Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761923233 ISBN 13: 9780761923237

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2002

Synopsis

The Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care introduces an evidence-based mind-body approach to the medical and behavioral problems of primary care patients. Evidence-based mind-body practice draws on the best available scientific research, advocating the integration of well-documented mind-body therapies into primary health care. The handbook summarizes current mind-body practice and provides an overview of the basic techniques, including biofeedback, neurofeedback, relaxation therapies, hypnotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapies, acupuncture, and spiritual therapies. The editors also thoroughly demonstrate the application of these techniques to common disorders such as headache, chronic pain, and essential hypertension, as well as anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and sleep disorders.

About this title

About the Author

Donald Moss received his B.S in International Relations from Georgetown University, his M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Duquesne University. He is licensed in Clinical Psychology in the State of Michigan, certified as a Biofeedback Practitioner with the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America. He is a Training Consultant in Clinical Hypnosis, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.  Dr. Moss is Chair of the College of Mind-Body Medicine, at Saybrook University in San Francisco. He is past-president of Division 30 (hypnosis) of the American Psychological Association, past-president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, current treasurer and certification chair for the Society of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, a SCEH delegate to the International Society for Hypnosis, a Board member of the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance, and an advisory board member for the International Network for Integrative Mental Health.

He is chief editor of the Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care (Sage Publications, 2003) and Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology (Greenwood Press, 1998), and chief editor of Biofeedback: A Clinical Journal, and consulting editor for Journal of Neurotherapy, Psychophysiology Today, and Journal of Phenomenological Psychology.  Dr. Moss has published over 50 articles and chapters on consciousness, psychophysiology, spirituality in health, and integrative medicine. He operates a mind-body medicine clinic in Michigan, providing hypnosis and other mind-body services for anxiety, PTSD, functional medical problems, and chronic pain.

 

 

Angele McGrady, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Molecular Medicine at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. Dr. McGrady is the past-president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, and is an Editor of the journal Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. She is a reviewer for Physiology and Behavior and Diabetes Care. Dr. McGrady is the author of numerous journal articles applying physiological research methodology to chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension.

 

Terence C. Davies, MD, is Professor and Chair of Family and Community Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and a practicing family physician. He is the Glennan Endowed Chair of Generalist Medicine at EVMS. Dr. Davies has a special interest in behavioral medicine interventions in primary care settings, and established a Division of Behavioral Medicine in his department three years ago.

Dr. Ian Wickramasekera is past-president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, and was co-founder of AAPB’s Primary Care Section. Dr. Wickramasekera developed the High Risk Model, an empirical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of psychophysiological disorders. He is the author of Clinical Behavioral Medicine (1988, NY: Plenum), as well as over eighty articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics, from hypnosis, to psychophysiological psychotherapy, to somatization disorder.

Review

"It is a very thorough and up-to-date clinical handbook and reference for the primary care Doc or nurse. . . . if you have a favorite Family Doc or Internist or Nurse Practitioner--or administrator--and you want them to have a nice gift, buy them this book. But read it before you give it away."

-- JOURNAL OF NEUROTHERAPY

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0761923233
• ISBN 13: 9780761923237
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 576
• Editor: Moss Donald P., McGrady Angele V., Davies Terence C., Wickramasekera Ian