Relaxation Techniques

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Mindfulness-based stress reduction lowers psychological distress in medical students.

BACKGROUND: Medical students confront significant academic, psychosocial, and existential stressors throughout their training. Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) is an educational intervention designed to improve coping skills and reduce emotional ...
Steven Rosenzweig, Diane K Reibel, Jeffrey M Greeson, George C Brainard, Mohammadreza Hojat (Teach Learn Med, 2003SPRING)
mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-lowers-psychological-distress.asp

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The effects of deep diaphragmatic breathing and focused attention on dental anxiety in a private practice setting.

PURPOSE: High dental anxiety is pervasive and associated with treatment avoidance and poor oral health. Ideally, anxiety reduction techniques should be easy to use, low in cost, non-pharmacological, comfortable, and effective. This study compared the ...
Quinn M Biggs, Kimberly S Kelly, J David Toney (J Dent Hyg, 2003SPRING)
effects-deep-diaphragmatic-breathing-focused-attention-dental-anxiety.asp

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Health care providers training, perceptions, and practices regarding stress and health outcomes.

In order to assess health care providers training, perceptions, and practices regarding stress and health outcomes, a survey was administered to primary care providers in the outpatient medical clinics of a southeastern urban hospital serving a ...
Holly Avey, Kenneth B Matheny, Anna Robbins, Terry A Jacobson (J Natl Med Assoc, 200309)
health-care-providers-training-perceptions-practices-stress-health.asp

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The acceptability of the use of sedation in the management of dental anxiety in children: views of dental students.

The aim of the present study was to determine the views of dental students concerning the acceptability of the use of sedation in the management of dentally anxious children. Dental students in Trinidad (n = 100) were asked to rate the acceptability of ...
J T Newton, R Naidu, P Sturmey (Eur J Dent Educ, 200305)
acceptability-sedation-management-dental-anxiety-children-views.asp

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Effects of cognitive therapy, applied relaxation and nitrous oxide sedation. A five-year follow-up study of patients treated for dental fear.

Five years after completing a controlled, randomized treatment trial comparing the effect of nitrous oxide sedation (NO), cognitive therapy (CT), and applied relaxation (AR), all 62 patients who had participated were invited to a follow-up questionnaire ...
Tiril Willumsen, Olav Vassend (Acta Odontol Scand, 200304)
effects-cognitive-therapy-applied-relaxation-nitrous-oxide-sedation.asp

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Effects of multisensory stimulation in people with Huntingtons disease: a randomized controlled pilot study.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether behavioural, motor and physiological responses of individuals with Huntingtons disease (HD) to a controlled multisensory environment (MSE) are effective as a therapeutic (sustained effects) or leisure (immediate effects) ...
Tanya R Leng, Melanie J Woodward, Maria J Stokes, Anthony V Swan, Lesley-Ann Wareing, Roger Baker (Clin Rehabil, 200302)
effects-multisensory-stimulation-people-huntington-s-disease.asp

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Anger management in healthcare.

Anger is not necessarily bad, according to the author. There are times when it is appropriate. At other times it can escalate unpleasantly. The article describes the different stages of anger and the authors advice on the proper response at each stage. ...
Dennis Tuthill (J Healthc Prot Manage, 2002SUMMER)
anger-management-healthcare.asp

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Assessing the anxious patient.

Dental anxiety is a problem for many adults and children and for many patients anxiety acts as a barrier to treatment: avoidance of treatment, irregular attendance or attendance for emergency treatment only being typical ways of dealing with the problem. ...
Barbara L Chadwick (Dent Update, 200211)
assessing-anxious-patient.asp

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Randomized controlled trial of the Alexander technique for idiopathic Parkinsons disease.

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the Alexander Technique, alongside normal treatment, is of benefit to people disabled by idiopathic Parkinsons disease. DESIGN: A randomized controlled trial with three groups, one receiving lessons in the Alexander ...
C Stallibrass, P Sissons, C Chalmers (Clin Rehabil, 200211)
randomized-controlled-trial-alexander-technique-idiopathic-parkinson.asp

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Inhibited power motivation and persuasive communication: a lens model analysis.

The authors tested the hypothesis that after motive arousal, individuals with an inhibited power motive (IPM) would excel at a persuasive task and explored the behavioral strategies IPM individuals use to that purpose. Sixty-eight participants presented ...
Oliver C Schultheiss, Joachim C Brunstein (J Pers, 200208)
inhibited-power-motivation-persuasive-communication-lens-model.asp