Exploring the effectiveness of a comprehensive mind-Body intervention for medical symptom relief

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-192

  Samuelson, Marlene ^a,b   Foret, Megan ^a   Baim, Margaret ^a   Lerner, Jonathan ^a   Fricchione, Gregory ^a   Benson, Herbert ^a   Dusek, Jeffery ^a,c   Yeung, Albert ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CURRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; DYSURIA; ECZEMA; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYALGIA; MYOFASCIAL PAIN; NAUSEA; NEURITIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELAXATION TRAINING; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; THERAPY EFFECT; THORAX PAIN; TINNITUS; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIND-BODY THERAPIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77649145877     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0142     Document Type: Article

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