Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care

Bys: Moss, Donald, McGrady, Angele, Davies, Terence C.

Book Overview

"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

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.

The Handbook includes educational models with guidelines for physicians, nurses, physicians′ assistants, and behavioral health practitioners. The book closes with a look at the existential and spiritual side of the human encounter with sickness and disease. This handbook will benefit a wide variety of health providers in primary care.

The Handbook is divided into four parts:

Part I introduces the conceptual models from the psychophysiological perspective for understanding functional medical problems. Part II describes specific clinical tools and interventions. Part III overviews the best documented cognitive-behavioral approaches and alternative therapies to common disorders. Part IV provides educational models for practitioners in each of the mind-body disciplines.

About the Editors

Donald Moss, Ph.D., is Director of Chronic Pain Services at West Michigan Behavioral Health Services.

Angele V. McGrady, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Molecular Medicine at Medical College of Ohio.

Terence C. Davies, MD, is Chairman of Family and Community Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

Ian Wickramasekera, Ph.D., is a Professor of psychology at Saybrook Graduate School, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Stanford Medical School, and Professor of Family Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761923233
• ISBN13: 9780761923237
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.2" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent!

Internist and Duke clinical Med Prof. Charles Lapp contributes a concise yet comprehensive and very accurate chapter on ME (CFS). And every statement is clearly backed by primary sources. All this is in stark contrast to almost all texts that cover more than just ME exclusively. Correctly explicates that depression is very unlikely to be a cause of ME. Skimmed other parts of book which seemed accurate and balanced and substantively explained mind/body connections without overly complicated language thus rendering it ideal for all medical doctors and others with some working knowledge of physiology. Highly Recommended!

Excellent - Used in training of Health Psychology

Excellent to learning/teaching about Clinical Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine.Excelente para aprender/ ensinar sobre Psicologia da Saúde e Medicina Comportamental.

Destined to be a Classic

This book is a real treasure trove of information by the world's leaders in the different areas it covers. It's humble title belies the rich lode of distilled wisdom it's editors have brought together. If your goal is to have a handy, easily accessible source for information on mind-body approaches to a plethora of different diagnostic categories, this book is the most authoritative source I've ever seen. It has a wealth of information on mind body, biofeedback, applied psychophysiology, self regulation and hypnosis approaches. While there are other, less current books available covering similar ground, this one does it in a practical, economical manner, timewise, getting to the point. covering the bases soyou are not developing a relationship with the book-- just getting the info you need to do your job or better understand how to more effectively and appropriately make referrals. As the current public information officer for the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, with 30+ years in the field, I consider myself an expert on who's who in the field. And this is one book that is full of the very best experts in their very specific areas.