Mind-body medicine in ambulatory care: an evidence-based assessment.
Ambulatory medicine is a frequent clinical setting where practitioners can effectively apply Mind-body interventions ranging from basic stress management therapies to the sophisticated biomedical instrumentation of clinical biofeedback. Given the rather extensive and growing body of clinical research in this area, the intent of this article is to provide an evidence-based assessment of the evidence underlying the clinical efficiency of such interventions. Such an evidence-based approach can help ambulatory care providers to identify those Mind-body interventions with specific clinical indication so that they can be utilized both safely and effectively in ambulatory medicine.
Pelletier
Kenneth R
KR
Department of Medicine, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, University of California in Los Angeles, Calif, USA. drkrpelletier@aol.com
D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000379:methods*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D026441:Mind-Body Therapies / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care / Q000191:economics; D014481:United States