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Liaison psychiatry and HIV infection (II): Application of relaxation in HIV positive patients
Author(s) -
FUKUNISHI ISAO,
HOSAKA TAKASHI,
MATSUMOTO TOMOKO,
HAYASHI MOTOKO,
NEGISHI MASAYOSHI,
MORIYA HIROFUMI
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1997.tb02358.x
Subject(s) - relaxation (psychology) , progressive muscle relaxation , profile of mood states , autogenic training , anxiety , anger , mood , confusion , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , depression (economics) , medicine , relaxation therapy , psychiatry , muscle relaxation , physical therapy , clinical psychology , psychology , immunology , economics , psychoanalysis , macroeconomics
We examined the efficacy of relaxation techniques in a sample of HIV patients without AIDS in the early stages after infection, by comparing the three groups: relaxation group (progressive muscle relaxation and modified autogenic training); ordinary supportive psychotherapy group, and finally no psychiatric treatment group. Scores for anxiety, fatigue, depression and confusion , as measured by the profile of mood states (POMS), were significantly lower after relaxation than before. There were no significant differences in the POMS scores (except for anger ) among the three groups. These two results suggest that a combination of progressive muscle relaxation and modified autogenic training is a useful method, which can be easily employed in HIV patients without AIDS.