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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.
Psychophysiological Foundations of the Mind-Body Therapies
Psychophysiological Foundations of the Mind-Body Therapies
Abstract: The health care provider in a primary care setting frequently encounters patients with comorbid emotional and physical problems. The presence of chronic stress, mood or anxiety disorders, and personality characteristics complicates diagnosis and interferes with management and compliance. Models have been proposed to explain the mediation of the effects of stress via the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems. Intervention by primary care providers can be office based or by referral and may vary from short-term to complex, ongoing therapy. Effects of mind-body therapies are based on solid psychophysiological data and are well suited to the problems seen in patients in primary care practice.
Comorbidity of Emotional and Physical Illness
Mental and emotional illnesses are very ...
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