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The Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care introduces an evidence-based mind-body approach to the medical and behavioral problems of primary care patients. Evidence-based mind-body practice draws on the best available scientific research, advocating the integration of well-documented mind-body therapies into primary health care. The handbook summarizes current mind-body practice and provides an overview of the basic techniques, including biofeedback, neurofeedback, relaxation therapies, hypnotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapies, acupuncture, and spiritual therapies. The editors also thoroughly demonstrate the application of these techniques to common disorders such as headache, chronic pain, and essential hypertension, as well as anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and sleep disorders.
The Placebo Effect and its Use in Biofeedback Therapy
The Placebo Effect and its Use in Biofeedback Therapy
Abstract: The placebo effect is a powerful phenomenon in primary care medicine under non-double-blind conditions and can be used with positive results in biofeedback therapy. This chapter examines the scientific evidence for the placebo effect, reviews current theories of the placebo, and presents a conditioned response model to clarify the mechanism of the placebo. This conditioned response model has previously been strongly supported by psychoneuroimmunology data and recently by positron emission tomography in Parkinson's disease patients. There is evidence that biofeedback instruments operate as conditioned stimuli and that instrumentation may be a powerful tool to elicit a placebo effect. The chapter presents strategies to optimize the placebo effect ...
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