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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 128, No. 9

Articles | March 01, 1972

Treatment of Insomniac Patients with the Air-Fluidized Bed

WILLIAM C. MILLER, JR.; JAY T. SHURLEY

Am J Psychiatry 1972;128:1147-1149.

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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, 80 Barre St., Charleston, S.C. 29401

Career Research Professor of Psychiatry, University of Oklahoma School of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Okla.

1972, American Psychiatric Association

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The authors make a preliminary report on the use of the air-fluidized bed in treating patients with disabling insomnia. They believe the bed helped the majority of their patients by providing a physically comfortable environment, in terms of weight distribution, support, temperature, and humidity; this promoted positive fantasies.

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