These therapies are used for such conditions as drug addiction, heart disease, c hronic pain, GI distress, hypertension, headaches, anxiety, personality disorders, cancer, AIDS, stress, and skin disorders. In the 1970's, researchers began finding that neuropeptides and other mole cules released by different emotional states were not only in the CNS but throughout the body. Along these lines, therapies that are targeted to the 'mind' can directly affect one s body and also one s state of health.
Many practitioners combine several of the se modalities together in their practices.
Studies Gould, K. L., et. Changes in Myocardial Perfusion Abnormalities by Positron Emission Tomo graphy After Long-Term, Intensive Risk Factor Modification. As reported by PET and other objective criteria, disease worsened in controls whereas it 'improved' in the experimental group. Garfinkel, M. S., et. Their results showed statistically significant differences in hand pain during activity but no statistically significant differences for combined hands in other categories.