A study conducted at Northwestern Memorial Hospital found that meditation is an effective behavioral treatment for insomnia. The findings were reported at the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
 
Insomnia affects more than 35-70 million Americans, and the same approximate rate, 10-20 per cent of the population are impacted in Europe.
 
It is a condition [...]

Brain research imaging studies conducted a few years ago have demonstrated that meditation can cause significant improvements in sections related to concentration.  Conventional wisdom has led to the notion that a considerable amount of time and training was involved in order to achieve this effect.  This perceived time requirement has been a barrier for many [...]

Acupuncture needles placed into two specific spots on the head may reduce anxiety levels of highly nervous dental patients, according to a study published in Acupuncture in Medicine.
 
The needles induce relaxation and reduce fear that paralyzes some people facing dental treatments, say researchers from England and Denmark.
 
The acupuncture treatment was performed in sixteen women and [...]

Recent research has indicated concern for the degree of stress and emotional well-being among university staff. This study examined the effectiveness of yoga in enhancing emotional well-being and resilience to stress among university employees.
 
British researchers conducted a randomized clinical study, involving 48 people.  They were either placed into a yoga program, or wait listed, as [...]

The authors of the review of several massage studies, acknowledge difficulties with research on the effects of massage, including the fact that it’s impossible to “blind” study participants or care providers to whether a person is receiving massage or a comparison treatment.
 
Nevertheless, they say there is “good evidence to suggest that massage therapy is an [...]

 
Prior to Dr. Pennebaker’s research, Jungian scholar Dr. Ira Progoff, the creator of holistic depth psychology, developed a journaling technique. Since the program was developed over thirty years ago, more than 200 workshop leaders have been trained and certified, and more than 175,000 individuals have participated in his workshops. Dr. Progoff passed away in 1997. [...]

Don Morris, MD a researcher at the University of Michigan’s Neuropsychiatric Institute conducted a study involving 62 nursing students and 17 student pilots were interviewed for 30 minutes to determine the presence of emotional instability.   The groups were followed for 12-18 months and 4-6 months respectively. 
 
The nursing students were experiencing some emotional stress at the [...]

 
 
Music therapy, the use of music in a health care setting is a rapidly growing technique throughout many hospitals in the US. It is clinical and evidence based use of music interventions
 
Children, teens, adults and seniors and a wide variety of physical disabilities, acute and chronic pain and mothers in labor have benefited from music [...]

 
Over the last decade numerous studies have been published regarding the effectiveness of Therapeutic Touch, a form of Laying on of Hands developed in the early 1970s by Dolores Krieger, Ph.D., RN, a professor at New York University School of Nursing, and Dora Kunz, a well known  healer.  
 
In the beginning, Krieger and Kunz only [...]

 
Children experiencing emotional neglect or abuse can develop brain changes.
 
MRI evaluation found that childhood stress can lead to the development of depression. The study led by scientists at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland was recently published in the scientific journal, Neuropsychopharmacology.
 
The researchers noted, “Improved neurobiological understanding shows how stress and genetic variants interact and affect [...]