Meditation with yoga, group therapy with hypnosis, and psychoeducation for long-term depressed mood: A randomized pilot trial

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 806-820

  Butler, Lisa D ^a   Waelde, Lynn C ^b   Hastings, T Andrew ^a   Chen, Xin Hua ^a   Symons, Barbara ^a   Marshall, Jonathan ^a   Kaufman, Adam ^a   Nagy, Thomas F ^a   Blasey, Christine M ^a   Seibert, Elizabeth O ^a   Spiegel, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative treatment; Depression; Dysthymia; Hypnosis; Meditation; RCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MEDITATION; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YOGA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTROL GROUPS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPNOSIS; MALE; MEDITATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOGA;

EID: 47049128253     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20496     Document Type: Article

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