandemic of Love, Survivors Empowered, and the greater gun violence survivor and anti-gun violence advocacy communities for their incredible support to help us carry out the proposed research activities. Of course, Mindful Way and their corresponding MBSR facilitators including but not limited to Hugh O’ Neill, John Taylor, Korantema Pierce Williams, and Zayda Vallejo for their time and dedication in facilitating mindfulness training to the study volunteers. We would like to also thank Jon Kabat Zinn for supporting this project’s initiation and mentorship throughout this project."