Healing touch with guided imagery for PTSD in returning active duty military: A randomized controlled trial

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1015-1021

  Jain, Shamini ^a,b   McMahon, George F ^c   Hasen, Patricia ^c   Kozub, Madelyn P ^c   Porter, Valencia ^e   King, Rauni ^d   Guarneri, Erminia M ^d  

^a Samueli Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Marine Corps Base   (United States)

^d SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

^e The Chopra Center for Well Being   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866387485     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-11-00290     Document Type: Article

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