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  • Title: [Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) according to Jacobson in a department of psychiatry and psychotherapy - empirical results].
    Author: Golombek U.
    Journal: Psychiatr Prax; 2001 Nov; 28(8):402-4. PubMed ID: 11721228.
    Abstract:
    267 patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital, who were taking part in PMR treatment from 10/98 to 9/00, were questioned about their experiences. Analysis of the data reveals a division into three groups: 1(st) patients with positive effects 69 %, 2(nd) patients with negative effects showing a deterioration of symptoms 15 %, 3(rd) patients with nonspecific reactions 16 %. Marked difficulties are found in patients with major depressive disorder, especially those with a distinctive feeling of emptiness and disturbance of body sense. Difficulties are also found in patients with personality disorders, who respond with depersonalization and/or dissociative phenomena. Alternative therapeutic methods (body movement therapy, self-awareness training) or PMR in a modified way (single setting) should be employed for those patients.
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