Mind-body medicine: a model of the comparative clinical impact of the acute stress and relaxation responses


Abstract

Although the physiological and biochemical changes that occur during the acute stress response have been well-characterized, the contrasting changes that underlie the relaxation response evoked by various mind-body techniques are less understood. To help guide future mind-body research, we present a conceptual model that integrates patterns of change at ...

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