Article: Massage and relaxation therapies' effects on depressed adolescent mothers.

Depression is one of the most prevalent medical disorders and has been recognized as a distinct pathologic entity from early Egyptian times. Anxiety is one of the primary features of depression in adolescents (Goldman, 1988), and relaxation therapy (RT) is usually noted to decrease anxiety (Richter, 1984). Using the State-Trait Anxiety Scale, for example, anxiety levels were found to be lower in psychiatric patients following nine sessions of relaxation therapy (Hosmand, Helmes, Kazarian, & Tekatch, 1985). Even following one brief RT session, mood was elevated on the Profile of Mood States Scale (Matthew & Gelder, 1969).

In a longer term outcome study, RT was as effective as ...

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