International Perspectives on Self-Regulation and Health

by Marilyn Carlson Nelson

An attractive feature of self-regulation therapies is that, instead of doing something to the patients, they teach them to do something for them- selves. Furthermore, the fact that the patient is able to do something to cope with his or her health problem can produce a significant reduction in the stress that may have contributed to that problem and in the additional stress that it produces. While the idea that the mind can playa role in the health...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306435578
• ISBN13: 9780306435577
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"