Promoting reintegration of national guard veterans and their partners using a self-directed program of integrative therapies: A pilot study

Military Medicine

Volumn 177, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1477-1485

  Collinge, William ^a   Kahn, Janet ^b   Soltysik, Robert ^c  

^a United States   (United States)

^b Peace Village Projects Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PILOT STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELAXATION TRAINING; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT PROJECTS; RELAXATION THERAPY; SPOUSES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84871422088     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-12-00121     Document Type: Article

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