Low-cost approaches to promote physical and mental health : theory, research, and practice /

Low-cost approaches to promote physical and mental health : theory, research, and practice /

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Imprint:New York : Springer, c2007.
Description:xxii, 526 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Health promotion.
Mental health.
Health Promotion.
Health promotion.
Mental health.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6437343
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Other authors / contributors:L'Abate, Luciano, 1928-2016
ISBN:9780387368986 (hbk.)
0387368981 (hbk.)
038736899X (ebook)
9780387368993 (ebook)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Contributors
  • Section I. Introduction
  • Part I. Physical Health: Survival
  • Chapter 1. Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health
  • Section II. Primary Interventions: Nutritional Approaches
  • Chapter 2. Diets, Health, and Weight Control: What Do We Know?
  • Chapter 3. Low-Cost Obesity Interventions: The Market for Foods
  • Chapter 4. Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Health
  • Chapter 5. Vitamins, Minerals and Health
  • Chapter 6. Herbal Medicines in the Treatment of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders
  • Section III. Primary Nonverbal Approaches
  • Chapter 7. Daily Practices for Mindful Exercise
  • Chapter 8. Relaxation and Meditation
  • Chapter 9. Expressive Movement
  • Chapter 10. Pleasant, Pleasurable, and Positive Activities
  • Part II. Mental Health: Enjoyment
  • Section IV. Secondary Writing Approaches
  • Chapter 11. The Recording of Personal Information as an Intervention and as an Electronic Health Support
  • Chapter 12. Teaching to Remember Ourselves: The Autobiographical Methodology
  • Chapter 13. Expressive Writing: An Alternative to Traditional Methods
  • Chapter 14. Workbooks for the Promotion of Mental Health and Life-Long Learning
  • Chapter 15. Computers and the Internet
  • Section V. Secondary Relational Approaches
  • Chapter 16. Maternal-Infant Contact and Child Development: Insights from the Kangaroo Intervention
  • Chapter 17. Touch Interventions Positively Affect Development
  • Chapter 18. Non-Erotic Physical Affection: It's Good for You
  • Chapter 19. Sex, Sexuality and Sensuality
  • Chapter 20. Intimacy and Fear of Intimacy
  • Chapter 21. Low-Cost Interventions for Promoting Forgiveness
  • Chapter 22. Spirituality in Achieving Physical and Psychological Health and Well-Being: Theory, Research and Low Cost Interventions
  • Section VI. Tertiary Multi-Personal Approaches
  • Chapter 23. Friendship, Social Support, and Health
  • Chapter 24. Animal Companions
  • Chapter 25. Applications of Emotional Intelligence to Schools and Workplace
  • Section VII. Conclusion
  • Chapter 26. Implications of Prescriptive Approaches for Policy, Health Promotion, Epidemiology, and Public Health
  • Subject Index

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