АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ НАПРАВЛЕНИЯ ПСИХОЛОГИИ ЗДОРОВЬЯ И ПСИХОФИЗИОЛОГИИ MASSAGE THERAPY FOR PTSD, TRAUMA, AND ANXIETY Grant J. Rich Editor, International Psychology Bulletin Juneau, Alaska 99801, USA In recent years, psychologists, as well as other mental health and allied health professionals, have rediscovered the potential value of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) for health and wellbeing. <...> This article examines the evidence for the value of applications of massage therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), trauma, and related conditions, including anxiety. <...> Key words: massage therapy, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety, health psychology. <...> Throughout history massage and touch healing have been employed towards healing a wide range of various conditions, including resolving spiritual issues, encouraging social binding, aiding appetite and digestion, and facilitating childbearing. <...> After relative neglect in the first half of the twentieth century, psychotherapists and researchers now are investigating the utility of massage, as well as that of other alternative techniques, as helpful, cost-effective healing modalities for modernity for treatment of various psychological disorders [1; 2]. <...> Typically modern massage therapists utilize their hands and fingers, and perhaps their forearms, and in some types of touch therapy, their elbows or even knees. <...> While there are hundreds of massage styles and techniques, ranging from deep tissue work to superficial touch or hands-off, ‘energy’ healing, most research, including the work in this article, focuses upon Swedish-style massage, associated with 19th century Swedish medical gymnastics educator Pehr Ling and Dutch practitioner Johan Mezger, which “employs traditional manipulations of effleurage, petrissage, vibration, friction, and tapotement” [3. <...> As an alternative to table massage, specialized massage chairs are available to permit on-site seated massage therapy at mobile locations, such as a client’s workplace or at a remote field location, for instance, when providing care in a crisis situation, such as after a natural disaster. <...> There are a number of existing assessment measures of touch behavior. <...> Engen and colleagues [7] found that one 15 minute chair massage per week for 10 weeks was associated with reductions in stress and anxiety among a sample 61 Вестник РУДН, серия Психология и <...>