title: Bulimic adolescents benefit from massage therapy.
abstract: Twenty-four female adolescent bulimic inpatients were randomly assigned to a massage therapy or a standard treatment (control) group. Results indicated that the massaged patients showed immediate reductions (both self-report and behavior observation) in anxiety and depression. In addition, by the last day of the therapy, they had lower depression scores, lower cortisol (stress) levels, higher dopamine levels, and showed improvement on several other psychological and behavioral measures. These findings suggest that massage therapy is effective as an adjunct treatment for bulimia.
authors.affiliation: Touch Research Institute, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33101, USA.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schanberg
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kuhn
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fierro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Henteleff
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yando
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Burman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002032:Bulimia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000032:analysis; D008405:Massage; D012463:Saliva / Q000737:chemistry; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D006854:Hydrocortisone