Comparison between choir singing and group discussion in irritable bowel syndrome patients over one year: Saliva testosterone increases in new choir singers

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-198

  Grape, Christina ^a,b   Wikström, Britt Maj ^e   Ekman, Rolf ^d   Hasson, Dan ^a,c   Theorell, Töres ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ERSTA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

BREATHING EXERCISE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GROUP PROCESS; GROUP THERAPY; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRITABLE COLON; LEISURE; LETTER; MUSIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RELAXATION TRAINING; SALIVA LEVEL; SINGING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRESS; VOICE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE; VOICE;

EID: 77949439458     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000296140     Document Type: Letter

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