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Stress management techniques in childhood and adolescence. Relaxation training, meditation, hypnosis, and
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
Clinical Pediatrics
|November 1, 1987
Abstract:
Many childhood and adolescent stress-related symptoms have a psychophysiological component that involves muscular tension and/or autonomic nervous system dysfunction. Examples of this include recurrent headache, chest pain, abdominal pain, syncope, and dizziness. After a careful medical and psychosocial evaluation, the clinician may identify many patients who are appropriate for the application of stress reduction techniques such as progressive muscular relaxation, meditation, biofeedback, and relaxation/mental imagery (self-hypnosis). This review describes these techniques and their application with selected children and adolescents.