Psychobiological Changes from Relaxation Response Elicitation: Long-Term Practitioners vs. Novices

Psychosomatics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 550-559

  Chang, Bei Hung ^a,b   Dusek, Jeffery A ^c,d   Benson, Herbert ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; NORADRENALIN; ADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; RELAXATION RESPONSE; TRAINING; BLOOD; COMPACT DISK; EDUCATION; LEISURE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION TRAINING; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPACT DISKS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELAXATION; RELAXATION THERAPY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857394726     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2011.05.001     Document Type: Article

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