Therapeutic touch for anxiety disorders

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Robinson, Jacqueline ^a   Biley, F C ^b   Dolk, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

*Therapeutic touch; Anxiety disorders *therapy ; Humans

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; TOUCH; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 38149057242     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006240.pub2     Document Type: Review

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