The Significance of Touch in Psychiatry : Clinical and Neuroscientific Approaches
Müller-Oerlinghausen, Bruno
The Significance of Touch in Psychiatry : Clinical and Neuroscientific Approaches - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021 - 1 electronic resource (92 p.)
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Touch is one of the fundamental media for interpersonal communication. Over recent decades, scientific efforts have been devoted to establishing the significance of touch, particularly affective touch, in the treatment and prevention of mental disorders and clarifying the underlying mechanisms of touch and massage therapy. This book contributes to this rapidly expanding area of research and gives new insights on recent clinical and experimental findings. A strong plea is made by the editors for well-designed clinical studies which require very special methodologies. A broad spectrum of various touch therapies are already available at present. Modern treatment and prevention of mental disorders should go beyond the pharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches and should make use of the beneficial effects of touch therapies with the additional benefit of a very small risk of adverse outcomes.
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books978-3-0365-0383-7 9783036503820 9783036503837
10.3390/books978-3-0365-0383-7 doi
Humanities
Social interaction
orienting reflex motivational system touch therapy integrative psychotherapy somatic psychology touch pain C-tactile afferents fibromyalgia anhedonia fMRI posterior insula sports massage current emotional state mood therapist's sex athlete's sex massage therapy psychoactive massage affect-regulating massage therapy affective touch depression interoception C-tactile fibers body psychotherapy chronic back pain oxytocin somatoform pain (ICD 10) somatic symptom disorder (DSM-5) n/a
The Significance of Touch in Psychiatry : Clinical and Neuroscientific Approaches - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021 - 1 electronic resource (92 p.)
Open Access
Touch is one of the fundamental media for interpersonal communication. Over recent decades, scientific efforts have been devoted to establishing the significance of touch, particularly affective touch, in the treatment and prevention of mental disorders and clarifying the underlying mechanisms of touch and massage therapy. This book contributes to this rapidly expanding area of research and gives new insights on recent clinical and experimental findings. A strong plea is made by the editors for well-designed clinical studies which require very special methodologies. A broad spectrum of various touch therapies are already available at present. Modern treatment and prevention of mental disorders should go beyond the pharmacological and psychotherapeutic approaches and should make use of the beneficial effects of touch therapies with the additional benefit of a very small risk of adverse outcomes.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-0365-0383-7 9783036503820 9783036503837
10.3390/books978-3-0365-0383-7 doi
Humanities
Social interaction
orienting reflex motivational system touch therapy integrative psychotherapy somatic psychology touch pain C-tactile afferents fibromyalgia anhedonia fMRI posterior insula sports massage current emotional state mood therapist's sex athlete's sex massage therapy psychoactive massage affect-regulating massage therapy affective touch depression interoception C-tactile fibers body psychotherapy chronic back pain oxytocin somatoform pain (ICD 10) somatic symptom disorder (DSM-5) n/a