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THE EFFECTS OF ACUPRESSURE ON STRESS A SELF HELP APPROACH

TOWSON UNIVERSITY

PRINCIPAL AUTHOR: CAROL L. WETHERILL; CO-AUTHOR: JONATHAN MATTANAH, PH.D.

“Acupressure may be an effective self-help tool for stress reduction and prevention of stress related disease. The protocol used was an adaptation of the SEVA/Stress Release protocol, based on Process Acupressure.® Findings suggest that SEVA/stress release can be viewed as a valuable self-help tool in the reduction of psychological stress and therefore, in prevention of disease.”

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THE JOURNAL OF ALTERNATIVE AND COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE

Volume 17, Number 9, 2011, pp. 809–815, ª Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0563

Employee Use and Perceived Benefit of a Complementary and Alternative Medicine Wellness Clinic at a Major Military Hospital: Evaluation of a Pilot Program

Alaine D. Duncan, MAc, LAc, DiplAc, SEP,1,2 Janet M. Liechty, PhD, Lcsw,3 Cathy Miller, MSG (Ret), MM, LMT, ABT,4 Gail Chinoy, RNC, MSN,5 and Richard Ricciardi, PhD, NP, FAANP6

Abstract

“Objectives: The objectives of this study were to examine the feasibility of a weekly on-site complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) wellness clinic for staff at a military hospital, and to describe employees’ perceptions of program effectiveness.

Setting: The study setting was the Restore & Renew! Wellness Clinic at a United States Department of Defense hospital.

Subjects: The subjects were hospital nurses, physicians, clinicians, support staff, and administrators.

Interventions: The walk-in wellness clinic was open 8:00 am–2:00 pm 1 day a week. Participants selected one or more modalities each visit: ear acupuncture, clinical acupressure, and Zero Balancing.

Conclusions: This evaluation suggests that a hospital-based wellness clinic based on CAM principles and modalities is feasible, well-utilized, and perceived by most participants to have positive health benefits related to stress reduction at work, improved mood and sleep, and lifestyle.”

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