Therapeutic touch for anxiety disorders

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2006, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE;

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42749100225     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006240     Document Type: Review

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