Description |
xxiv, 590 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
1. Ayurveda: The Science of Long Life in Contemporary Perspective / Cromwell Crawford -- 2. Yoga and Healing / Sundar Ramaswami -- 3. Chinese Medicine: The Law of Five Elements / Donald M. Pachuta -- 4. Buddhist Psychology: Implications for Healing / Sundar Ramaswami and Anees A. Sheikh -- 5. Mind, Disease, and Health in Tibetan Medicine / Mark Epstein and Lobsang Rapgay -- 6. Sufism: The Way to Universal Self / A. Reza Arasteh and Anees A. Sheikh -- 7. On Being Natural: Two Japanese Approaches to Healing / David K. Reynolds -- 8. The Four Forces of Psychotherapy / Robert J. Lueger and Anees A. Sheikh -- 9. Hypnosis Historical and Social Psychological Aspects / Lorne D. Bertrand and Nicholas P. Spanos -- 10. Current Conceptual Trends in Biofeedback and Self-Regulation / Patricia Norris -- 11. Psychosomatic Illness: A New Look / Carol E. McMahon and Anees A. Sheikh -- 12. Cerebral Laterality: Implications for Eastern and Western Therapies / Robert G. Ley and Maura Smylie |
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13. Psychoneuroimmunology: Toward a Mind-Body Model / Kenneth R. Pelletier and Denise L. Herzing -- 14. The Importance of Modern Physics for Modern Medicine / Larry Dossey -- 15. Meditation East and West / Sundar Ramaswami and Anees A. Sheikh -- 16. Healing Images: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Science / Anees A. Sheikh, Robert G. Kunzendorf and Katharina S. Sheikh -- 17. Transcultural Psychotherapy / Sohan L. Sharma -- 18. Toward a Synthesis of Eastern and Western Psychologies / Roger Walsh |
Summary |
This book explores Eastern approaches to therapy and psychological healing, and covers such techniques as relaxation, hypnosis, transcendental meditation and acupuncture. It takes a psychological and medical approach to the process of healing and examines the fundamental differences between Eastern and Western philosophies and approaches to health care |
Analysis |
Alternative therapy |
Notes |
Originally published: Eastern and western approaches to healing. New York : Wiley, c1989 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Subject |
Medicine and psychology -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Medicine, Oriental.
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Mind and body.
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Psychiatry, Transcultural.
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Complementary Therapies.
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Cross-Cultural Comparison.
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Medicine.
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Psychology.
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Author |
Sheikh, Anees A.
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Sheikh, Katharina S.
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LC no. |
96021085 |
ISBN |
0471155608 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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