Massage Reduces Anxiety in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Patients

TIFFANY FIELD; CONNIE MORROW; CHAD VALDEON; SANDRA LARSON; CYNTHIA KUHN; SAUL SCHANBERG

doi:10.1097/00004583-199201000-00019

Massage Reduces Anxiety in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Patients

TIFFANY FIELD, CONNIE MORROW, CHAD VALDEON, SANDRA LARSON, CYNTHIA KUHN, SAUL SCHANBERG

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Abstract

A 30-minute back massage was given daily for a 5-day period to 52 hospitalized depressed and adjustment disorder children and adolescents. Compared with a control group who viewed relaxing videotapes, the massaged subjects were less depressed and anxious and had lower saliva cortisol levels after the massage. In addition, nurses rated the subjects as being less anxious and more cooperative on the last day of the study, and nighttime sleep increased over this period. Finally, urinary cortisol and norepinephrine levels decreased, but only for the depressed subjects.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	125-131
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Volume	31
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/00004583-199201000-00019
State	Published - 1992

Keywords

child/adolescent psychiatric patients
massage

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

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