Autogenous training--an anxiolytic and a factor contributing to the improvement of the quality of life.
Autogenous training in its narrow sense of meaning belongs to the group of supportive psychotherapeutic techniques. In fact, it is an autosuggestive relaxation. Autogenous training has been for decades successfully used as prevention to anxious reactions. Since anxiety is an etiological factor of numerous psychic and psychosomatic disturbances, positive implications of autogenous training have been considerably broadened. Life without anxiety belongs to a more qualitative form of life. Autogenous training directs the trainee towards introspection and self-analysis. Self-respect (self-esteem) is the consequence of our own work on ourselves.
Psychological Medicine Clinic, School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
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Gruden
D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy; D001346:Autosuggestion; D006801:Humans; D011788:Quality of Life; D012064:Relaxation Therapy