Whole-body cryotherapy as adjunct treatment of depressive and anxiety disorders

Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-68

  Rymaszewska, Joanna ^a   Ramsey, David ^a   Chładzińska Kiejna, Sylwia ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Anxiety; Depression; Experimental treatment method; Whole body cryotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYOTHERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43049169026     PISSN: 0004069X     EISSN: 16614917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00005-008-0006-5     Document Type: Article

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