| Description |
xxiii, 422 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: The Blooming Rose -- 1. Women, Stress, and Mind-Body Medicine -- 2. The Relaxation Response and Other Coping Skills -- 3. Roads to Relaxation --4. Mini-Relaxations: The Perfect Portable Stress Managers -- 5. Catching the Nasty Mind: Cognitive Restructuring -- 6. Healing Through Self-Nurturance --7. Reaching Out to Friends and Family -- 8. Women's Anger, Women's Joy: Emotional Expression -- 9. Mindful Eating, Modest Exercise -- 10. The Storm Before the Calm: PMS -- 11. Reclaiming Your Life: Infertility --12. Calming the Womb: Miscarriage and Difficult Pregnancy -- 13. Minding the Change: Menopause -- 14. Fat Is a Mind-Body Issue: Eating Disorders -- 15. From Trauma to Transformation: Breast and Gynecologic Cancers --16. Soothing the Hurt: Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain --17. Self-Esteem Is a Women's Health Issue -- Appendix A: References and Suggested Readings -- Appendix B: Organizations and Resources |
| Summary |
At Harvard Medical School's Division of Behavioral Medicine, Alice Domar, Ph.D., has developed singular, scientifically sound mind-body methods for women and demonstrated their effectiveness with groundbreaking research. Thus, Healing Mind, Healthy Woman offers a new repertoire of therapeutic methods to two broad groups of women: those who wish to protect and enhance their health, and those who are suffering with specific health problems. Healing Mind, Healthy Woman first describes a spectrum of techniques for stress management and wellness for all women. Each chapter contains stories of women who have achieved remarkable success in Dr. Domar's programs. Healing Mind, Healthy Woman inspires readers with the message that they can use the mind-body connection to seize control of their health and well-being |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [385]-398) and index |
| Subject |
Medicine, Popular.
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Psychoneuroendocrinology.
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Stress management for women.
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Women -- Health and hygiene.
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| Author |
Dreher, Henry.
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| ISBN |
0385318944 |
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