Research published by Garner et al. in 2008 on the effect of massage therapy on stress, anxiety and aggression in a young adult psychiatric inpatient unit, revealed that massage therapy:
a. effectively eliminates both migraine and nonmigraine headaches
b. increases a person's perception of pain and anxiety
c. triggers episodes of migraine headache
d. has immediate beneficial effects on anxiety-related measures.
D
Garner et al. in 2008 found that massage therapy had a positive effect on the treatment of stress, anxiety, and aggression in a young adult psychiatric inpatient unit. Data revealed that massage therapy had immediate beneficial effects on anxiety-related measures (anxiety, resting heart rate, and saliva cortisol levels). Findings also indicated that massage may be a useful deescalating tool for reducing stress and anxiety in hospitalized psychiatric patients.
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