a practical handbook for the health care professional /
Rosemary A. Payne ; foreword by Marie Donaghy ; photographs by Keith Bellamy
3rd ed
New York :
Elsevier Churchill Livingstone,
2005
xii, 288 p. :
ill. ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-277) and index
'On-the-spot' techniques -- Other techniques -- Relaxation in pregnancy and childbirth -- Measurement: patient assessment and clinical audit -- Evidence from research suggesting choice of technique for particular conditions -- Drawing the threads together -- Append. 1. Attention switching and thought stopping -- Append. 2. Some examples of standardized self-administered outcome measuring tools -- Append. 3. Table of suggested techniques for specific conditions -- Append. 4. Review articles referred to in the text -- Append. 5. Events and 1995 life change unit (CLU) values for the recent life changes questionnaire
Theoretical background -- General aspects of relaxation training -- Stress -- Progressive relaxation -- Progressive relaxation training -- A tense-release script -- Passive muscular relaxation -- Applied relaxation -- Behavioural relaxation training -- The Mitchell method -- The Alexander technique -- Differential relaxation -- Differential relaxation -- Stretchings -- Physical exercise -- Breathing -- Self-awareness -- Imagery -- Goal-directed visualization -- Autogenic training -- Meditation -- Benson's method -- Cognitive behavioural approaches --