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Psychological

and Physiological

Trauma Research

 

 

Seize Your Journeys

 

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Traumatic stress is found in many competent, healthy, strong, good people.  No one can completely protect themselves from traumatic experiences.  Many people have long-lasting problems following exposure to trauma.  Up to 8% of persons will have PTSD at some time in their lives. People who react to traumas are not going crazy.  What is happening to them is part of a set of common symptoms and problems that are connected with being in a traumatic situation, and thus, is a normal reaction to abnormal events and experiences.  Having symptoms after a traumatic event is NOT a sign of personal weakness.  Given exposure to a trauma that is bad enough, probably all people would develop PTSD.

By understanding trauma symptoms better, a person can become less fearful of them and better able to manage them. By recognizing the effects of trauma and knowing more about symptoms, a person will be better able to decide about getting treatment.

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DID-PTSD-EMDR

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

"The essential feature of Dissociative identity Disorder is the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states (Criterion A) that recurrently take control of behavior (Criterion B).  There is an inability to recall important personal information, the extent of which is too great to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness (Criterion C).  The disturbance is not due tot eh direct physiological effects of a substance or a general medical condition (Condition D.).  In children, the symptoms cannot be attributed to imaginary playmates or other fantasy play.

Dissociative Identity Disorder reflects a failure to integrate various aspects of identity, memory, and consciousness.  Each personality state may be experienced as if it has a distinct personal history, self-image, and identity, including a separate name.  Usually there is a primary identity that carries the individual's given name and is passive, dependent, guilty, and depressed.  The alternate identities frequently have different names and characteristics that contrast with the primary identity (e.g., are hostile, controlling, and self-destructive).  Particular identities may emerge in specific circumstances and may differ in reported age and gender, vocabulary, general knowledge, or predominant affect.  Alternate identities are experienced as taking control in sequence, ore at the expense of the other, and may deny knowledge of one another, be critical of one another, or appear to be in open conflict.  Occasionally, one or more powerful identities allocate time to the others.  Aggressive or hostile identities may at times interrupt activities or place the others in uncomfortable situations.

Individuals with this disorder experience frequent gaps in memory for personal history, both remote and recent.  The amnesia is frequently asymmetrical.  The more passive identities tend to have more constricted memories, whereas the more hostile, controlling, or "protector" identities have more complete memories.  An identity that is not in control may nonetheless gain access to consciousness by producing auditory or visual hallucinations (e.g., a voice giving instructions).  Evidence of amnesia may be uncovered by reports from others who have witnessed behavior that is disavowed by the individual or by the individual's own discoveries (e.g., finding items of clothing at home that the individual cannot remember having bought).  There may be loss of memory not only for recurrent periods of time, but also an overall loss of biographical memory for some extended period of childhood, adolescence, or even adulthood.  Transitions among identities are often triggered by psychosocial stress.  The time required to switch from one identity to another is usually a matter of seconds, but, less frequently, may b gradual.  Behavior that may be frequently associated with identity switches include rapid blinking, facial changes, changes in voice or demeanor, or disruption in the individual's train of thoughts.  The number of identities reported ranges from 2 to more than 100.  Half of reported cases include the individuals with 10 or fewer identities."

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 2000.  4th ed. Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association.

PTSD, DID, and EMDR

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

"The essential feature of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder us the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic stressor involving direct personal experience of an event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury, or other threat to one's physical integrity; or witnessing an event that involves death, injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of another person; or learning about unexpected or violent death, serious harm, or threat of death or injury experienced by a family member or other close associate (Criteria A1).  The person's response to the event must involve intense fear, helplessness, or horror (or in children, the response must involve disorganized or agitated behavior) (Criterion A2).  The characteristic symptoms resulting from the exposure to the extreme trauma include persistent reexperiencing of the traumatic event (Criterion E), and the disturbance must cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning (Criterion F).

Traumatic events that are experienced directly include, but are not limited to, military combat, violent personal assault (sexual assault, physical attack, robbery, mugging), being kidnapped, being taken hostage, terrorist attack, torture, incarceration as a prisoner of war or in a concentration camp, natural or manmade disasters, severe automobile accidents, or being diagnosed with a life-threatening illness.  For children, sexually traumatic events may include developmentally inappropriate sexual experiences without threatened or actual violence or injury.  Witnessed events include, but are not limited to, observing the serious injury or unnatural death of another person due to violent assault, accident, war, or disaster or unexpectedly witnessing a dead body or body parts.  Events experienced by others that are learned about include, but are not limited to, violent personal assault, serious accident, or serious injury experienced y a family member or a close friend; learning about the sudden, unexpected death of a family member or a close friend; or learning that one's child has a life threatening disease.  The disorder may be especially sever or long lasting when the stressor is of human design (e.g., torture, rape). the likelihood of developing this disorder may increase as the intensity of and physical proximity to the stressor increase.

The traumatic event can be reexperienced in various ways.  Commonly the person has recurrent and intrusive recollections of the event (Criterion B1) or recurrent distressing dreams during which the event can be replayed or otherwise represented (Criterion B2). In rare instances, the person experiences dissociative states that last from a few seconds to several hours, or even days, during which components of the event are relived and the person behaves as though experiencing the event at that moment (Criterion B3).  These episodes, often referred to as "flashbacks," are typically brief but can be associated with prolonged distress and heightened arousal.  Intense psychological distress (Criterion B4) or physiological reactivity (Criterion B5) often occurs when the person is exposed to triggering events that resemble or symbolize an aspect of the traumatic event (e.g., anniversaries of the traumatic event; cold, snowy weather or uniformed guards for survivors of death camps in cold climates; hot, humid weather for combat veterans of the South Pacific; entering any elevator for an woman who was reaped in an elevator).

Stimuli associated with the trauma are persistently avoided.  The person commonly makes deliberate efforts to avoid thoughts, feelings, or conversations about the traumatic event (Criterion C1) and to avoid activities, situations, or people who around recollections of it (Criterion C2).  This avoidance of reminders may include amnesia for an important aspect of the traumatic event (Criterion C3).  Diminished responsiveness to the external work, referred to as "psychic numbing" or "emotional anesthesia," usually begins soon after the traumatic event.  The individual may complain of having markedly diminished interest or participation in previously enjoyed activities (Criterion C4), of feeling detached or estranged from other people (Criterion C5), or of having markedly reduced ability to feel emotions (especially those associated with intimacy, tenderness and sexuality) (Criterion C6).  The individual may have a sense of a foreshortened future (e.g., not expecting to have a career, marriage, children, or a normal life span) (Criterion C7).

The individual has persistent symptoms of anxiety or increased arousal that were not present before the trauma.  these symptoms may include difficulty falling or staying asleep that may be to recurrent nightmares during which the traumatic event is relived (Criterion D1), hypervigilance (Criterion D4), and exaggerated startle response (Criterion D5).  Some individuals report irritability or outburst of anger (Criterion D2) or difficulty concentrating or completing tasks (Criterion D3)."

 

EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

"Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)1 integrates elements of many effective psychotherapies in structured protocols that are designed to maximize treatment effects. These include psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, interpersonal, experiential, and body-centered therapies2. EMDR is an information processing therapy and uses an eight phase approach.

During EMDR1 the client attends to past and present experiences in brief sequential doses while simultaneously focusing on an external stimulus. Then the client is instructed to let new material become the focus of the next set of dual attention. This sequence of dual attention and personal association is repeated many times in the session.

Eight Phases of Treatment

The first phase is a history taking session during which the therapist assesses the client's readiness for EMDR and develops a treatment plan. Client and therapist identify possible targets for EMDR processing. These include recent distressing events, current situations that elicit emotional disturbance, related historical incidents, and the development of specific skills and behaviors that will be needed by the client in future situations.

During the second phase of treatment, the therapist ensures that the client has adequate methods of handling emotional distress and good coping skills, and that the client is in a relatively stable state. If further stabilization is required, or if additional skills are needed, therapy focuses on providing these. The client is then able to use stress reducing techniques whenever necessary, during or between sessions. However, one goal is not to need these techniques once therapy is complete.

In phase three through six, a target is identified and processed using EMDR procedures. These involve the client identifying the most vivid visual image related to the memory (if available), a negative belief about self, related emotions and body sensations. The client also identifies a preferred positive belief. The validity of the positive belief is rated, as is the intensity of the negative emotions.

After this, the client is instructed to focus on the image, negative thought, and body sensations while simultaneously moving his/her eyes back and forth following the therapist's fingers as they move across his/her field of vision for 20-30 seconds or more, depending upon the need of the client. Athough eye movements are the most commonly used external stimulus, therapists often use auditory tones, tapping, or other types of tactile stimulation. The kind of dual attention and the length of each set is customized to the need of the client. The client is instructed to just notice whatever happens. After this, the clinician instructs the client to let his/her mind go blank and to notice whatever thought, feeling, image, memory, or sensation comes to mind. Depending upon the client's report the clinician will facilitate the next focus of attention. In most cases a client-directed association process is encouraged. This is repeated numerous times throughout the session. If the client becomes distressed or has difficulty with the process, the therapist follows established procedures to help the client resume processing. When the client reports no distress related to the targeted memory, the clinician asks him/her to think of the preferred positive belief that was identified at the beginning of the session, or a better one if it has emerged, and to focus on the incident, while simultaneously engaging in the eye movements. After several sets, clients generally report increased confidence in this positive belief. The therapist checks with the client regarding body sensations. If there are negative sensations, these are processed as above. If there are positive sensations, they are further enhanced.

In phase seven, closure, the therapist asks the client to keep a journal during the week to document any related material that may arise and reminds the client of the self-calming activities that were mastered in phase two.

The next session begins with phase eight, re-evaluation of the previous work, and of progress since the previous session. EMDR treatment ensures processing of all related historical events, current incidents that elicit distress, and future scenarios that will require different responses. The overall goal is produce the most comprehensive and profound treatment effects in the shortest period of time, while simultaneously maintaining a stable client within a balanced system.

After EMDR processing, clients generally report that the emotional distress related to the memory has been eliminated, or greatly decreased, and that they have gained important cognitive insights. Importantly, these emotional and cognitive changes usually result in spontaneous behavioral and personal change, which are further enhanced with standard EMDR procedures." www.emdr.com

 1Shapiro, F. (2001). Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Basic Principles, Protocols and Procedures (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.

2Shapiro, F. (2002). EMDR as an Integrative Psychotherapy Approach: Experts of Diverse Orientations Explore the Paradigm Prism. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Books.

 

 

 

 

Holistic Health

 

Mind Body Paradigm

Record: 1

Title:

Healing the Disembodied Mind: Contemporary Models of Conversion Disorder.

Author(s):

Kozlowska, Kasia, Department of Psychological Medicine, Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia, KasiaK@chw.edu.au

Address:

Kozlowska, Kasia, Department of Psychological Medicine, Children's Hospital, 212 Hawkesbury Rd., Westmead, NSW, Australia, 2145, KasiaK@chw.edu.au

Source:

Harvard Review of Psychiatry, Vol 13(1), Jan-Feb 2005. pp. 1-13.

Publisher:

United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis

ISSN:

1067-3229 (Print)
1465-7309 (Electronic)

Digital Object Identifier:

10.1080/10673220590923137

Language:

English

Keywords:

disembodied mind; conversion disorder; body mind relationship; models; contemporary theories; evolutionary framework; neurobiological models; emotional responses

Abstract:

The Cartesian separation of body and mind has underpinned medical conceptualizations of conversion symptoms over the last four centuries. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century models explained conversion symptoms on the basis of assumed organic lesions. Subsequent psychological formulations focused on mental phenomena, which were disembodied from underlying neurobiological processes. Contemporary theories challenge this disconnection. They place conversion symptoms within an evolutionary framework, arguing that mind is embodied in physical processes and confers significant survival advantage. Current neurobiological models explain conversion symptoms as part of the human emotional response to threat, reflecting either errors in how information about body state is processed and represented, or the motor component of an automatic emotional response. Patients with conversion disorder experience their body functions in a range of distressing and disturbing ways. In order to understand these phenomena, clinicians require conceptual models that expand the conventional dualistic mind-body paradigm, integrate multiple theoretical perspectives, and take into account environmental factors that shape evolutionary and individual development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)(from the journal abstract)

Subjects:

*Conversion Disorder; *Dualism; *Models; *Neurobiology; *Theories; Emotional Responses; Mind; Theory of Evolution

Classification:

Physical & Somatoform & Psychogenic Disorders (3290)

Population:

Human (10)

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Literature Review

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Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal; Electronic
Format(s) Available: Electronic; Print

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Release Date:

20050411

Accession Number:

2005-03016-001

Number of Citations in Source:

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Record: 2

Title:

Clinical Applications of Medical Hypnosis.

Series Title:

A volume in the innovations in clinical practice series

Author(s):

Simon, Eric P., The Acute Physical/Neurological Rehabilitation Center, The Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, San Luis Obispo, CA, US, EricSimon@yahoo.com

Address:

Simon, Eric P., P.O. Box 150, Arroyo Grande, CA, US, 93421, EricSimon@yahoo.com

Source:

Innovations in clinical practice: Focus on adults. VandeCreek, Leon (Ed); pp. 83-95.
Sarasota, FL, US: Professional Resource Press/Professional Resource Exchange, 2005. ix, 245 pp.

ISBN:

1-56887-091-4 (paperback)

Language:

English

Keywords:

clinical applications; medical hypnosis; mind-body paradigm; alternative treatments; physiologic processes

Abstract:

(from the chapter) The Western medical approach has traditionally been oriented toward differential diagnosis, leading to pharmacological curative agents and/or surgical procedures. In the new mind-body paradigm, we now understand that "alternative" treatments can bring about symptomatic relief that is often equivalent, if not superior, to drug outcomes. One such approach is hypnosis. With hypnosis, one can evoke physiologic changes that were once thought beyond voluntary control. For example, subjects have shown "voluntary control" over sympathetic tone, vasoconstriction/vasodilation, heart rate, muscle tension, and so forth. Hypnosis is similar to biofeedback in that physiologic change is brought under a patient's voluntary control. In biofeedback, however, a patient is taught how to do this using external feedback from their physiologic systems, whereas in hypnosis, control over these physiologic processes is evoked from within the person. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Alternative Medicine; *Hypnosis; *Hypnotherapy; Mind; Physiology

Classification:

Clinical Hypnosis (3351)

Population:

Human (10)

Intended Audience:

Psychology: Professional & Research (PS)

Publication Type:

Book, Edited Book; Print

Document Type:

Original Chapter

Book Type:

Handbook/Manual

Release Date:

20050404

Accession Number:

2005-01983-006

Number of Citations in Source:

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Record: 3

Title:

Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.

Author(s):

No authorship indicated.

Source:

Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol 29(4), Dec 2004. pp. 289-312.

Publisher:

Germany: Springer

ISSN:

1090-0586 (Print)
1573-3270 (Electronic)

Digital Object Identifier:

10.1007/s10484-004-0389-y

Language:

English

Keywords:

applied psychophysiology; treatment

Abstract:

Presents a collection of 51 abstracts of papers, posters or reports presented at the meeting themed "Launching New Mind-Body Paradigms". (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Psychophysiology; *Treatment

Classification:

Psychophysiology (2560)
Health & Mental Health Treatment & Prevention (3300)

Population:

Human (10)

Conference:

Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology, 35th, Apr, 2004, Colorado Springs, CO, US

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Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal; Electronic
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Abstract Collection

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20050404

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2005-02593-006

 

 

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Record: 4

Title:

Living in Relation to Mystery: Addressing Mind, Body, and Spirit.

Author(s):

Miles, Pamela

Source:

Advances in Mind-Body Medicine, Vol 19(2), Sum 2003. pp. 22-23.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

1470-3556 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

inner experience; mind; body; spirit; fighting metaphor; invasive medicine

Abstract:

Response by the current author to an article by Martin L. Rossman (see record 2003-09393-002). Dr Rossman has thoughtfully articulated a dilemma faced by many clinicians who work with and support patients, as well as their families, who are struggling with cancer. It is in spirit that congruence is experienced. The duality implicit in the mind/body paradigm is resolved in a mind/body/spirit approach to care. Considered in this context of mind/body/spirit, the question "Does the fighting metaphor mobilize emotion and physiology in a way that is specifically useful in overcoming cancer?" is incomplete. Its focus is on the disease rather than on the person experiencing the disease. The second set of questions seeks to understand cancer as an entity separate from the person it inhabits. As Dr Rossman says, "we don't like invasive medicine when there are alternatives," but then again, we love it when there aren't any. It is in contemplating Dr Rossman's third question that the need to keep healing in a spiritual context is most apparent. Together, clinicians and patients alike can develop ourselves spiritually to attain an inner experience of the beauty and perfection of life. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Guided Imagery; *Mind; *Neoplasms; *Patients; Clinicians

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal; Print
Format(s) Available: Electronic; Print

Document Type:

Comment/Reply; Original Journal Article

Release Date:

20040816

Correction Date:

20061010

Accession Number:

2003-09393-010

 

 

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Record: 5

Title:

Mind and body in Freud.

Author(s):

Smith, David L., U Oxford, Regent's Park Coll, School of Psychotherapy & Counselling, London, England

Source:

British Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol 11(3), Spr 1995. pp. 392-397.

Publisher:

United Kingdom: Artesian Books

ISSN:

0265-9883 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

Freud's move from dualist mind body paradigm to materialistic theory of mind brain relation

Abstract:

Tracks the development of Freud's thoughts on the mind-body paradigm. In the mid-1600s, Descartes enunciated his theory of dualism or interactionism, which held that mind and body were made of different substances. Events related to the body produce experiences of the mind, while volitions of the mind control the body. During the early years of Freud's career, he adhered to this Cartesian view of the mind-body relationship. However, as he began to investigate the causes of hysteria, Freud started to articulate a conviction that mental life is continuous. Beginning in 1895, Freud moved from dualism to what he called the identity theory of mind-brain relation. The identity theory is materialistic, asserting that mental phenomena are part and parcel of the functioning of the human brain. Freud's work illustrates the relationship between philosophy and psychological theory. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Freud (Sigmund); *Materialism

Classification:

Philosophy (2630)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Release Date:

19951101

Accession Number:

1995-39975-001

 

 

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Record: 6

Title:

'Antonovsky gives us no purchase on action': Correction.

Author(s):

Gruman, Jessie, Ctr for Advancement of Health, Washington, DC, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(4), Fal 1994. pp. 75.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary, erratum

Abstract:

Reports an error in the original article by Jessie Gruman (Advances, 1994[Sum], Vol 10[3], 19-21). The name of the author, Jessie (not Jesse) Gruman, was consistently misspelled. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in PA, Vol 82:6869.) Argues that A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) analysis of social and environmental factors (SEFs) associated with health is so broad that it doesn't suggest constructive action. Four critical actions are presented to move society closer to Antonovsky's goal. Gaps in our knowledge about the relationship between SEFs and health outcomes must be identified, and the application of present knowledge must be expanded. A description of an idealized health care system should be prepared, and strategic actions to win acceptance of this view of health by the research community and the general public must be increased. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply; Erratum/Correction

Release Date:

19950601

Accession Number:

1995-22626-001

 

 

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Record: 7

Title:

A sociological critique of the 'well being' movement.

Author(s):

Antonovsky, Aaron, Ben Gurion U of the Negev, Faculty of Health Sciences, Dept of the Sociology of Health, Beersheba, Israel

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 6-12.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm

Abstract:

Discusses the absence of references to the larger social system in current writings about the holistic approach to health. Vital contributions to health are made by social stability and peace, rewarding work, and a dignified place in society. To say that health is only within the patient is to ignore the social pressures that lead people to act in pathogenic fashions. Ideal conditions foster the will to live. A 5-stage model is proposed for the sources of salutogenic strengths. Health plans can only be carried out if money, time, friends, and freedom are available. Failure to confront the social forces that make for well-being limits understanding and affects any therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06860-001

 

 

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Record: 8

Title:

The system called 'man' is not self-enclosed.

Author(s):

Broda, Michael, Berus Klinik, Germany

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 12-13.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the impact of social reality (SR) on psychic functioning, and the way that SR has been mainly ignored in theories of psychotherapy. SR has often been characterized as potentially harmful, if not dangerous. In contrast, A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) model of individual functioning considers dynamic health development impossible without the challenge of stressors. The author's clinical experience has shown that the impact of therapy is modest if the individual still faces unemployment or social isolation. No scientific evidence has shown that the individual is a self-supporting, self-enclosed system. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06861-001

 

 

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Record: 9

Title:

Antonovsky's perspective may not go far enough.

Author(s):

Dossey, Larry, NIH, Office of Alternative Medicine, Panel on Mind/Body Interventions, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 13-15.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the elimination of meaning from the study of human illness in the last 200 yrs, and the contrasting viewpoint of A. Antonovsky (see record 1995-06860-001) that more than molecules are involved in health. The key concepts of matter vs consciousness and pathogenesis vs salutogenesis are presented. Antonovsky's perspective is seen as correct: Social factors must be considered to understand health and illness. However, Antonovsky's model may not go far enough because the systems theory of health does not include self-awareness, and biopsychosocial models consider consciousness as superfluous and ignore the spiritual aspects of healing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06863-001

 

 

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Record: 10

Title:

The social roots of the wellness movement.

Author(s):

Gordon, James S., Ctr for Mind-Body Medicine, Washington, DC, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 15-19.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

social roots of wellness movement & need for inclusion of larger social system in holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Describes the historical roots of the wellness movement (WM), from early public health efforts through the civil rights and women's movements. The principles of self-help that came out of the free clinics and the WM as a reaction against biomedicine are discussed. Three programs for incorporating A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) perspectives at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine are described. Political, social, and ecological change is seen as necessary to consolidate the gains made by the WM. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06868-001

 

 

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Record: 11

Title:

Antonovsky gives us no purchase on action.

Author(s):

Gruman, Jesse, Ctr for Advancement of Health, Washington, DC, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 19-21.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Argues that A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) analysis of social and environmental factors (SEFs) associated with health is so broad that it doesn't suggest constructive action. Four critical actions are presented to move society closer to Antonovsky's goal. Gaps in our knowledge about the relationship between SEFs and health outcomes must be identified, and the application of present knowledge must be expanded. A description of an idealized health care system should be prepared, and strategic actions to win acceptance of this view of health by the research community and the general public must be increased. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06869-001

 

 

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Record: 12

Title:

A different sort of inner work: A response to Antonovsky's challenge.

Author(s):

Harman, Willis W., Inst of Noetic Sciences, Sausalito, CA, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 21-26.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the elements of salutogenic strength as defined by A. Antonovsky (see record 1995-06860-001) and the nonsalutogenic present urban environment. The beliefs developed by modern society, basically that society revolves around the economy and that productivity must increase endlessly, are incompatible with democracy and true freedom. The modern industrial states have fostered an inequitable distribution of wealth. Eventually the industrial system will reach a natural limit. An approach to holistic health must focus on changing some of our most deeply held assumptions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06870-001

 

 

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Record: 13

Title:

Wellness, health, Antonovsky.

Author(s):

Levenstein, Susan, Nuoro Regona Margherita Hosp, Rome, Italy

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 26-29.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Expands on A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) critique of the wellness movement (WM). The WM has had a potentially negative impact on 4 levels: theory, medical practice, lifestyle, and health policy. Physiological causes of illness can be downplayed. In medical practice, the WM outlook may lead to blaming the patient. The search for the perfectly healthy lifestyle can be carried to extremes, and the contributions of doctors to improved health can be minimized. Mental and economic resources should not be diverted from difficult causes and therapies outside the realm of lifestyle. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06875-001

 

 

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Record: 14

Title:

Individual and environmental resources for health promotion: Interactive effects.

Author(s):

Orth-Gomér, Kristina, National Inst for Psychological Factors & Health, Stockholm, Sweden

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 29-31.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

social support & health & need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Examines some concrete examples of A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) view that an individual's internal resources are formed by, and are dependent on, the external environment. A study of 150 Swedish males over a period of 10 yrs revealed that the coronary-prone Type-A behavior pattern was only detrimental when there was a lack of support from the social environment. A study of 752 healthy middle-aged Swedish males showed that Ss without emotional support had 15 times higher mortality risks during serious crises than Ss with good support. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Social Support; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology; Health

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06878-001

 

 

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Record: 15

Title:

Data confirm the social context of disease.

Author(s):

Pincus, Theodore, Vanderbilt U School of Medicine, Div of Rheumatology & Immunology, TN, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 32-35.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

low SES & risk for disease & need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Observes that low SES identifies a higher level of risk for most diseases than does any currently recognized risk factor, other than a single gene. This supports A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) statement that the mind-body movement has generally ignored the social context of disease. Limited access to medical care explains little of the disparities in health status. In settings where the same treatment was available to everyone, behavior and lifestyle were more predictive of long-term outcome. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Lower Class; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology; Health

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06879-001

 

 

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Record: 16

Title:

Contemplating navels as a moral failing.

Author(s):

Sapolsky, Robert M., Stanford U, CA, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 35-39.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the limits of the influence of perceptions on the response of individuals to trauma. As A. Antonovsky (see record 1995-06860-001) points out, an individual's outlook cannot change everything. Psychological factors may influence disease process, but they do not determine it. The author studied effects of the social world on stress-related disease in a baboon troop. During periods of social instability, only the Ss whose ranks were declining showed physical evidence of stress. Human responses to stressful social conditions are also determined by the individual's position in the society. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06881-001

 

 

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Record: 17

Title:

Let us remember Judith Shakespeare.

Author(s):

Antonovsky, Aaron, Ben Gurion U of the Negev, Faculty of Health Sciences, Dept of the Sociology of Health, Beersheba, Israel

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 39-44.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary reply

Abstract:

Replies to comments about A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) views on the social context of disease by M. Broda, L. Dossey, J. S. Gordon, J. Gruman, W. W. Harman, S. Levenstein, K. Orth-Gomér, T. Pincus, and R. M. Sapolsky (see PA, Vol 82:6861; 6863; 6868; 6869; 6870; 6875; 6878; 6879; and 6881, respectively). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06859-001

 

 

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Record: 18

Title:

Two topics not covered by Aldridge: Spirituality in children and forgiveness and health.

Author(s):

Kaplan, Berton H., U North Carolina, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 9(4), Fal 1993. pp. 30-33.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

spirituality & spiritual healing, commentary

Abstract:

Suggests that spirituality in children and forgiveness and health were not covered by D. Aldridge (see record 1994-18322-001) in his work on spiritual healing. A taxonomy of spiritual healing and the mind/body paradigm would include these topics. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Faith Healing; *Spirituality

Classification:

Health & Mental Health Treatment & Prevention (3300)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19940501

Accession Number:

1994-18333-001

 

 

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Record: 19

Title:

The use of imagery in the rehabilitation of injured athletes.

Author(s):

Green, Lance B., Tulane U, New Orleans, LA, US

Source:

Sport Psychologist, Vol 6(4), Dec 1992. pp. 416-428.

Publisher:

US: Human Kinetics

ISSN:

1543-2793 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

rationale for & application & assessment of imagery techniques in rehabilitation, injured athletes, research review

Abstract:

Provides an educational text that cites existing literature supporting a mind-body paradigm for rehabilitation from psychophysiological and psychomotor perspectives, demonstrates the application of imagery techniques within the chronology of an athletic injury, and describes the performance-related criteria to which an athlete can compare his or her progress during rehabilitation. The chronology includes the period of time preceding the injury, the attention given to the athlete immediately following the injury, and the subsequent rehabilitation program leading to the athlete's return to practice and competition. Examples of imagery experientials are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Athletes; *Imagery; *Injuries; *Rehabilitation

Classification:

Rehabilitation (3380)
Sports (3720)

Population:

Human (10)

Age Group:

Adulthood (18 yrs & older) (300)

Methodology:

Empirical Study

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Release Date:

19930501

Accession Number:

1993-19185-001

 

 

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Record: 20

Title:

The neurophysiologic basis of the mind)ody connection in dance/movement therapy.

Author(s):

Berrol, Cynthia F., California State U, Hayward, US

Source:

American Journal of Dance Therapy, Vol 14(1), Spr-Sum 1992. pp. 19-29.

Publisher:

Germany: Springer

ISSN:

0146-3721 (Print)
1573-3262 (Electronic)

Language:

English

Keywords:

neurophysiological perspective on mind body connection in dance therapy

Abstract:

Discusses the efficacy of dance/movement therapy within the context of the mind-body paradigm. The focus is on neurophysiological factors, employing theoretical and empirical evidence. Various neurophysiologic principles are reviewed (i.e., brain function) with respect to neural hookups and interactive associations, and neurotransmitters in relation to movement and affect. Rhythm and movement are scrutinized with respect to neurophysiologic responses and in terms of their hypothesized capacity to organize the individual and groups, promote healing, and alter affect. Intentional movement, a phenomenon on which much of dance/movement therapy is predicated, is discussed from a neurophysiologic perspective. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dance Therapy; *Dualism; *Neurophysiology

Classification:

Art & Music & Movement Therapy (3357)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Release Date:

19921001

Accession Number:

1992-36337-001

 

 

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Record: 1

Title:

Healing the Disembodied Mind: Contemporary Models of Conversion Disorder.

Author(s):

Kozlowska, Kasia, Department of Psychological Medicine, Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia, KasiaK@chw.edu.au

Address:

Kozlowska, Kasia, Department of Psychological Medicine, Children's Hospital, 212 Hawkesbury Rd., Westmead, NSW, Australia, 2145, KasiaK@chw.edu.au

Source:

Harvard Review of Psychiatry, Vol 13(1), Jan-Feb 2005. pp. 1-13.

Publisher:

United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis

ISSN:

1067-3229 (Print)
1465-7309 (Electronic)

Digital Object Identifier:

10.1080/10673220590923137

Language:

English

Keywords:

disembodied mind; conversion disorder; body mind relationship; models; contemporary theories; evolutionary framework; neurobiological models; emotional responses

Abstract:

The Cartesian separation of body and mind has underpinned medical conceptualizations of conversion symptoms over the last four centuries. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century models explained conversion symptoms on the basis of assumed organic lesions. Subsequent psychological formulations focused on mental phenomena, which were disembodied from underlying neurobiological processes. Contemporary theories challenge this disconnection. They place conversion symptoms within an evolutionary framework, arguing that mind is embodied in physical processes and confers significant survival advantage. Current neurobiological models explain conversion symptoms as part of the human emotional response to threat, reflecting either errors in how information about body state is processed and represented, or the motor component of an automatic emotional response. Patients with conversion disorder experience their body functions in a range of distressing and disturbing ways. In order to understand these phenomena, clinicians require conceptual models that expand the conventional dualistic mind-body paradigm, integrate multiple theoretical perspectives, and take into account environmental factors that shape evolutionary and individual development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)(from the journal abstract)

Subjects:

*Conversion Disorder; *Dualism; *Models; *Neurobiology; *Theories; Emotional Responses; Mind; Theory of Evolution

Classification:

Physical & Somatoform & Psychogenic Disorders (3290)

Population:

Human (10)

Methodology:

Literature Review

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal; Electronic
Format(s) Available: Electronic; Print

Document Type:

Original Journal Article

Release Date:

20050411

Accession Number:

2005-03016-001

Number of Citations in Source:

74

 

 

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Record: 2

Title:

Clinical Applications of Medical Hypnosis.

Series Title:

A volume in the innovations in clinical practice series

Author(s):

Simon, Eric P., The Acute Physical/Neurological Rehabilitation Center, The Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, San Luis Obispo, CA, US, EricSimon@yahoo.com

Address:

Simon, Eric P., P.O. Box 150, Arroyo Grande, CA, US, 93421, EricSimon@yahoo.com

Source:

Innovations in clinical practice: Focus on adults. VandeCreek, Leon (Ed); pp. 83-95.
Sarasota, FL, US: Professional Resource Press/Professional Resource Exchange, 2005. ix, 245 pp.

ISBN:

1-56887-091-4 (paperback)

Language:

English

Keywords:

clinical applications; medical hypnosis; mind-body paradigm; alternative treatments; physiologic processes

Abstract:

(from the chapter) The Western medical approach has traditionally been oriented toward differential diagnosis, leading to pharmacological curative agents and/or surgical procedures. In the new mind-body paradigm, we now understand that "alternative" treatments can bring about symptomatic relief that is often equivalent, if not superior, to drug outcomes. One such approach is hypnosis. With hypnosis, one can evoke physiologic changes that were once thought beyond voluntary control. For example, subjects have shown "voluntary control" over sympathetic tone, vasoconstriction/vasodilation, heart rate, muscle tension, and so forth. Hypnosis is similar to biofeedback in that physiologic change is brought under a patient's voluntary control. In biofeedback, however, a patient is taught how to do this using external feedback from their physiologic systems, whereas in hypnosis, control over these physiologic processes is evoked from within the person. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Alternative Medicine; *Hypnosis; *Hypnotherapy; Mind; Physiology

Classification:

Clinical Hypnosis (3351)

Population:

Human (10)

Intended Audience:

Psychology: Professional & Research (PS)

Publication Type:

Book, Edited Book; Print

Document Type:

Original Chapter

Book Type:

Handbook/Manual

Release Date:

20050404

Accession Number:

2005-01983-006

Number of Citations in Source:

82

 

 

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Record: 3

Title:

Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.

Author(s):

No authorship indicated.

Source:

Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol 29(4), Dec 2004. pp. 289-312.

Publisher:

Germany: Springer

ISSN:

1090-0586 (Print)
1573-3270 (Electronic)

Digital Object Identifier:

10.1007/s10484-004-0389-y

Language:

English

Keywords:

applied psychophysiology; treatment

Abstract:

Presents a collection of 51 abstracts of papers, posters or reports presented at the meeting themed "Launching New Mind-Body Paradigms". (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Psychophysiology; *Treatment

Classification:

Psychophysiology (2560)
Health & Mental Health Treatment & Prevention (3300)

Population:

Human (10)

Conference:

Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology, 35th, Apr, 2004, Colorado Springs, CO, US

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal; Electronic
Format(s) Available: Electronic; Print

Document Type:

Abstract Collection

Release Date:

20050404

Accession Number:

2005-02593-006

 

 

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Record: 4

Title:

Living in Relation to Mystery: Addressing Mind, Body, and Spirit.

Author(s):

Miles, Pamela

Source:

Advances in Mind-Body Medicine, Vol 19(2), Sum 2003. pp. 22-23.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

1470-3556 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

inner experience; mind; body; spirit; fighting metaphor; invasive medicine

Abstract:

Response by the current author to an article by Martin L. Rossman (see record 2003-09393-002). Dr Rossman has thoughtfully articulated a dilemma faced by many clinicians who work with and support patients, as well as their families, who are struggling with cancer. It is in spirit that congruence is experienced. The duality implicit in the mind/body paradigm is resolved in a mind/body/spirit approach to care. Considered in this context of mind/body/spirit, the question "Does the fighting metaphor mobilize emotion and physiology in a way that is specifically useful in overcoming cancer?" is incomplete. Its focus is on the disease rather than on the person experiencing the disease. The second set of questions seeks to understand cancer as an entity separate from the person it inhabits. As Dr Rossman says, "we don't like invasive medicine when there are alternatives," but then again, we love it when there aren't any. It is in contemplating Dr Rossman's third question that the need to keep healing in a spiritual context is most apparent. Together, clinicians and patients alike can develop ourselves spiritually to attain an inner experience of the beauty and perfection of life. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Guided Imagery; *Mind; *Neoplasms; *Patients; Clinicians

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal; Print
Format(s) Available: Electronic; Print

Document Type:

Comment/Reply; Original Journal Article

Release Date:

20040816

Correction Date:

20061010

Accession Number:

2003-09393-010

 

 

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Record: 5

Title:

Mind and body in Freud.

Author(s):

Smith, David L., U Oxford, Regent's Park Coll, School of Psychotherapy & Counselling, London, England

Source:

British Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol 11(3), Spr 1995. pp. 392-397.

Publisher:

United Kingdom: Artesian Books

ISSN:

0265-9883 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

Freud's move from dualist mind body paradigm to materialistic theory of mind brain relation

Abstract:

Tracks the development of Freud's thoughts on the mind-body paradigm. In the mid-1600s, Descartes enunciated his theory of dualism or interactionism, which held that mind and body were made of different substances. Events related to the body produce experiences of the mind, while volitions of the mind control the body. During the early years of Freud's career, he adhered to this Cartesian view of the mind-body relationship. However, as he began to investigate the causes of hysteria, Freud started to articulate a conviction that mental life is continuous. Beginning in 1895, Freud moved from dualism to what he called the identity theory of mind-brain relation. The identity theory is materialistic, asserting that mental phenomena are part and parcel of the functioning of the human brain. Freud's work illustrates the relationship between philosophy and psychological theory. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Freud (Sigmund); *Materialism

Classification:

Philosophy (2630)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Release Date:

19951101

Accession Number:

1995-39975-001

 

 

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Record: 6

Title:

'Antonovsky gives us no purchase on action': Correction.

Author(s):

Gruman, Jessie, Ctr for Advancement of Health, Washington, DC, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(4), Fal 1994. pp. 75.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary, erratum

Abstract:

Reports an error in the original article by Jessie Gruman (Advances, 1994[Sum], Vol 10[3], 19-21). The name of the author, Jessie (not Jesse) Gruman, was consistently misspelled. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in PA, Vol 82:6869.) Argues that A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) analysis of social and environmental factors (SEFs) associated with health is so broad that it doesn't suggest constructive action. Four critical actions are presented to move society closer to Antonovsky's goal. Gaps in our knowledge about the relationship between SEFs and health outcomes must be identified, and the application of present knowledge must be expanded. A description of an idealized health care system should be prepared, and strategic actions to win acceptance of this view of health by the research community and the general public must be increased. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply; Erratum/Correction

Release Date:

19950601

Accession Number:

1995-22626-001

 

 

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Record: 7

Title:

A sociological critique of the 'well being' movement.

Author(s):

Antonovsky, Aaron, Ben Gurion U of the Negev, Faculty of Health Sciences, Dept of the Sociology of Health, Beersheba, Israel

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 6-12.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm

Abstract:

Discusses the absence of references to the larger social system in current writings about the holistic approach to health. Vital contributions to health are made by social stability and peace, rewarding work, and a dignified place in society. To say that health is only within the patient is to ignore the social pressures that lead people to act in pathogenic fashions. Ideal conditions foster the will to live. A 5-stage model is proposed for the sources of salutogenic strengths. Health plans can only be carried out if money, time, friends, and freedom are available. Failure to confront the social forces that make for well-being limits understanding and affects any therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06860-001

 

 

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Record: 8

Title:

The system called 'man' is not self-enclosed.

Author(s):

Broda, Michael, Berus Klinik, Germany

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 12-13.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the impact of social reality (SR) on psychic functioning, and the way that SR has been mainly ignored in theories of psychotherapy. SR has often been characterized as potentially harmful, if not dangerous. In contrast, A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) model of individual functioning considers dynamic health development impossible without the challenge of stressors. The author's clinical experience has shown that the impact of therapy is modest if the individual still faces unemployment or social isolation. No scientific evidence has shown that the individual is a self-supporting, self-enclosed system. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06861-001

 

 

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Record: 9

Title:

Antonovsky's perspective may not go far enough.

Author(s):

Dossey, Larry, NIH, Office of Alternative Medicine, Panel on Mind/Body Interventions, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 13-15.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the elimination of meaning from the study of human illness in the last 200 yrs, and the contrasting viewpoint of A. Antonovsky (see record 1995-06860-001) that more than molecules are involved in health. The key concepts of matter vs consciousness and pathogenesis vs salutogenesis are presented. Antonovsky's perspective is seen as correct: Social factors must be considered to understand health and illness. However, Antonovsky's model may not go far enough because the systems theory of health does not include self-awareness, and biopsychosocial models consider consciousness as superfluous and ignore the spiritual aspects of healing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06863-001

 

 

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Record: 10

Title:

The social roots of the wellness movement.

Author(s):

Gordon, James S., Ctr for Mind-Body Medicine, Washington, DC, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 15-19.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

social roots of wellness movement & need for inclusion of larger social system in holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Describes the historical roots of the wellness movement (WM), from early public health efforts through the civil rights and women's movements. The principles of self-help that came out of the free clinics and the WM as a reaction against biomedicine are discussed. Three programs for incorporating A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) perspectives at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine are described. Political, social, and ecological change is seen as necessary to consolidate the gains made by the WM. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06868-001

 

 

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Record: 11

Title:

Antonovsky gives us no purchase on action.

Author(s):

Gruman, Jesse, Ctr for Advancement of Health, Washington, DC, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 19-21.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Argues that A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) analysis of social and environmental factors (SEFs) associated with health is so broad that it doesn't suggest constructive action. Four critical actions are presented to move society closer to Antonovsky's goal. Gaps in our knowledge about the relationship between SEFs and health outcomes must be identified, and the application of present knowledge must be expanded. A description of an idealized health care system should be prepared, and strategic actions to win acceptance of this view of health by the research community and the general public must be increased. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06869-001

 

 

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Record: 12

Title:

A different sort of inner work: A response to Antonovsky's challenge.

Author(s):

Harman, Willis W., Inst of Noetic Sciences, Sausalito, CA, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 21-26.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the elements of salutogenic strength as defined by A. Antonovsky (see record 1995-06860-001) and the nonsalutogenic present urban environment. The beliefs developed by modern society, basically that society revolves around the economy and that productivity must increase endlessly, are incompatible with democracy and true freedom. The modern industrial states have fostered an inequitable distribution of wealth. Eventually the industrial system will reach a natural limit. An approach to holistic health must focus on changing some of our most deeply held assumptions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06870-001

 

 

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Record: 13

Title:

Wellness, health, Antonovsky.

Author(s):

Levenstein, Susan, Nuoro Regona Margherita Hosp, Rome, Italy

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 26-29.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Expands on A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) critique of the wellness movement (WM). The WM has had a potentially negative impact on 4 levels: theory, medical practice, lifestyle, and health policy. Physiological causes of illness can be downplayed. In medical practice, the WM outlook may lead to blaming the patient. The search for the perfectly healthy lifestyle can be carried to extremes, and the contributions of doctors to improved health can be minimized. Mental and economic resources should not be diverted from difficult causes and therapies outside the realm of lifestyle. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06875-001

 

 

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Record: 14

Title:

Individual and environmental resources for health promotion: Interactive effects.

Author(s):

Orth-Gomér, Kristina, National Inst for Psychological Factors & Health, Stockholm, Sweden

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 29-31.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

social support & health & need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Examines some concrete examples of A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) view that an individual's internal resources are formed by, and are dependent on, the external environment. A study of 150 Swedish males over a period of 10 yrs revealed that the coronary-prone Type-A behavior pattern was only detrimental when there was a lack of support from the social environment. A study of 752 healthy middle-aged Swedish males showed that Ss without emotional support had 15 times higher mortality risks during serious crises than Ss with good support. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Social Support; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology; Health

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06878-001

 

 

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Record: 15

Title:

Data confirm the social context of disease.

Author(s):

Pincus, Theodore, Vanderbilt U School of Medicine, Div of Rheumatology & Immunology, TN, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 32-35.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

low SES & risk for disease & need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Observes that low SES identifies a higher level of risk for most diseases than does any currently recognized risk factor, other than a single gene. This supports A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) statement that the mind-body movement has generally ignored the social context of disease. Limited access to medical care explains little of the disparities in health status. In settings where the same treatment was available to everyone, behavior and lifestyle were more predictive of long-term outcome. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Lower Class; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology; Health

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06879-001

 

 

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Record: 16

Title:

Contemplating navels as a moral failing.

Author(s):

Sapolsky, Robert M., Stanford U, CA, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 35-39.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the limits of the influence of perceptions on the response of individuals to trauma. As A. Antonovsky (see record 1995-06860-001) points out, an individual's outlook cannot change everything. Psychological factors may influence disease process, but they do not determine it. The author studied effects of the social world on stress-related disease in a baboon troop. During periods of social instability, only the Ss whose ranks were declining showed physical evidence of stress. Human responses to stressful social conditions are also determined by the individual's position in the society. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06881-001

 

 

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Record: 17

Title:

Let us remember Judith Shakespeare.

Author(s):

Antonovsky, Aaron, Ben Gurion U of the Negev, Faculty of Health Sciences, Dept of the Sociology of Health, Beersheba, Israel

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 39-44.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary reply

Abstract:

Replies to comments about A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) views on the social context of disease by M. Broda, L. Dossey, J. S. Gordon, J. Gruman, W. W. Harman, S. Levenstein, K. Orth-Gomér, T. Pincus, and R. M. Sapolsky (see PA, Vol 82:6861; 6863; 6868; 6869; 6870; 6875; 6878; 6879; and 6881, respectively). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06859-001

 

 

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Record: 18

Title:

Two topics not covered by Aldridge: Spirituality in children and forgiveness and health.

Author(s):

Kaplan, Berton H., U North Carolina, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 9(4), Fal 1993. pp. 30-33.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

spirituality & spiritual healing, commentary

Abstract:

Suggests that spirituality in children and forgiveness and health were not covered by D. Aldridge (see record 1994-18322-001) in his work on spiritual healing. A taxonomy of spiritual healing and the mind/body paradigm would include these topics. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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*Faith Healing; *Spirituality

Classification:

Health & Mental Health Treatment & Prevention (3300)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19940501

Accession Number:

1994-18333-001

 

 

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Record: 19

Title:

The use of imagery in the rehabilitation of injured athletes.

Author(s):

Green, Lance B., Tulane U, New Orleans, LA, US

Source:

Sport Psychologist, Vol 6(4), Dec 1992. pp. 416-428.

Publisher:

US: Human Kinetics

ISSN:

1543-2793 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

rationale for & application & assessment of imagery techniques in rehabilitation, injured athletes, research review

Abstract:

Provides an educational text that cites existing literature supporting a mind-body paradigm for rehabilitation from psychophysiological and psychomotor perspectives, demonstrates the application of imagery techniques within the chronology of an athletic injury, and describes the performance-related criteria to which an athlete can compare his or her progress during rehabilitation. The chronology includes the period of time preceding the injury, the attention given to the athlete immediately following the injury, and the subsequent rehabilitation program leading to the athlete's return to practice and competition. Examples of imagery experientials are provided. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Athletes; *Imagery; *Injuries; *Rehabilitation

Classification:

Rehabilitation (3380)
Sports (3720)

Population:

Human (10)

Age Group:

Adulthood (18 yrs & older) (300)

Methodology:

Empirical Study

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Release Date:

19930501

Accession Number:

1993-19185-001

 

 

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Record: 20

Title:

The neurophysiologic basis of the mind)ody connection in dance/movement therapy.

Author(s):

Berrol, Cynthia F., California State U, Hayward, US

Source:

American Journal of Dance Therapy, Vol 14(1), Spr-Sum 1992. pp. 19-29.

Publisher:

Germany: Springer

ISSN:

0146-3721 (Print)
1573-3262 (Electronic)

Language:

English

Keywords:

neurophysiological perspective on mind body connection in dance therapy

Abstract:

Discusses the efficacy of dance/movement therapy within the context of the mind-body paradigm. The focus is on neurophysiological factors, employing theoretical and empirical evidence. Various neurophysiologic principles are reviewed (i.e., brain function) with respect to neural hookups and interactive associations, and neurotransmitters in relation to movement and affect. Rhythm and movement are scrutinized with respect to neurophysiologic responses and in terms of their hypothesized capacity to organize the individual and groups, promote healing, and alter affect. Intentional movement, a phenomenon on which much of dance/movement therapy is predicated, is discussed from a neurophysiologic perspective. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dance Therapy; *Dualism; *Neurophysiology

Classification:

Art & Music & Movement Therapy (3357)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Release Date:

19921001

Accession Number:

1992-36337-001

 

 

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Record: 1

Title:

Healing the Disembodied Mind: Contemporary Models of Conversion Disorder.

Author(s):

Kozlowska, Kasia, Department of Psychological Medicine, Children's Hospital, Westmead, NSW, Australia, KasiaK@chw.edu.au

Address:

Kozlowska, Kasia, Department of Psychological Medicine, Children's Hospital, 212 Hawkesbury Rd., Westmead, NSW, Australia, 2145, KasiaK@chw.edu.au

Source:

Harvard Review of Psychiatry, Vol 13(1), Jan-Feb 2005. pp. 1-13.

Publisher:

United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis

ISSN:

1067-3229 (Print)
1465-7309 (Electronic)

Digital Object Identifier:

10.1080/10673220590923137

Language:

English

Keywords:

disembodied mind; conversion disorder; body mind relationship; models; contemporary theories; evolutionary framework; neurobiological models; emotional responses

Abstract:

The Cartesian separation of body and mind has underpinned medical conceptualizations of conversion symptoms over the last four centuries. Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century models explained conversion symptoms on the basis of assumed organic lesions. Subsequent psychological formulations focused on mental phenomena, which were disembodied from underlying neurobiological processes. Contemporary theories challenge this disconnection. They place conversion symptoms within an evolutionary framework, arguing that mind is embodied in physical processes and confers significant survival advantage. Current neurobiological models explain conversion symptoms as part of the human emotional response to threat, reflecting either errors in how information about body state is processed and represented, or the motor component of an automatic emotional response. Patients with conversion disorder experience their body functions in a range of distressing and disturbing ways. In order to understand these phenomena, clinicians require conceptual models that expand the conventional dualistic mind-body paradigm, integrate multiple theoretical perspectives, and take into account environmental factors that shape evolutionary and individual development. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)(from the journal abstract)

Subjects:

*Conversion Disorder; *Dualism; *Models; *Neurobiology; *Theories; Emotional Responses; Mind; Theory of Evolution

Classification:

Physical & Somatoform & Psychogenic Disorders (3290)

Population:

Human (10)

Methodology:

Literature Review

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal; Electronic
Format(s) Available: Electronic; Print

Document Type:

Original Journal Article

Release Date:

20050411

Accession Number:

2005-03016-001

Number of Citations in Source:

74

 

 

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Record: 2

Title:

Clinical Applications of Medical Hypnosis.

Series Title:

A volume in the innovations in clinical practice series

Author(s):

Simon, Eric P., The Acute Physical/Neurological Rehabilitation Center, The Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center, San Luis Obispo, CA, US, EricSimon@yahoo.com

Address:

Simon, Eric P., P.O. Box 150, Arroyo Grande, CA, US, 93421, EricSimon@yahoo.com

Source:

Innovations in clinical practice: Focus on adults. VandeCreek, Leon (Ed); pp. 83-95.
Sarasota, FL, US: Professional Resource Press/Professional Resource Exchange, 2005. ix, 245 pp.

ISBN:

1-56887-091-4 (paperback)

Language:

English

Keywords:

clinical applications; medical hypnosis; mind-body paradigm; alternative treatments; physiologic processes

Abstract:

(from the chapter) The Western medical approach has traditionally been oriented toward differential diagnosis, leading to pharmacological curative agents and/or surgical procedures. In the new mind-body paradigm, we now understand that "alternative" treatments can bring about symptomatic relief that is often equivalent, if not superior, to drug outcomes. One such approach is hypnosis. With hypnosis, one can evoke physiologic changes that were once thought beyond voluntary control. For example, subjects have shown "voluntary control" over sympathetic tone, vasoconstriction/vasodilation, heart rate, muscle tension, and so forth. Hypnosis is similar to biofeedback in that physiologic change is brought under a patient's voluntary control. In biofeedback, however, a patient is taught how to do this using external feedback from their physiologic systems, whereas in hypnosis, control over these physiologic processes is evoked from within the person. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Alternative Medicine; *Hypnosis; *Hypnotherapy; Mind; Physiology

Classification:

Clinical Hypnosis (3351)

Population:

Human (10)

Intended Audience:

Psychology: Professional & Research (PS)

Publication Type:

Book, Edited Book; Print

Document Type:

Original Chapter

Book Type:

Handbook/Manual

Release Date:

20050404

Accession Number:

2005-01983-006

Number of Citations in Source:

82

 

 

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Record: 3

Title:

Abstracts of Papers Presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.

Author(s):

No authorship indicated.

Source:

Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Vol 29(4), Dec 2004. pp. 289-312.

Publisher:

Germany: Springer

ISSN:

1090-0586 (Print)
1573-3270 (Electronic)

Digital Object Identifier:

10.1007/s10484-004-0389-y

Language:

English

Keywords:

applied psychophysiology; treatment

Abstract:

Presents a collection of 51 abstracts of papers, posters or reports presented at the meeting themed "Launching New Mind-Body Paradigms". (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Psychophysiology; *Treatment

Classification:

Psychophysiology (2560)
Health & Mental Health Treatment & Prevention (3300)

Population:

Human (10)

Conference:

Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology, 35th, Apr, 2004, Colorado Springs, CO, US

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal; Electronic
Format(s) Available: Electronic; Print

Document Type:

Abstract Collection

Release Date:

20050404

Accession Number:

2005-02593-006

 

 

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Record: 4

Title:

Living in Relation to Mystery: Addressing Mind, Body, and Spirit.

Author(s):

Miles, Pamela

Source:

Advances in Mind-Body Medicine, Vol 19(2), Sum 2003. pp. 22-23.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

1470-3556 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

inner experience; mind; body; spirit; fighting metaphor; invasive medicine

Abstract:

Response by the current author to an article by Martin L. Rossman (see record 2003-09393-002). Dr Rossman has thoughtfully articulated a dilemma faced by many clinicians who work with and support patients, as well as their families, who are struggling with cancer. It is in spirit that congruence is experienced. The duality implicit in the mind/body paradigm is resolved in a mind/body/spirit approach to care. Considered in this context of mind/body/spirit, the question "Does the fighting metaphor mobilize emotion and physiology in a way that is specifically useful in overcoming cancer?" is incomplete. Its focus is on the disease rather than on the person experiencing the disease. The second set of questions seeks to understand cancer as an entity separate from the person it inhabits. As Dr Rossman says, "we don't like invasive medicine when there are alternatives," but then again, we love it when there aren't any. It is in contemplating Dr Rossman's third question that the need to keep healing in a spiritual context is most apparent. Together, clinicians and patients alike can develop ourselves spiritually to attain an inner experience of the beauty and perfection of life. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Guided Imagery; *Mind; *Neoplasms; *Patients; Clinicians

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal; Print
Format(s) Available: Electronic; Print

Document Type:

Comment/Reply; Original Journal Article

Release Date:

20040816

Correction Date:

20061010

Accession Number:

2003-09393-010

 

 

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Record: 5

Title:

Mind and body in Freud.

Author(s):

Smith, David L., U Oxford, Regent's Park Coll, School of Psychotherapy & Counselling, London, England

Source:

British Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol 11(3), Spr 1995. pp. 392-397.

Publisher:

United Kingdom: Artesian Books

ISSN:

0265-9883 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

Freud's move from dualist mind body paradigm to materialistic theory of mind brain relation

Abstract:

Tracks the development of Freud's thoughts on the mind-body paradigm. In the mid-1600s, Descartes enunciated his theory of dualism or interactionism, which held that mind and body were made of different substances. Events related to the body produce experiences of the mind, while volitions of the mind control the body. During the early years of Freud's career, he adhered to this Cartesian view of the mind-body relationship. However, as he began to investigate the causes of hysteria, Freud started to articulate a conviction that mental life is continuous. Beginning in 1895, Freud moved from dualism to what he called the identity theory of mind-brain relation. The identity theory is materialistic, asserting that mental phenomena are part and parcel of the functioning of the human brain. Freud's work illustrates the relationship between philosophy and psychological theory. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Freud (Sigmund); *Materialism

Classification:

Philosophy (2630)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Release Date:

19951101

Accession Number:

1995-39975-001

 

 

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Record: 6

Title:

'Antonovsky gives us no purchase on action': Correction.

Author(s):

Gruman, Jessie, Ctr for Advancement of Health, Washington, DC, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(4), Fal 1994. pp. 75.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary, erratum

Abstract:

Reports an error in the original article by Jessie Gruman (Advances, 1994[Sum], Vol 10[3], 19-21). The name of the author, Jessie (not Jesse) Gruman, was consistently misspelled. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in PA, Vol 82:6869.) Argues that A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) analysis of social and environmental factors (SEFs) associated with health is so broad that it doesn't suggest constructive action. Four critical actions are presented to move society closer to Antonovsky's goal. Gaps in our knowledge about the relationship between SEFs and health outcomes must be identified, and the application of present knowledge must be expanded. A description of an idealized health care system should be prepared, and strategic actions to win acceptance of this view of health by the research community and the general public must be increased. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply; Erratum/Correction

Release Date:

19950601

Accession Number:

1995-22626-001

 

 

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Record: 7

Title:

A sociological critique of the 'well being' movement.

Author(s):

Antonovsky, Aaron, Ben Gurion U of the Negev, Faculty of Health Sciences, Dept of the Sociology of Health, Beersheba, Israel

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 6-12.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm

Abstract:

Discusses the absence of references to the larger social system in current writings about the holistic approach to health. Vital contributions to health are made by social stability and peace, rewarding work, and a dignified place in society. To say that health is only within the patient is to ignore the social pressures that lead people to act in pathogenic fashions. Ideal conditions foster the will to live. A 5-stage model is proposed for the sources of salutogenic strengths. Health plans can only be carried out if money, time, friends, and freedom are available. Failure to confront the social forces that make for well-being limits understanding and affects any therapy. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06860-001

 

 

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Record: 8

Title:

The system called 'man' is not self-enclosed.

Author(s):

Broda, Michael, Berus Klinik, Germany

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 12-13.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the impact of social reality (SR) on psychic functioning, and the way that SR has been mainly ignored in theories of psychotherapy. SR has often been characterized as potentially harmful, if not dangerous. In contrast, A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) model of individual functioning considers dynamic health development impossible without the challenge of stressors. The author's clinical experience has shown that the impact of therapy is modest if the individual still faces unemployment or social isolation. No scientific evidence has shown that the individual is a self-supporting, self-enclosed system. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06861-001

 

 

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Record: 9

Title:

Antonovsky's perspective may not go far enough.

Author(s):

Dossey, Larry, NIH, Office of Alternative Medicine, Panel on Mind/Body Interventions, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 13-15.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the elimination of meaning from the study of human illness in the last 200 yrs, and the contrasting viewpoint of A. Antonovsky (see record 1995-06860-001) that more than molecules are involved in health. The key concepts of matter vs consciousness and pathogenesis vs salutogenesis are presented. Antonovsky's perspective is seen as correct: Social factors must be considered to understand health and illness. However, Antonovsky's model may not go far enough because the systems theory of health does not include self-awareness, and biopsychosocial models consider consciousness as superfluous and ignore the spiritual aspects of healing. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06863-001

 

 

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Record: 10

Title:

The social roots of the wellness movement.

Author(s):

Gordon, James S., Ctr for Mind-Body Medicine, Washington, DC, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 15-19.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

social roots of wellness movement & need for inclusion of larger social system in holistic approach to health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Describes the historical roots of the wellness movement (WM), from early public health efforts through the civil rights and women's movements. The principles of self-help that came out of the free clinics and the WM as a reaction against biomedicine are discussed. Three programs for incorporating A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) perspectives at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine are described. Political, social, and ecological change is seen as necessary to consolidate the gains made by the WM. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06868-001

 

 

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Record: 11

Title:

Antonovsky gives us no purchase on action.

Author(s):

Gruman, Jesse, Ctr for Advancement of Health, Washington, DC, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 19-21.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Argues that A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) analysis of social and environmental factors (SEFs) associated with health is so broad that it doesn't suggest constructive action. Four critical actions are presented to move society closer to Antonovsky's goal. Gaps in our knowledge about the relationship between SEFs and health outcomes must be identified, and the application of present knowledge must be expanded. A description of an idealized health care system should be prepared, and strategic actions to win acceptance of this view of health by the research community and the general public must be increased. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06869-001

 

 

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Record: 12

Title:

A different sort of inner work: A response to Antonovsky's challenge.

Author(s):

Harman, Willis W., Inst of Noetic Sciences, Sausalito, CA, US

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 21-26.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Discusses the elements of salutogenic strength as defined by A. Antonovsky (see record 1995-06860-001) and the nonsalutogenic present urban environment. The beliefs developed by modern society, basically that society revolves around the economy and that productivity must increase endlessly, are incompatible with democracy and true freedom. The modern industrial states have fostered an inequitable distribution of wealth. Eventually the industrial system will reach a natural limit. An approach to holistic health must focus on changing some of our most deeply held assumptions. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06870-001

 

 

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Record: 13

Title:

Wellness, health, Antonovsky.

Author(s):

Levenstein, Susan, Nuoro Regona Margherita Hosp, Rome, Italy

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 26-29.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Expands on A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) critique of the wellness movement (WM). The WM has had a potentially negative impact on 4 levels: theory, medical practice, lifestyle, and health policy. Physiological causes of illness can be downplayed. In medical practice, the WM outlook may lead to blaming the patient. The search for the perfectly healthy lifestyle can be carried to extremes, and the contributions of doctors to improved health can be minimized. Mental and economic resources should not be diverted from difficult causes and therapies outside the realm of lifestyle. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

Accession Number:

1995-06875-001

 

 

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PsycINFO


Record: 14

Title:

Individual and environmental resources for health promotion: Interactive effects.

Author(s):

Orth-Gomér, Kristina, National Inst for Psychological Factors & Health, Stockholm, Sweden

Source:

Advances, Vol 10(3), Sum 1994. pp. 29-31.

Publisher:

US: InnoVision Communications

ISSN:

0741-9783 (Print)

Language:

English

Keywords:

social support & health & need for inclusion of larger social system in current approach to holistic health & mind body paradigm, commentary

Abstract:

Examines some concrete examples of A. Antonovsky's (see record 1995-06860-001) view that an individual's internal resources are formed by, and are dependent on, the external environment. A study of 150 Swedish males over a period of 10 yrs revealed that the coronary-prone Type-A behavior pattern was only detrimental when there was a lack of support from the social environment. A study of 752 healthy middle-aged Swedish males showed that Ss without emotional support had 15 times higher mortality risks during serious crises than Ss with good support. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Subjects:

*Dualism; *Holistic Health; *Social Support; *Sociocultural Factors; *Sociology; Health

Classification:

Health Psychology & Medicine (3360)

Population:

Human (10)

Publication Type:

Journal, Peer Reviewed Journal

Document Type:

Comment/Reply

Release Date:

19950201

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