Handbook of Mind-Body Medicine for Primary Care » (1st Edition)

Donald Moss, Ph.D., is a partner in West Michigan Behavioral Health Services, adjunct graduate faculty for Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco and mental health director for the humanitarian Trelawny Outreach Project in Western Jamaica. He is President of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Editor of the Biofeedback Newsmagazine, and Consulting Editor for the Journal of Neurotherapy. He serves on advisory boards for the Advanced Learning Foundation in Colorado, BioCom Technologies of Seattle, Washington, and the Behavioral Medicine Research and Training Foundation of Suquamish, Washington. His third book, Humanistic and Transpersonal Psychology, is a 1998 release by Greenwood. He has published numerous book chapters and journal articles on humanistic psychology, philosophy of medicine, anxiety disorders, and behavioral medicine.

Dr. Ian Wickramasekera is past-president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, and was co-founder of AAPB's Primary Care Section. Dr. Wickramasekera developed the High Risk Model, an empirical approach to the diagnosis and treatment of psychophysiological disorders. He is the author of Clinical Behavioral Medicine (1988, NY: Plenum), as well as over eighty articles and book chapters on a wide range of topics, from hypnosis, to psychophysiological psychotherapy, to somatization disorder.

Terence C. Davies, MD, is Professor and Chair of Family and Community Medicine at Eastern Virginia Medical School, and a practicing family physician. He is the Glennan Endowed Chair of Generalist Medicine at EVMS. Dr. Davies has aspecial interest in behavioral medicine interventions in primary care settings, and established a Division of Behavioral Medicine in his department three years ago.

Angele McGrady, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Adjunct Professor of Physiology and Molecular Medicine at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo. Dr. McGrady is the past-president of the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, and is an Editor of the journal Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. She is a reviewer for Physiology and Behavior and Diabetes Care. Dr. McGrady is the author of numerous journal articles applying physiological research methodology to chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension.

Introduces an evidence-based, mind-body approach to the medical and behavioral problems of primary care patients. The volume introduces the conceptual models from the psychophysiological perspective; describes specific clinical tools and interventions; reviews the best- documented cognitive-behavioral approaches and alternative therapies for common disorders; and provides educational models for practitioners in each of the mind-body disciplines. Techniques covered include biofeedback, neurofeedback, relaxation therapies, hypnotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapies, acupuncture, and spiritual therapies. The editors demonstrate the application of these techniques to common disorders such as headache, chronic pain, and essential hypertension, as well as anxiety, depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and sleep disorders. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR