Positive Health Online

Issue 32

SPIEGEL, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10128 USA writes that a useful way to capture the placebo-nocebo theme is to examine the tension and interaction between conviction1

more..

Issue 32

DOWDEN and ALLEN, Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs USA studied the relationships between anxiety sensitivity, hyperventilation and emotional reactivity.

more..

Issue 30

TAN and LEUCHT, Graduate School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California 91101, USA review the literature (125 references) and write that since Tans published review of 1982 regarding

more..

Issue 30

HARDING, Wildara Psychogeriatric Assessment and Treatment Team, St Georges and Inner East Geriatric Service, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia writes that although the benefits of relaxation are widely acknowledged, clinicians must remain aware of1

more..

Issue 29

MUIR, Broxburn Health Centre, West Lothian, describes a project which is designed to offer an alternative to traditional treatment for stress . The author discusses techniques patient education, relaxation techniques, ps1

more..

Issue 29

SCHWEIZER and RICKELS, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-2649 USA write that new treatment development for anxiety disorder has been sabotaged by a high placebo-response1

more..

Issue 29

MAROOF and colleagues, Department of Anaesthesiology, King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia studied the influence of therapeutic intraoperative auditory suggestions upon incidence and severity of nausea in patients undergoing1

more..

Issue 29

TUSEK et al, Guided Imagery Program, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA write that patients undergoing surgery usually experience fear and apprehension and that guided imagery is a simple, low-cost therapeutic tool which1

more..

Issue 24

LUTGENDORF and colleagues, Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida USA tested the effects of a 10-week group cognitive-behavioural stress management (CBSM) intervention upon mood and immunological p1

more..

Issue 24

ROTH and CREASER, Stress Reduction Program, Community Health Center, CT, USA describes a bilingual mindfulness meditation-based stress reduction programme within an inner-city setting.

more..

Issue 24

TELLO-BERNABE and colleagues, Centro de Salud El Naranjo, Fuenlabrada, Madrid Spain evaluated the impact of group relaxation upon women suffering distress and general anxiety disorders.

more..

Issue 24

SMITH and colleagues, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois 60605 USA catalogued the treatment experiences of massage, abbreviated progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), yoga stretching, breathing, imagery meditation a1

more..

Issue 24

SAKAI, Department of Psychiatry, Saga Medical School Japan studied the effects of autogenic training for anxiety disorders.

more..

Issue 21

DAVIDSON and colleagues, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Caroline USA write that homoeopathy, although a well-established therapeutic system of relevance to psychi1

more..

Issue 21

MULLER-POPKES and HAJAK, Klinik und Poliklinik fur Psychiatrie, Universitat Gottingen, Germany write that there has not been much research conducted regarding psychotherapeutic treatment for people suffering with

more..

Issue 21

HOUGHTON and colleagues, Department of Medicine, University Hospital of South Manchester UK quantified the effects of severe irritable bowel syndrome upon the quality of life and economic functioning a1

more..