Can improvements in sleep be used as an indicator of the wider benefits of Autogenic Training and CAM research in general?

European Journal of Integrative Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 57-62

  Robinson, Nicola ^a   Bowden, Ann ^a   Lorenc, Ava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autogenic Training; Mind Body Therapies; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Sleep; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MINERAL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT AGENT; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOGENIC TRAINING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOPATHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 77953111945     PISSN: 18763820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eujim.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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