Massage Therapy and Depression
"Massage therapy is significantly associated with alleviated depressive symptoms."
Hou, W., Chiang, P. et al. "Treatment Effects of Massage Therapy in Depressed People: A Meta-Analysis."
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (Mar. 2010)
"Reductions of trait anxiety and depression were MT's [massage therapy's] largest effects,
with a course of treatment providing benefits similar in magnitude to those of psychotherapy."
Moyer, C., Rounds, J., Hannum, J. "A Meta-Analysis of Massage Therapy Research."
Psychological Bulletin (2004)
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