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Article: Relaxation techniques: adjuncts to therapy.(THE PSYCHIATRIST'S TOOLBOX)
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- Clinical Psychiatry News
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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In a recent column, I wrote about the psychiatric/psychological assistance we can offer in treating TMD ("Stress-Related Temporomandibular Dysfunction," The Psychiatrist's Toolbox, October 2006, p. 60).
As I examined the techniques that I have found most useful in helping patients with TMD, I briefly mentioned Jacobson relaxation techniques. Much to my surprise, several people responded to the reference, wanting to know who Jacobson was and what he did.
The questioners, all relatively young clinicians, had never heard of either Dr. Jacobson or his techniques. Because of this intense interest--and given the scores of people who seek relief from stress and ...