Relaxation for depression.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Many members of the public have negative attitudes towards antidepressants. Psychological interventions are more acceptable but require considerable therapist training. Acceptable psychological interventions that require less training and skill are needed to ensure increased uptake of intervention. A potential intervention of this sort is relaxation techniques. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether relaxation techniques reduce depressive symptoms and improve response/remission. SEARCH STRATEGY: The register of trials kept by the Cochrane Collaboration Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Group was searched up to February 2008. We also searched the reference lists of included studies. SELE..