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PubMed1977

[The current state of autogenic training].

First some methodical peculiarities of autogenic training are described, insisting specially on the "basic exercises of autogenic training", pointing out their advantages. Then the increasing importance of autogenic training for children is stressed, showing several variations in the practice of it. The very great importance of the psychohygienic dimension of autogenic training is pointed out showing how this method may substantially contribute to the reduction of costs in medical treatment. Finally the connection of autogenic states producing methods, like autogenic training and graduated active hypnosis, is described and the advantages of such a double-track psychotherapy are shown. Adequately used the method may contribute to a shortening of the treatment with a corresponding lowering of costs, without at least hindering the depth of analysis.

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PubMed1979

[Autogenic training: quo vadis?].

The authors point out that a very successful psychotherapeutic treatment method, autogenic training, shows some trends in its development which require some thought. Basing on the technique theoretically and experimentally developed by J. H. Schultz the authors examine different questions in connection with autogenic training: The "autogenic" question, the commercialization and the application of biofeedback techniques in autogenic training therapy. Further the relationship between autogenic training and analytical methods are studied: autogenic neutralisation, daydream techniques (katathymes Bilderleben), doubletrack psychotherapy etc. are being discussed. The authors show that optimal results can be obtained from autogenic training only if combined with an analytical method.

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PubMed1975

[Objectifying the effect of autogenic training on disordered ventilation in bronchial asthma].

Forty-one persons suffering from asthma (aged 20 to 55; duration of disease: greater than or equal 2 years) were divided into 2 groups and participated in courses of instruction in autogenic training. The control group was comprised of 14 patients. The effects of autogenic training on the maximum rate of expiration as well as the limiting respiratory value were recorded. The control group showed a seasonal decrease in the maximum rate of expiration and the limiting respiratory value by 10 to 20% in the period extending from April through November. The autogenic-training patients showed a temporally similar increase in the maximum rate of expiration of 27 and 22%, respectively (the difference to the control group being 47 and 42%, respectively). In 35 patients the increase in the limiting respiratory value was equal to or greater than the effect produced by novodrine. Catamnesis after one year (n = 40): Absence from work in a twelve-month period was 663 days prior to autogenic training and 77 days (11.6%) subsequent to autogenic training. Accordingly, autogenic training may be considered to be an objectively effective component of a combination of therapeutical methods used in the treatment of bronchial asthma.

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PubMed1978

[Autogenic training today (author's transl)].

Autogenic training (AT) creates an autonomic shift within the Hypnoid; in neurophysiological terms conceivable by a lower level of vigilance, synchronisation of EEG and modulation of afferent impulses. The said status differs clearly from wakefullness, drowsiness or sleep. AT however means more than just achievement of a hypnoidal state by ways of the classical six standard exercises, but to our opinion its use within a complex psychotherapy. We very much combine it with analytically orientated group therapy. Accordingly we oppose mass presciption of the standard exercises outside the medical sphere. Application of AT outside of psychotherapy within "psychohygienic indication" should carefully be considered only with strongly motivated persons, as otherwise the lack of motivation is likely to lead to failures.

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[Autogenic training in psychophysiological preparation for parachute jumps].

The efficiency of specific psychophysiological preparation--autogenic training--to parachute jumps was measured in two groups of cadets (test subjects and controls). Hetero- and autogenic training was carried out according to a scheme specially developed for this type of activity. The study of questionnaires and physiological data demonstrated that the specific psychophysiological preparation by means of autogenic training for a certain type of activity helped to develop active self-control over one's own state and emotions, alleviated tension, arrested adverse neurotic manifestations (sleep disturbances, depression, anxiety), contributed to the feeling of confidence in the successful completion of the jump and promoted positive tuning towards subsequent jumps.

Anxiety Disorders↗
PubMed1977

[Experimental examination on the development of altered states of consciousness by autogenic training in comparison to sensory deprivation].

In a sample of 32 trainees of autogenic training the alterations of the state of consciousness during the exercises were recorded by means of a questionnaire (APZ). To check the influence of acoustic stimulation the subjects were exposed to various sounds by headphone. The data were compared with the results of an experiment with sensory deprivation. A significant correspondence was found between the altered states of consciousness through sensory deprivation and autogenic training under usual low stimulus condition. According to these results autogenic training can be understood as a technique of self-induced sensory deprivation.

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PubMed1979

[Experiences with autogenic training groups (author's transl)].

According to I. H. Schultz, "Autogenic Training" has helped many children with psychosomatic symptoms. The children's symptoms were obviously influenced by disturbed family-situations and so we invited both children and parents to the "Autogenic Training". The treatment was carried out in two parallel groups, 6 children, 3 parents and 3 mothers. The process and the "outcome" of ten group-sessions are described.

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PubMed1977

[Contribution to differential-diagnostic validity of MMPI to prognosis of efficiency of autogeneous training (author's transl)].

Due to the fact, that a group of patients were not able to achieve success in the autogeneous training in spite of usual selection after diagnostic criteria, we submitted them as well as a control group to the MMPI. We found significant differences in the Hd-, D-, Hy-, and Si-scales. Then we calculated the discriminance function and the cut-off score and found after MMPI-profile an 80% probability of predicting if a patient will succeed in autogeneous training or not.

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PubMed1976

[Autogenic training within the therapeutic scope of schizophrenic patients].

The author calls the reader's attention to the rather strange fact that autogenic training, in spite of worldwide recognition and extensive uses of the method in various disciplines of medicine and spheres of live, has not so far been finding wide application in the medical specialty dealing with mental disorders. After discussing some possible causes of this situation and commenting on first signs of a necessary change in attitude toward autogenic training, he reports his own experience in the treatment of schizophrenic patients with this psychotherapeutic method, emphasizing the need for including psychotherapy in a complex concept of the treatment of psychoses.

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PubMed1975

[Studies of the circulation in patients with essential hypertension during the 1st and 2nd standard exercises of autogenic training].

A group of ten hypertensive patients were examined as to their circulation at rest, before, and during, the first and second standard exercises of autogenic training. During the exercise there was a significant reduction in cardiac time volume. The expected simultaneous decrease in the total peripheral resistance could not be demonstrated by our methods. Its apparent rise is interpreted as a result of its dependence on the heart beat volume, but can also be understood as an abnormal reaction of a pathological functional state. To clarify this further it would be necessary to establish an isolated determination of that circulatory parameter. It could be shown that the minute-volume component of hypertension can be affected by autogenous training.

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PubMed1978

Spectral analysis of alpha rhythm during Schultz's autogenic training. A tentative approach to rapid visualization.

The records from experimental sessions including autogenic standard exercises and other conscious states, in two long-term trainees, were treated by using a frequency analysis programme. Starting from a synoptic reduced representation of the data and selecting sequences for the building of histograms of averaged energy levels in limited frequency bands, the authors describe the progressive spread of a dominant alpha band all over the scalp during autogenic training.

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PubMed1976

[Assessment of the effectiveness of autogenic training in the complex treatment of neurotic and psychopathic states].

An examination of 68 patients with neurotic and psychopathic states detected the existence of significant connections between the method of treatment and reverse development of the symptomatology. The author used sets clinical scales and methods of statistical canonic, regressional and dispersional analysis. The most effective appeared to be autogenic training and aminazine. The effectiveness of aminazine was most distinctly seen in arresting hysterical characterological disturbances. The action of autogenic training in combination with amytriptiline was more effective in the treatment of insomnia and psychopathic disorders of the inhibitive type.

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PubMed1992

Autogenic training and signs of distress: an experimental study.

The research investigated the autogenic training (AT) effects, analyzing the emotional and somatic distress symptoms of patients during their learning of the AT standard exercises (N = 79). An improvement was observed even before the beginning of the course, thus demonstrating the Balint effect of the drug-doctor phenomenon. The control subjects, entered in a waiting list, showed no further improvements from this phase of the study; the experimental ones, who had begun their AT exercises, continued to show significant improvement.

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PubMed1992

Hypnosis and autogenic training in the treatment of tension headaches: a two-phase constructive design study with follow-up.

Tension headaches can form a chronic (very long duration) condition. EMG biofeedback, relaxation training and analgesia by hypnotic suggestion can reduce the pain. So far, no differences have been demonstrated between the effects of various psychological treatments. In a constructively designed study, we firstly compared an abbreviated form of autogenic training to a form of hypnotherapy (future oriented hypnotic imagery) which was not presented as hypnosis and secondly we compared both treatments to the same future oriented hypnotic imagery, but this time explicitly presented as hypnosis. The three treatments were equally effective at post-treatment, but after a 6-month follow-up period, the future oriented hypnotic imagery which had been explicitly presented as hypnosis was superior to autogenic training. Contrary to common belief, it could be demonstrated that the therapists were as effective with the treatment modality they preferred as with the treatment modality they felt to be less remedial.

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PubMed1992

Autogenic training and self-hypnosis in the control of tension headache.

This study compares autogenic training and training in multiple self-hypnosis strategies in a sample of 56 patients diagnosed as having chronic tension headache on the basis of medical evaluation by a neurologist. At posttreatment and follow-up, no differences between the two treatment regimens in the reduction of headache and psychological distress were observed. During treatment, patients reduced their headache activity and level of psychological distress significantly in contrast to the waiting-list period (p < 0.05). Follow-up measurements indicated that therapeutic improvement was maintained (p < 0.05). Short-term and long-term pain reduction was accompanied by an increase in perceived pain control (p < 0.003). Moreover, those patients who attributed the pain reduction obtained during therapy to their own efforts manifested long-term pain reduction (p < 0.003).

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PubMed1979

Autogenic training.

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