Mindfulness-based touch therapy and mindfulness practice in persons with moderate depression.
| Autor: | Stötter, Andreas, Mitsche, Marion, Endler, Peter Christian, Oleksy, Patricia, Kamenschek, Dietmar, Mosgoeller, Wilhelm, Haring, Christian |
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THERAPEUTICS
MENTAL depression PSYCHOTHERAPY methodology ALTERNATIVE medicine ANXIETY CHI-squared test COMBINED modality therapy GUILT (Psychology) HAMILTON Depression Inventory LONGITUDINAL method MEDITATION MIND & body therapies MOTIVATION (Psychology) HEALTH outcome assessment PSYCHOLOGICAL tests STATISTICAL sampling SLEEP THERAPEUTIC touch U-statistics STATISTICAL significance RANDOMIZED controlled trials TREATMENT effectiveness SUICIDAL ideation PRE-tests & post-tests BLIND experiment DATA analysis software DESCRIPTIVE statistics |
| Zdroj: | Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy; Aug2013, Vol. 8 Issue 3, p183-198, 16p |
| Abstrakt: | The goal of the study was to explore the effects of mindfulness-based touch therapy, a passive body-therapy intervention, in combination with the practice of mindfulness as an active meditative discipline, in patients with moderate recurring or episodic depression. The method under study is seen as a possible adjunct to psychotherapy and psychopharmacotherapy. The degree of depression before and after the therapy phase was determined according to Hamilton's scale. The outcome was a highly significant improvement in depressive illness, with a general alleviation of depressed mood, reduction in feelings of guilt, in suicidal thoughts and in sleep maintenance insomnia; increase in motivation in carrying out everyday activities; reduction in feelings of anxiety at both psychological and somatic levels and easing of general somatic symptoms. The results show that the method under study can serve persons suffering from depression as an adjunct to conventional therapeutic measures. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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