Applied Buddhism in Bibliotherapy: Therapeutic use of Buddhist Texts for Mental Disorders

by Dipak Kumar Barua and Ankur Barua

Bibliotherapy is defined as the use of reading materials as therapeutic adjuncts in medicine and psychiatry; also guidance in the solution of personal problems through directed reading or the employment of books and reading of them in the treatment of mental disorders. Applied Buddhism in Bibliotherapy is a therapeutic technique involving selected reading of Buddhist texts that serve as an adjunct to psychotherapy. It is the conscious and deliberate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517583012
• ISBN13: 9781517583019
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"