mind-body medicine
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Introduction
Interactions among the brain, mind, body, & behavior, & the ways in which emotional, mental, social, spiritual, & behavioral factors can directly affect health.
Includes:
- relaxation
- hypnosis
- visual imagery
- meditation
- yoga
- biofeedback
- tai chi
- qi gong
- baduanjin
- cognitive-behavioral therapies
- group support
- autogenic training
- spirituality
- prayer
Epidemiology
- 30% of US population uses relaxation, imagery, biofeedback, or hypnosis
- 50% of US population uses prayer for health benefits
Management
- incorporating mindfulness into existing exercise & cognitive programs may offer a unified model of a healthy aging intervention incorporating cognitive vitality & emotional blance in the elderly
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References
- ↑ Mind-Body Medicine: An Overview [2] NIH Institute and Center Resources http://nccam.nih.gov/health/backgrounds/mindbody.htm
- ↑ Sepulveda Figueroa P. Mindfulness, Cognition, and Emotional Health in Aging: Beyond the Mind to the Neurobiology of Adaptation. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2026 Feb;74(2):313-315. PMID: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41454670 https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jgs.70262