title: [Sophrology in geriatrics, an innovative approach to reducing pain and anxiety].
abstract: Sophrology is a non medication-based method which involves both the body and mind. It combines relaxing the muscles, increasing awareness of breathing and positive thinking, and leads to the search for improved well-being through the integration of the body percept. It generates a feeling of "letting go" and helps to relieve physical, psychological and spiritual suffering, in particular in geriatrics.
authors.affiliation: Group Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié-Salpêtrière/Charles Foix, AP-HP, Ivry-sur-Seine. pascale.tocheport@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Pascale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tocheport
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000628:therapy*; D005853:Geriatrics; D006801:Humans; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical; D059408:Pain Management