Coping with work-related stress through guided imagery and music (GIM): Randomized controlled trial

Journal of Music Therapy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 323-352

  Beck, Bolette Daniels ^a   Hansen, Ase Marie ^b   Gold, Christian ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANXIETY; BLOOD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SICK LEAVE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 84955700896     PISSN: 00222917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmt/thv011     Document Type: Article

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