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Lynette Bassman, Pn.L). Perhaps the biggest change happening in health care today is rediscovery of the mindbody connection in health. There is nothing truly new about this "holistic" approach it was understood by Hippocrates, it's part of the ancient wisdom found in many cultures, and it has dominated medical thinking for most of history. In fact, only within the past two centuries did western societies move away from the holistic model.
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Modern Western medicine has favored a model of health and illness that likens the body to a machine. When someone is ill the medical view is that some part of the machine
broken or wearing away, and seen as someone who can fix it. Often, each part of the body is treated separately, perhaps by different specialists. According to this form of medicine (called is
the doctor
is
"allopathic") the
mind has
little
to
do with
diseases of the body, and vice-versa.
However, many people have failed to find relief from their symptoms using the allopathic model, and have turned to different kinds of therapies exploring the complex connections between body and mind. The effect of the mind on the body is the area investigated by "psychosomatic" medicine. "Psychosomatic" does not mean that a disease
is "all
in the head." Rather,
it
means
mental conditions can have real, physical effects on the body. The reverse, the effect of the body on the mind, is what that
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Mind, Mood, Sc Kmotion A.
Book
of
Therapies
Eaited by Lynette Bassman, Pn.L).
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ISBN 1-56731-481-3 Copyright
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1998 Lynette Bassman, Ph.D.
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Dedication
This book
is
dedicated to
all
people
who
have suffered with untreated or inad-
equately treated mental illnesses, and to those health professionals find within themselves the ability to risk being
wisdom.
open
to
new (and
who
can
old) healing
Acknowledgments First, all
would
like to
thank the authors
who
do
am
grateful to
this,
and
my husband,
for being a source
years of preparing this book.
They are
contributed to this book.
come
very busy yet gave their time so that their knowledge could I
to
I
to light.
Larry Bassman, for understanding that
of so
My
son,
many
I
had
kinds of support through the long
my
Jonah Bassman, was often
inspira-
tion.
Eugene Herman taught
me
about thinking and seeing things in uncon-
ventional ways, and about being bold and daring, sary in bringing this project to fruition. Betty steady, reliable,
this.
taught
Janee Albert served
me how
Thanks
to
contributors, sages
Herman
There are
but
I
taught
in helping
me
about being
useful with very
me
I
could
Sam
Faith
believe
consultant and sounding board.
to write.
all
the secretaries, assistants,
who
and
office
sent faxes, answered telephones,
managers of many of the
and sometimes put
my mes-
None of us could do what we do without you. many people who helped me along the way by leading me to the
on the top of the
people
as a
were neces-
qualities that
and organized, and about creating something
few resources. Merle Molofsky was instrumental
do
all
who wrote
want you
to
pile.
the chapters of this book.
know how much
I
I
can't
mention you
all
by name,
appreciate your help.
And finally, I owe sincere gratitude to my clients, who have taught me about the benefits and the limitations of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology.
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Editor's Preface
PART
1:
GEHING READY TO CHOOSE
Introduction
Chapter
1
Chapter
2
1
Understanding Alternative Healing Modalities:
14
Basic Concepts by Lynette Bassman
An
Introduction to the Politics of Health Care
21
by J. Jamison Starbuck
Chapter
3
A Parent's
Perspective
Care by John
Psychiatry:
27
The Role of Spirituality and Nonordinary
of Consciousness by Stanislav Grof
43
THE COMPLEMENTARY HEALING MODALITIES 5 The Alexander Technique by Joan Arnold
57
States
2:
Politics
L. Stegmaier
4 Rethinking Basic Assumptions about Psychology and
Chapter
PART
on the
of Mental Health
Chapter
6 Applied Kinesiology: Individualized Assessment Using Applied Kinesiology Procedures by Walter H. Schmitt, Jr.
Chapter
Chapter
7 Aromatherapy by Christa Obuchowski
Chapter
8 Ayurveda: Maharishi
71
83
Ayurveda and Mental Health 98
by Jim Brooks
108
9 Biofeedback by Frank Andrasik
Chapter
.
Chapter 10 The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music by Carol Bush
Chapter
1 1
and Sara Jane
Child Brain Development Well Children by Glenn
119
Stokes
in Brain-Injured
and
Doman
132
Chapter 12 Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture by Kevin V. Ergil
and William
Prensky
Chapter 13 Creative Arts Therapies by Carol Lagstein, et al
146 164
Chapter 14 Ecopsychology and Holistic Health by Fran Segal
198
Chapter 15 Edgar Cayce on Mental Health by David McMillin
213
Chapter
1
6 Environmental Medicine
by Doris
Rapp
224
.
Chapter 17 Exercise Therapy: Working Out the Problem by WesSime
Chapter
1
8 Flower Essence Therapy: Integrating
...
257
Soul Wellness by Patricia Kaminski
Chapter
1
9 Food and
Mood: The
Sugar- and Cafifeine-free Diet
273
for Depression by Larry Christensen
Chapter 20 Herbal Therapy by Brent
Medicinal Plants and the
1:
Mind
W Davis
Chapter 21 Herbal Therapy
285 Herbal Self-Care by
II:
Brett D. Jacques
and Jacqueline Jacques Chapter 22 Homeopathy by George Chapter 23 Light Therapies
Norman
302 Vithoulkas
and
by Alexander Neumeister
and
339
E. Rosenthal
Mind
David Briscoe
352
Chapter 25 Martial Arts and Mental Wellness
by William Kaplanidis
Chapter 26 Massage and Mental Health: Touching the by
323
Vangelis Zajtriou
Chapter 24 Macrobiotic Diet: Whole Food for a Whole by
241
Body and
.
.
David DiDomenico
377
Chapter 27 Meditation and Prayer by Barry Friedman
389
Chapter 28 Naturopathy and Mental Health ^;///
Therapy