Applied relaxation: Description of a coping technique and review of controlled studies

The rationale and practice of applied relaxation (AR) are described. The purpose of this treatment method is to teach the patient a coping skill which will enable him/her to relax rapidly, in order to counteract, and eventually abort the anxiety reactions altogether. A review of 18 controlled outcom...

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Published inBehaviour research and therapy Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 397 - 409
Main Author OST, L.-G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1987
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adaptation, Psychological
Anxiety Disorders - therapy
Arousal
Behavior Therapy - methods
Biological and medical sciences
Humans
Medical sciences
Phobic Disorders - therapy
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Relaxation Therapy
Relaxation. Biofeedback. Hypnosis. Selfregulation. Meditation
Treatments
Therapeutic efficiency
Human
Relaxation
Agoraphobia
Pain
Follow up study
Epilepsy
Anxiety
Tinnitus
Coping
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Summary:The rationale and practice of applied relaxation (AR) are described. The purpose of this treatment method is to teach the patient a coping skill which will enable him/her to relax rapidly, in order to counteract, and eventually abort the anxiety reactions altogether. A review of 18 controlled outcome studies show that AR has been used for different phobias, panic disorder, headache, pain, epilepsy, and tinnitus. The results show that AR was significantly better than no-treatment, or attention-placebo conditions, and as effective as other behavioral methods with which it was compared. At follow-up after 5–19 months the effects were maintained, or further improvements were obtained.
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ISSN:0005-7967
1873-622X
DOI:10.1016/0005-7967(87)90017-9