Targ E
Complementary Medicine Research Institute at California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, USA.
Altern Ther Health Med. 1997 Nov;3(6):74-8.
The term "distant healing" describes any purely mental effort undertaken by one person with the intention to improve physical or emotional well-being in another. Various forms of distant healing including prayer and "psychic healing" are widely used throughout the United States and other parts of the world. There currently exist numerous, well-controlled experimental trials demonstrating distant mental effects on humans, animals, and other biological systems. At this time, however, insufficient formal research trials have been completed to definitively determine whether such activities do in fact have a clinical impact independent of psychological effects. The key in studying the concept of distant healing is separating the putative distant effect from changes that may be due to causes such as hope, expectation, relaxation, or other participation activities. This review discusses some of the most compelling evidence for a genuine distant healing effect and identifies correctable methodological issues that frequently confound research in this area.
“远程治疗”一词描述的是一个人纯粹出于改善另一个人的身体或情绪健康的目的而进行的任何精神努力。包括祈祷和“心灵治疗”在内的各种形式的远程治疗在美国和世界其他地区被广泛使用。目前存在大量经过严格控制的实验性试验，证明了远程精神作用对人类、动物和其他生物系统的影响。然而，目前尚未完成足够的正式研究试验来明确确定此类活动是否确实具有独立于心理效应的临床影响。研究远程治疗概念的关键在于将假定的远程效应与可能由希望、期望、放松或其他参与活动等原因引起的变化区分开来。本综述讨论了一些关于真正的远程治疗效果的最有说服力的证据，并指出了经常混淆该领域研究的可纠正的方法学问题。
