Benson H, Greenwood M M, Klemchuk H
Int J Psychiatry Med. 1975;6(1-2):87-98. doi: 10.2190/376W-E4MT-QM6Q-H0UM.
It is hypothesized that situations requiring continous behavioral adjustment activate an integrated, hypothalamic response, the emergency reaction. The frequent elicitation of the physiologic changes associated with the emergency reaction has been implicated in the development of diseases such as hypertension. Prevention and treatment of these diseases may be through the use of the relaxation response, an integrated hypothalamic response whose physiologic changes appear to be the counterpart of the emergency reaction. This article describes the basic elements of techniques which elicit the relaxation response and discusses the results of clinical investigations which employ the relaxation response as a therapeutic intervention.
据推测，需要持续行为调整的情况会激活一种整合的下丘脑反应，即应急反应。与应急反应相关的生理变化频繁引发，被认为与高血压等疾病的发生有关。这些疾病的预防和治疗可能通过使用放松反应来实现，放松反应是一种整合的下丘脑反应，其生理变化似乎与应急反应相反。本文描述了引发放松反应的技术的基本要素，并讨论了将放松反应作为治疗干预手段的临床研究结果。
