Complementary therapies for depression: An overview

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1026-1032

  Ernst, Edzard ^a   Rand, Julia I ^a   Stevinson, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM EXTRACT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; DEPRESSION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RELAXATION TRAINING; REVIEW;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; AROMATHERAPY; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DANCE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXERCISE THERAPY; HOMEOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MASSAGE; MUSIC THERAPY; PHYTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0031791502     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.11.1026     Document Type: Review

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