Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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Walking Psychotherapy As a Health Promotion Strategy to Improve Mental and Physical Health for Patients and Therapists: Clinical Open-Label Feasibility Trial

Nicole Koziel, Simone N. Vigod, Jennifer Price, Joanne Leung, Jennifer Hensel
PubMed Summary & key facts 2022 7 citations

This small open-label study tested whether therapists and patients could walk outside during trauma therapy sessions. Most people joined and found walking acceptable. Walking happened in about two-thirds of sessions. Some PTSD and stress scores were lower after 12 weeks, but the study had no control group and further randomized…

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