Mindfulness and Health

Foundations, Practice and Research in Integrative Medicine

Steven Hickman, Michael Krasner (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

352 Seiten

2017
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-0-470-75888-5 (ISBN)

Infos

The first scientific exploration of mindfulness and physical health, this book covers the philosophy behind mindfulness, current research and innovative clinical interventions in one comprehensive volume. * Full exploration of the link (and tensions) between Eastern philosophy and Western medicine * Features material from interviews with the leading authorities in mindfulness * Groundbreaking approach emphasizes the essential role of the professional s own personal mindfulness in relation to interventions and research * Focus on integration (in terms of Eastern and Western; philosophical, clinical and academic; personal and professional practice)

Autor

Steven Hickman is a clinical psychologist and an experienced practitioner and teacher of mindfulness. He leads Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) groups working with people with chronic pain, cancer, anxiety and depression and has taught mindfulness to medical students, mental health professionals, nurses and postgraduate students in psychology. In 2002 he established the Center for Mindfulness in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego. Michael Krasner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.9.2017
• Verlagsort: Hoboken
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 168 x 244 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Diätassistenz / Ernährungsberatung
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Naturheilkunde
• ISBN-10: 0-470-75888-0 / 0470758880
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-75888-5 / 9780470758885
• Zustand: Neuware