The Wellness Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Maintaining Health and Treating Stress-Related Illness
Author: Herbert Benson
The Mind/Body Connection
Millions of readers are familiar with the work of Dr. Herbert Benson and the Mind/Body Medical Institute from the mega-bestselling book The Relaxation Response. With over three million copies in print, it is a classic in the field of mind/body medicine. Now, in The Wellness Book, Dr. Benson, Eileen Stuart, and their colleagues at the Institute have created the definitive resource that shows you how to maintain your health and treat stress-related illnesses, including:
high blood pressure cardiovascular disease chronic pain infertility insomnia women's health concerns anxiety symptoms of HIV and cancer
The Wellness Book reflects the cutting edge of health care, giving you the opportunity to gain more control over your own well-being. Use of the book, in combination with modern medical treatments, will aid in prevention and treatment of a number of illnesses and, according to USA Today, "legitimizes the mind/body connection in traditional medicine."
Publishers Weekly
Guide to exercise, diet and stress management. (Oct.)
Library Journal
The editors and their associates at the Mind/Body Medical Institute of the New England Deaconess Hospital and Harvard Medical School hope to make their ``experience in treating chronic and stress-related symptoms available to those not able to attend'' their Boston-based behavioral medicine clinics. In 24 chapters, the reader is ``introduced to the essentials of healthy lifestyle, including the relaxation response, nutrition, exercise, and stress management.'' The workbook format includes short patient histories, space for write-in exercises and personal data, charts, and diagrams. Overall, this material is also covered in greater detail and a better format in the Wellness Encyclopedia ( LJ 2/15/91); the more personalized log in The Wellness Book makes it most appropriate for individual purchase.--James Swanton, Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, New York
Table of Contents:
CONTENTS
Foreword Herbert Benson, M.D., Eileen M. Stuart, R.N., M.S.
Acknowledgments Part 1 / THE MIND/BODY CONNECTION
1 The Beginning
Sue C. Jacobs, Ph.D.; Cynthia Medich, R.N., M.S.
2 The Mind/Body Model of Health and Illness
Margaret Caudill-Slosberg, M.D., Ph.D.; Richard Friedman, Ph.D.
3 Getting Started
Sue C. Jacobs, Ph.D.; Cynthia Medich, R.N., M.S.
4 The Relaxation Response
Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle, M.A.; Herbert Benson, M.D.
5 Eliciting the Relaxation Response
Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle, M.A.; Herbert Benson, M.D.
Part 2 / EXERCISE
6 Tuning In to Your Body, Tuning Up Your Mind
Margaret Flood Ennis, M.A.
7 Move Into Health
James S. Huddleston, M.S., P.T.
Part 3 / NUTRITION
8 Nutrition for Good Health
Judith Linsey Palken, M.S., R.D.; Alan E. Shackelford, M.D.
9 A Sensible Approach to Weight Loss
Judith Linsey Palken, M.S., R.D.
Part 4 / STRESS MANAGEMENT
10 Managing Stress
Eileen M. Stuart, R.N., M.S.; Ann Webster, Ph.D.; Carol L. Wells-Federman, M.Ed., R.N.
11 How Thoughts Affect Health
Ann Webster, Ph.D.; Eileen M. Stuart, R.N., M.S.; Carol L. Wells-Federman, M.Ed., R.N.
12 Feelings, Moods, and Attitudes
Carol L. Wells-Federman, M.Ed., R.N.; Ann Webster, Ph.D.; Eileen M. Stuart, R.N., M.S.
13 Coping and Problem-Solving
Eileen M. Stuart, R.N., M.S.; Ann Webster, Ph.D.; Carol L. Wells-Federman, M.Ed., R.N.
14 Communicating
Carol L. Wells-Federman, M.Ed., R.N.; Eileen M. Stuart, R.N., M.S.; Ann Webster, Ph.D.
15 Jest 'n' Joy
Margaret Baim, R.N., M.S.; Loretta LaRoche, B.A.
Part 5 / SPECIALTIES
16Improving Your Sleep
Gregg D. Jacobs, Ph.D.
17 Infertility and Women's Health
Alice D. Domar, Ph.D.
18 Behavioral Medicine and Cancer
Ursula Brandt, Ph.D.; Leo Stolbach, M.D.
19 Eating Healthfully to Prevent Undernutrition
Judith Linsey Palken, M.S., R.D.; Alan E. Shackelford, M.D.
20 Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV Disease
Ann Webster, Ph.D.
21 Cardiovascular Disease: The Heart of the Matter
Eileen M. Stuart, R.N., M.S.; John P. Deckro, M.S., R.N.C.; Regis A. DeSilva, M.D.; Herbert Benson, M.D.
22 Living With Heart Disease and Diabetes: Exercise Can Help
James S. Huddleston, M.S., P.T.
23 Eating for the Health of Your Heart
Judith Linsey Palken, M.S., R.D.
Part 6 / RELAPSE PREVENTION
24 The End of the Beginning
Cynthia Medich, R.N., M.S.; Sue C. Jacobs, Ph.D.
Epilogue
Eileen M. Stuart, R.N., M.S.; Herbert Benson, M.D.
References Index
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