Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care
Author: Nelson Phillips
"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 understandingfunctional 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.
Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories
Author: Julianne S Oktay
I will always and forever feel I have a 'hole' in my life where my mother once existed.
This insightful book tells the stories of women whose mothers had breast cancer. It uses their own voices to express the common fears and expectations of daughters in the periods before and during their mothers' illnesses, involving genetic risks, death and dying, and changes in their relationships. The case studies, tables and figures, and two appendices will benefit health professionals and counselors, while the poignant narratives will help mothers and daughters better understand their experiences with breast cancer.
I was kind of surprised to be alive and free of cancer at age 42, when at this point my mother was crippled by metastases. When I get to be 43 the age at which my mother died, or maybe when I get to 44, it's like, 'what do I do?' I have this life that I didn't expect to have.
Breast Cancer: Daughters Tell Their Stories presents the results of a qualitative, grounded theory study of breast cancer survivors, providing in-depth information about an aspect of breast cancer that has been previously overlooked. The book examines the daughters' experiences through four phases the period prior to mother's illness, the period during mother's illness and treatment, the period following mother's death (if mother dies), and the long-term impact. From this study, recommendations are compiled for providing or improving services for tomorrow's daughters.
The radical mastectomy left her scarred and disfigured below her nightgown. It was bruised and nasty looking. That was kind of scary. I think that has terrified me since. Sometimes I'll have pains in my left breast and that's what I visualize. It's terrifying.
From an empathetic perspective, this book reveals how many daughters react to and deal with their mothers' diagnoses, depending on their age and family situation at the time of their mothers' illnesses. It shows how daughters can gain a more accurate idea of their level of risk by providing educational materials and developing new strategies for communication. It also helps breast cancer survivors see how their illnesses can shape their daughters' future outlook, offering new inspiration for resolving and preventing family crises.
Table of Contents:
| Foreword | ||
| Ch. 1 | Background and introduction | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | How the study was done | 11 |
| Ch. 3 | A daughter's experience of her mother's breast cancer : theoretical model | 23 |
| Ch. 4 | Experience of young daughters when mothers die from breast cancer | 37 |
| Ch. 5 | Experience of young adolescent daughters when mothers die from breast cancer | 77 |
| Ch. 6 | Experience of late adolescent daughters when mothers die from breast cancer | 127 |
| Ch. 7 | Experience of young adult daughters when mothers die from breast cancer | 181 |
| Ch. 8 | Experience of daughters whose mothers survive breast cancer | 229 |
| Ch. 9 | Daughters and the risk of breast cancer | 263 |
| Ch. 10 | Key phases and broad themes in the experience of breast cancer daughters | 283 |
| Ch. 11 | Conclusions | 297 |
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