Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 66, Issue 6 , Pages 511-519 , June 2009

Alternative mind–body therapies used by adults with medical conditions

  • Suzanne M. Bertisch

      Affiliations

    • Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School Osher Research Center, Boston, MA, USA
    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, PBS-2, Boston, MA 02215, USA. Tel.: +1 617 754 4677; fax: +1 617 632 0215.
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  • Christina C. Wee

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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  • Russell S. Phillips

      Affiliations

    • Division for Research and Education in Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies, Harvard Medical School Osher Research Center, Boston, MA, USA
    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Ellen P. McCarthy

      Affiliations

    • Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

Received 22 February 2008 ,Revised 22 October 2008 ,Accepted 11 December 2008.

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☆ This study was supported by Grant R03 AT002236 from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine [1] National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Bertisch was supported by an Institutional National Research Service Award (T32AT00051-06) from the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Wee was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases (K23DK02962) at the time the study was conducted. Dr. Phillips is supported by a Mid-Career Investigator Award (K24AT000589) from the NCCAM, NIH.

☆☆ This manuscript was presented in part at the Society of General Internal Medicine National Conference, Los Angeles, CA, April 2006. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NCCAM, nor of the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0022-3999(08)00581-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.12.003

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 66, Issue 6 , Pages 511-519 , June 2009

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