Healing Body and Mind: A Critical Issue for Health Care Reform

by Roger G. Kathol and Suzanne Gatteau

Book Overview

It doesn't make sense to treat Dan's bleeding ulcer, without attention to the depression that spurs him to drink alcohol excessively, which contributes to ulcer development. Nor is it prudent to ignore Nancy's anxiety that prevents her following through on chemotherapy for breast cancer. The connections are obvious, yet today connecting treatments for mind and body is a rare occurrence. Mental health and substance-abuse disorder assessments and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275992012
• ISBN13: 9780275992019
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"