Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health (eBook)

Theory, Research, and Practice

Luciano L'Abate (Herausgeber)

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2007 | 2007
XXII, 526 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-36899-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Most health professionals would agree that time and funds are in short supply, even under optimal conditions. Patients, too, would admit similar shortfalls, even with optimal motivation. This book offers self-administered and easily administered interventions designed to promote positive health behaviors while requiring little or no outside funding. Editor Luciano L'Abate continues his long tradition of prolific innovations by identifying major changes in today's health care systems and explaining how targeted, prescriptive promotion/prevention strategies can enhance traditional primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions in key behavioral and relational areas.

Luciano L'Abate is Professor Emeritus in Psychology at Georgia State University. He has co-edited/authored two previous books with Springer: Handbook of Homework Assignments in Psychotherapy and Personality in Intimate Relationships: Socialization and Psychopathology.

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Most physical and mental health professionals will agree that their time, space, and funds are generally in short supply, even under optimal conditions. Their participants (clients or patients), too, will admit to similar deficits of time and patience, even with optimal motivation. Overburdened mental health facilities are trying to cope with limited budgets and overworked and underpaid personnel.Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health addresses both sides of this shortfall by offering either self-administered or easily administered verbal and non-verbal interventions designed to promote positive health behaviors while requiring little or no outside funding. Editor Luciano L Abate continues his long tradition of prolific innovations by identifying major changes in today s health care systems and explaining how targeted, prescriptive promotion/prevention strategies can enhance traditional primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions in key behavioral and relational areas:- Nutrition: weight/obesity control, diets, meal planning, vitamins and minerals, herbal supplements- Exercise, expressive movement, relaxation, meditation, and mindfulness- Writing for mental health promotion, from structured protocols/workbooks to less structured focused, expressive, and guided writing, including diaries and autobiographies- Sex, sexuality, affection, intimacy and fear of intimacy- Mother/child bonding as well as couple and family togetherness- Spirituality and forgiveness in dealing with inevitable life hurts and disappointments- Friendships and support groups- Plus leading-edge interventions, including emotional intelligence, animal companionship, and computer technologyReviews of each promotional approach are engaging, effective, and consistent with standard psychological practice for lasting results, either away from or in addition to non-clinical and clinical settings (schools, hospitals, seniorcitizen centers, etc.). L Abate and his fifty colleagues have designed a future-oriented sourcebook for mental and public health professionals who want to maximize their resources and those of their participants.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Acknowledgements 12
Contents 13
List of Contributors 16
Introduction 20
Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health 21
Primary Interventions: Nutritional Approaches 58
Diets, Health, and Weight Control: What Do We Know? 63
Low-Cost Obesity Interventions: The Market for Foods 89
Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Health 102
Vitamins, Minerals and Health 117
Herbal Medicines in the Treatment of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders 133
Primary Nonverbal Approaches 153
Daily Practices for Mindful Exercise 155
Relaxation and Meditation 175
Expressive Movement 190
Pleasant, Pleasurable, and Positive Activities 214
Secondary Writing Approaches 231
The Recording of Personal Information as an Intervention and as an Electronic Health Support 239
Teaching to Remember Ourselves: The Autobiographical Methodology 263
Expressive Writing: An Alternative to Traditional Methods 283
Workbooks for the Promotion of Mental Health and Life- Long Learning 297
Computers and the Internet 315
Secondary Relational Approaches 332
Maternal-Infant Contact and Child Development: Insights from the Kangaroo Intervention 334
Touch Interventions Positively Affect Development 363
Non-Erotic Physical Affection: It’s Good for You 380
Sex, Sexuality, and Sensuality 393
Intimacy and Fear of Intimacy 403
Low-Cost Interventions for Promoting Forgiveness 423
Spirituality in Achieving Physical and Psychological Health and Well- Being: Theory, Research and Low Cost Interventions 443
Tertiary Multi-Personal Approaches 461
Friendship, Social Support, and Health 462
Animal Companions 480
Applications of Emotional Intelligence to Schools and Workplace 491
Conclusion 509
Implications of Prescriptive Approaches for Policy, Health Promotion, Epidemiology, and Public Health 510
Subject Index 525

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.6.2007
• Zusatzinfo: XXII, 526 p. 47 illus.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Health care approaches • Health Promotion • Low-cost health care • prevention • prevention strategies • Public Health
• ISBN-10: 0-387-36899-X / 038736899X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-36899-3 / 9780387368993