Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 507-513 , October 2006

Bioenergetic exercises in inpatient treatment of Turkish immigrants with chronic somatoform disorders: A randomized, controlled study

  • Marius Nickel

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany
    • University Clinic for Psychiatry 1, PMU, Salzburg, Austria
    • Section of Psychosomatic Medicine, Clinic of University Regensburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Inntalklinik, D-84359 Simbach am Inn, Bavaria, Germany. Tel.: +49 8571 985302; fax: +49 8571 985303.
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  • Birsen Cangoez

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany
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  • Egon Bachler

      Affiliations

    • Outpatient Therapeutic Family Counseling, Salzburg, Austria
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  • Moritz Muehlbacher

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Psychiatry 1, PMU, Salzburg, Austria
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  • Nilufer Lojewski

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany
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  • Neila Mueller-Rabe

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany
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  • Ferdinand O. Mitterlehner

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany
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  • Peter Leiberich

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany
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  • Nadine Rother

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany
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  • Wiebke Buschmann

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Psychiatry 1, PMU, Salzburg, Austria
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  • Christian Kettler

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany
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  • Francisco Pedrosa Gil

      Affiliations

    • Psychosomatic Outpatient Clinic, University Medicine Clinic, LMU, Munich, Germany
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  • Claas Lahmann

      Affiliations

    • Section of Psychosomatic Medicine, Clinic of University Regensburg, Germany
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  • Christoph Egger

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Psychiatry 1, PMU, Salzburg, Austria
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  • Reinhold Fartacek

      Affiliations

    • University Clinic for Psychiatry 1, PMU, Salzburg, Austria
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  • Wolfhardt K. Rother

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany
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  • Thomas H. Loew

      Affiliations

    • Section of Psychosomatic Medicine, Clinic of University Regensburg, Germany
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  • Cerstin Nickel

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany

Received 11 July 2005 ,Revised 4 January 2006 ,Accepted 5 January 2006.

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PII: S0022-3999(06)00005-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.01.004

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 507-513 , October 2006

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