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<p><span class='head3'>Agency for Health Care Policy and Research: Clinical Practice Guideline</span><br />
“Acute Pain Management: Operative or Medical Procedures and Trauma” Clinical Practice Guideline No. 1. AHCPR Publication No. 92-0032. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, February 1992. Relaxation, along with other cognitive-behavioral strategies, are recommended as nonpharmacologic interventions for post-operative pain.</p>
<p><span class='head3'>Agency for Health Care Policy and Research</span> <br />
“Management of Cancer Pain.” Clinical Guideline No. 9. ACAPR Publication No. 94-0592. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 1994. The guidelines recommend the use of simple relaxation techniques, as well as other nonpharmacologic approaches for general cancer pain relief and for managing procedure related pain. </p>
<p><span class='head3'>American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)</span><br />
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). “Practice parameters for the assessment and treatment of children and adolescents with substance use disorders.” <i>Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.</i> 37(1):122-6, 1998. Electronic copies available to AACAP members only from the American Academy of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry web site at (<a href='http://www.aacap.org' target='_top'>www.aacap.org</a>). Print copies available from AACAP, Communications Department, 3615 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016. </p>
<p><span class='head3'>American Academy of Sleep Medicine, report of the Standards of Practice Committee</span> <br />
Progressive muscle relaxation is among other behavioral choices recommended by the committee for the treatment of chronic insomnia. For guidelines see Chesson, AL Jr., et al. “Practice parameters for the nonpharmacologic treatment of chronic insomnia. An American Academy of Sleep Medicine report. Standards of Practice Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.” <i>Sleep.</i> 22(8):28-33, Dec. 15, 1999. Dec. 15, 1999.</p>
<p><span class='head3'>American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Panel on Chronic Pain in Older Persons</span><br />
“The management of chronic pain in older persons.” <i>Journal of the American Geriatric Society.</i> 46(5):635-51, 1998. An executive summary is available electronically from the AGS web site at (<a href='http://www.americangeriatrics.org' target='_top'>www.americangeriatrics.org</a>). Print copies are available from the American Geriatrics Society, 770 Lexington Avenue, Suite 300, New York, NY 10021.</p>
<p><span class='head3'>Office of Medical Applications of Research</span><br />
“Management of temporomandibular disorders.” <i>Journal of the American Dental Association</i>. 127(11): 1595-606, 1996. Electronic copies available from the NIH Consensus Development Conference Program website at <a href='http://odp.od.nih.gov/consensus' target='_top'>http://odp.od.nih.gov/consensus</a> Print copies available from the NIH Consensus Development Program Information Center, PO Box 2577, Kensington, MD 20891. </p>
<p><span class='head3'>Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration </span><br />
“Substance abuse among older adults.” Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment; 1998. (Treatment improvement protocol (TIP) series; no. 26). Electronic copies available from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) Health Services Technology Assessment Text (HSTAT) database at (<a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/db.asp' target='_top'>www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/db.asp</a>). Print copies available from the National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (NCADI), P.O. Box 2345, Rockville, MD 20852. Publications can be ordered from NCADI’s web site.</p>
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