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Medicina Comportamental
Mind-body medicine. An introduction and review
of the literature.
| Ui: |
21654425
Fonte: Medline |
| Author: |
Barrows
KA; Jacobs BP |
| Address: |
Osher
Center for Integrative Medicine, University of California-San Francisco,
San Francisco, California, USA. kb1@onebox.com |
| Title: |
Mind-body
medicine. An introduction and review of the literature. |
| Source: |
Med
Clin North Am; 86(1):11-31, 2002 Jan. |
| ISSN: |
0025-7125 |
| Country
of publication: |
United
States |
| Language: |
eng |
| Abstract: |
MBM is
a well-established phenomenon in modern medicine. If one accepts a model
of mind/body that is truly nondualistic, it could be said that the MBM
phenomenon is inherent to medicine. Because of its popularity and efficacy
for common chronic conditions, MBM may have its greatest presence in
primary care medicine. The flourishing of MBM techniques resulting from
the public's enthusiastic embrace of these therapies has created a great
need for rigorous scientific examination. The MBM literature may be said
to be in its adolescence, having grown out of its early years of
enthusiastic case reports and small studies, but not yet fully grown into
a broad catalogue of large controlled experimental trials. Nevertheless,
clinical trials suggest that certain MBM therapies are effective in
improving quality of life, anxiety, and pain intensity for a variety of
conditions. There is moderate evidence to suggest these techniques improve
chronic pain, headache, insomnia, and other common conditions. There is
preliminary evidence to suggest these techniques may affect coronary
artery disease and cancer. MBM techniques ultimately may prove to be most
effective in combinations or in conjunction with traditional treatment. |
| Publication
type: |
JOURNAL
ARTICLE; REVIEW; REVIEW, TUTORIAL |
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