Possible Applications of Flotation-REST and its Effects on Human Psychophysiology Regarding Stress, Anxiety and Depression

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://psychkont.osu.cz/fulltext/2021/PAJK_21_1_Kavkova_Malus.pdf" target="_blank" >https://psychkont.osu.cz/fulltext/2021/PAJK_21_1_Kavkova_Malus.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.15452/PsyX.2021.12.0001" target="_blank" >10.15452/PsyX.2021.12.0001</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Possible Applications of Flotation-REST and its Effects on Human Psychophysiology Regarding Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Original language description
This study summarizes the findings of the flotation REST technique and its effect on stress, anxiety and depression from a psychophysiological perspective. Flotation REST is a specific form of relaxation environment invented in the 1950s and researched mainly in the field of psychology and physiology. It is a hydrotherapeutic device working with the restriction of external stimuli. Hence the research-established acronym REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique). In the Czech Republic, this technique, under the name of floating, is mainly used in spa centres and wellness facilities. In foreign research, especially in the USA, Canada and Sweden, flotation REST has proven to be a unique method in the field of applied psychophysiology. It has proven to be a technique with predictable psychophysiological effects and as a useful application tool that could serve in the treatment of some somatic diseases and psychiatric disorders. The aim of this paper is to summarize the effects of this method on both physiological and psychological levels in the areas of stress, anxiety and depression and to raise awareness regarding the development and potential use of this technique.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50102 - Psychology, special (including therapy for learning, speech, hearing, visual and other physical and mental disabilities);

Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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