Toxic Congregation or Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations

Toxic Congregation: How to Heal the Soul of Your Church

Author: G Lloyd Rediger

About the Author:
G. Lloyd Rediger, ordained in the Presbyterian Church (USA)

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Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory

Author: Philip J Flores

Be more effective in group therapy with addicted clients

Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Third Edition is the newly revised edition of the classic text, that provides you with proven strategies for defeating alcohol and drug addiction through group psychotherapy. Philip J. Flores, a highly regarded expert in the treatment of alcoholism and in group psychotherapy brings together practical applications of 12-step programs and psychodynamic groups. This updated book explores the latest in constructive benefits of group therapy to chemically dependent individuals, providing opportunities to share and identify with others who are going through similar problems, to understand their own attitudes about addiction by confronting similar attitudes in others, and to learn to communicate their needs and feelings more directly.

Topics in Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Third Edition include:

• Alcoholism, addiction, and psychodynamic theories of addiction
• Alcoholics anonymous and group psychotherapy
• Use of confrontational techniques in the group
• Inpatient group psychotherapy
• Characteristics of the leader
• Transference in the group
• Resistance in groups
• Preparing the chemically dependent person for group
• The curative process in group therapy
• Integrating a modern analytic approach
• A discussion of object relations theory
• Group psychotherapy, AA, and twelve-step programs
• Diagnosis and addiction treatment
• Treatment issues at early, middle, and late stages of treatment
• A discussion of guidelines and priorities for group leaders
• Countertransference
• Special considerations of resistance to addiction
• Termination of treatment

Professionals working in group therapy and addictions will find Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Third Edition an invaluable resource emphasizing the positive and constructive opportunities group psychotherapy brings to the chemically dependent individual.

What People Are Saying

Edward J. Khantzian
SCHOLARLY YET IMMENSELY HELPFUL AND PRACTICAL BOOK . . . covers all the bases, integrating how group therapy and twelve step programs help to access and transform the core vulnerabilities of addicted individuals. . . . BRILLIANTLY FOCUSES on how the relational and self regulatory problems of addicted individuals can be addressed and modified by informed clinical approaches and twelve step programs. . . . ASTUTELY INSTRUCTS us how group and twelve step programs can serve as correctives by replacing addictive behaviors with meaningful and transforming relationships. (Edward J. Khantzian, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School at Tewksbury Hospital and the Cambridge Health Alliance)

Henry I. Spitz
Every so often a rare text comes along that possesses the qualities of being theoretically sound, clinically wise and easily readable. Philip Flores has written such a book. . . . A MAJOR CONTRIBUTION toward enriching our understanding of the interplay between psychological theory, neuroscience research and clinical group work with people struggling with problems of addiction. With his unique blend of scholarship and pragmatism, Dr. Flores provides the reader with A THOUGHTFUL AND WELL DOCUMENTED ROAD MAP for negotiating the notoriously challenging terrain of treating addicted individuals. This book is A 'MUST READ' for anyone seeking a comprehensive understanding of the use of group therapy for substance abuse treatment. (Henry I. Spitz MD, DFAGPA, Director Group Psychotherapy Training Program, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, & Distinguished Fellow, Americana Group Psychotherapy Association)

Molyn Leszcz
In this VERY CLEAR AND WELL-WRITTEN text book, DR. FLORES HAS SET THE STANDARD in his articulation of the way group therapy plays a pivotal role in the treatment of persons suffering from addictions. . . . Advances our understanding of the integration of addictions into mental health; psychology of the mind and biology of the brain; models of group therapy; 12-step approaches and leader led groups; scientific knowledge and clinical wisdom; and, the pivotal role that an understanding of attachment plays in effective group psychotherapy. . . . NEW CHAPTERS WRITTEN FOR THIS EDITION ARE OF GREAT VALUE: the first chapter on interpersonal neurobiology and addictions, is A MUST READ, not only for those who work in the area of addictions, but for psychotherapists in general, who are interested in understanding how the work that they do with their clients modifies their clients' brain as well as their clients' thinking. (Molyn Leszcz, MD, FRCPC, Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital, Professor and Head, Group Psychotherapy, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto)

Marilyn Freimuth
THIS BOOK KEEPS GETTING BETTER! Flores has interwoven his in depth explorations into attachment theory and addiction to create a text that is rare to find: a practical guide to treatment that is theoretically grounded. After reading this book, practitioners will be able to PROVIDE MORE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT TO ADDICTED POPULATIONS because they will know what to do and why to do it. This is really five books in one. . . . Provides comprehensive readable overviews of the nature of addictions, group therapy, 12-step work and psychodynamic theory. At the same time he interweaves these topics to create a theoretically grounded practical guide to more effective addiction treatment. (Marilyn Freimuth, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University and author of Hidden Addictions)

Table of Contents:

Foreword (Jeffrey D. Roth)
PART I: THEORETICAL MODELS
Chapter 1. Interpersonal Neurobiology and Addiction: An Attachment Theory Perspective
Interpersonal Neurobiology
The Neurophysiology of Attachment
Interdisciplinary Research and Attachment Theory: A Source for Informing Addiction Treatment
Contributions from Child Development Studies
Contributions from the Neurosciences
Reward Deficiency Syndrome
Attachment and Animal Research
Contributions of the Relational Perspective to Group Psychotherapy
Chapter 2. Attachment Theory As a Theoretical Basis for Understanding Addiction
Attachment Theory and Self-Psychology
Attachment Styles and Secure Attachment
Ainsworth and the Strange Situations
Implications for Treatment
Implications for Addiction Treatment
Summary of Treating Addiction As an Attachment Disorder
Chapter 3. The Disease Concept and Group Psychotherapy
Abstinence: Is It Necessary?
Paradigm Shift
Specific Implications of Group Therapy and the Disease Concept
Addiction, Abstinence, and the Disease Concept
Chapter 4. Psychodynamic Theory and the Relational Models
Character Pathology and Addiction
Contributions of Object-Relations Theory and Self-Psychology
Margaret Mahler's Theory of Normal Development
Ego Psychology and Object-Relations Theory
Mahler's Stages of Normal Development
Beyond the Ego: Kohut's Self-Psychology
Definition of Terms
The Self-Medication Hypothesis and Affect Regulation
Application for Therapy: Corrective Emotional Expression
Addiction As an Attempt at Self-Repair
Self-Esteem Vulnerabilities
The Reparative Approach
Chapter 5. Alcoholics Anonymous and Twelve-Step Programs
Misconceptions About Alcoholics Anonymous
Values, Science, and AA
Philosophy of Science and the Limits of Rationality
The Self-Help Movement
Alcoholics Anonymous: Its Historical Roots
AA—Why and How It Works: An Interpretation of AA
Pragmatism: Its Influence on AA
Existential View of AA
AA—How It Works: A Phenomenological Perspective
The Self-Attribution of Alcoholism
Honesty, Denial, and the Need for Others
AA: A Self-Psychology Perspective
AA: A Treatment for Shame and Narcissism
Higher Power As an Attachment Object
PART II: ADDICTION TREATMENT IN GROUP
Chapter 6. Different Models of Group Psychotherapy
Some Models of Group Psychotherapy
Psychological Levels of Intervention
Specific Applications for Addictions Treatment
Chapter 7. Preparing the Chemically Dependent Person for Group Therapy
Selection and Composition
Implications of Research Findings
Therapeutic Alliance and Cohesion in Group
Pre-Group Preparation: Increasing Treatment Retention and Reducing Dropouts
Recommendations for Entry into a Therapy Group
Present and Gain Acceptance of a Contract
Chapter 8. Interactional Group Psychotherapy
Yalom's Basic Tasks
The Model Setting Participant
Interpersonal Honesty and Spontaneity
Establishment of the Group Norms
The Norm of Self-Disclosure
Procedural Norms and Antitherapeutic Norms
Importance of Group
The Here-and-Now Activation and Process Illumination
Interpersonal Theory of Behavior
Sullivan's Interpersonal Theory of Psychiatry
Examples of Yalom's Here-and-Now Focus
Integration of Modern Analytic Approach
Conclusion
Chapter 9. Modifications of Yalom's Interactional Model
Treatment Considerations and Group Therapy
Recommendations for Group Therapy
Protocol
Early and Later Stage Treatment
Therapist Attributes and Special Considerations for Affect Attunement
Careseeking, Affect Attunement, and Psychotherapy
Group Therapy and ACOA
Addiction and the Family
Common Identified Characteristics of ACOA
ACOA and Shame
Alcoholics Anonymous and Group Psychotherapy
Chapter 10. Co-Occurring Disorders and Group Psychotherapy: An Attachment Theory Perspective
Addiction—The Cart or Horse of Mental Illness?
Cross-Addiction
The Relationship Between Mental Health and Addiction
Axis I Disorders
Axis II: Character Pathology and Addiction
Borderline Personality Organization and Pathological Narcissism
Kernberg's Borderline Pathology
Kernberg's Description of Supportive Psychotherapy
Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Dynamics of Multiple Addictions
Integration of Divergent Treatment Philosophies
The Relational Models: An Integration
Chapter 11. The Leader in Group Therapy
Values of the Group Leader
The Therapist As a Person
Qualities of the Group Leader
Guidelines and Priorities for the Group Leader
Roles of the Group Leader
Focus of the Group Leader
Characteristics of the Group Leader
The Therapeutic Process: Therapists' and Patients' Contributions
The Alliance and Addiction: Special Considerations
Group Leadership Functions
The Implications for Conducting a Successful Therapy Group
Alcoholism Treatment Outcome Studies
Patient Characteristics Related to Type of Therapy
Special Group Strategies and Requirements
Recommendations
Convergence of Therapist and Patient Characteristics
PART III: CLINICAL APPLICATIONS
Chapter 12. Diagnosis and Addiction Treatment
Avoidant Society: Cultural Roots of Impaired Attachment
Criterion Definitions of Addiction
Drug Groups
Drug Dependence and the Drug Groups
Neuropsychological Impairment
Stages of Change Model
Relapse Prevention
Interpersonal Neurobiology, Motivation, and Stages of Change Model and Brain Impairment
Chapter 13. Early Stage Group Treatment: Confrontation, Intervention, and Relapse
Special Problems of the Addicted Patient
The Use of Therapeutic Leverage
Confrontation
Intervention
Relapse and Recovery
Early Stage versus Later Stage Relapse
Therapist versus Patient's Contribution to Relapse
Later Stage Relapses
Relapse Prevention
Chapter 14. Inpatient Groups and Middle Stage Treatment
Yalom's Recommendations for Inpatient Groups
Composition of Inpatient Groups
Yalom's Strategies and Techniques of Leadership
Agenda Rounds
Difficulties with Agenda Rounds
The Special Circumstances of Inpatient Therapy Groups Within the Hospital
Leader's Transparency About Alcohol and Drug Use
The Group Contract
Simultaneous Membership in Other Groups
The Special Problems of Confidentiality on an Inpatient Unit
Active Outreach
Group Members Who Relapse and Come to Group
Attending Group Under the Influence
Summary Recommendations for Inpatient Group Therapy
Chapter 15. Late Stage Group Treatment: Conflict, Repair, and Reunion
Paradigm Shift
The Concurrent Treatment of Addiction and Character Pathology
Later Stage Treatment Strategies
Yalom's Model and Self-Psychology
Treatment of Internal Structure Deficits
Treatment of Introjections
Later Stage Treatment: Conflict, Repair, and Reunion
Attachment, Addiction, and the Working Alliance
Research and the Therapeutic Alliance
The Alliance: What Is it and Why Is it Important?
Attachment, the Alliance, and Negative Process
Chapter 16. Transference in Groups
Definition of Transference
Transference Possibilities in Group
Modifications of Transference Distortions in Groups
Types of Transference in Groups
Common Types of Acting Out Transference
Abuse of Transference
Countertransference
Projective Identification
Pathways for Psychological Change
Addiction and Countertransference
Chapter 17. Resistance in Group
Resistance: A Definition
Group Resistance and the Work of Wilfred Bion
The Leader's Influence on Basic Assumptions
Resistance to Intimacy in Groups
Resistance to Immediacy
Resistance to Feelings in Group
Special Considerations of Resistance to Addiction
The Group Leader's Effect on Group Resistance
Chapter 18. The Curative Process in Group Therapy
Yalom's Curative Factors
Curative Factors in Group
Existential Factors
Curative Factors in AA
Curative Factors Operating in Different Types of Therapy Groups
Mechanisms of Change and Cure in Group Therapy
The Curative Process
Working Through with the Addicted Patient
Stages of Cure in a Therapy Group
Addiction and Goals of Termination
Conclusion
References
Index

Echinacea or Yoga

Echinacea: Nature's Immune Enhancer

Author: Steven Foster

The plant group Echinacea (common name, purple coneflower) is known as a non-specific stimulant to the immune system. A native of this continent, it was highly valued in Native American medicine, where it had more applications than any other plant. Today, research shows clear scientific reasons for its effectiveness. Foster, a widely respected herbalist, provides both a contemporary and historical look at this important herb and its healing properties, and makes a plea for conserving and protecting it in the wild.

A portion of the author's proceeds will go to support Echinacea conservation efforts at the Ozark Beneficial Plant Project in Brixey, Missouri.

Table of Contents:

Nature's Immune Enhancer

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Universal Remedy of the Plains Indians
2. From Nostrum to Specific Medicine
3. Medicinal Uses of Echinacea by Eclectic Physicians
4. Modern Research and Future Potential
5. Preparations: Past and Present
6. Safety: Risks vs. Benefits
7. On the Farm and in the Garden: Cultivating Echinacea
8. Is It Echinacea? Substitutions and Adulteration
9. A Natural Insecticide for the Future?
10. Chemical Constituents
11. The Evolution of a Name: Wanderings in Taxonomic History
12. Characteristics of the Genus Echinacea: The Botanist's View
13. The Species : Identification and Distribution
14. The Need for Conservation: Is Time Running Short?
Plant and Seed Sources
Bibliography
Index

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Yoga: Mastering the Secrets of Matter and the Universe

Author: Alain Dani lou

Based on original Sanskrit sources, this book gives an authentic account of the methods of yoga in its different forms, including the challenging "left-hand" paths, as well as practices best suited to Western students.

Live Now Age Later or Boost Your Heart Health

Live Now, Age Later: Proven Ways to Slow Down the Clock

Author: Isadore Rosenfeld

This #1 national bestseller gives you the lowdown on aging, uplifting news on medical breakthroughs, and practical ways to shoot your quality of life to the moon. Dr. Rosenfeld-trusted physician, medical columnist for Parade, and seven-time bestselling author-provides the information you need to slow down Father Time and stay as youthful as you possibly can. Learn how to help:

1. Prevent cataracts and macular degeneration with proper diet-and a little wine
2. Maintain a healthy sex drive and the ability to satisfy it-the latest on hormone replacement therapy and Viagra
3. Preempt Alzheimer's disease and senility with the appropriate vitamins, herbs, and prescription drugs, including-believe it or not-painkillers
4. Avoid hardening and blocking of the arteries with the proper lifestyle and proven medication
5. Keep your skin young and, if you're a man, your prostate small with conventional and not-so-conventional approaches

...and much more!

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Boost Your Heart Health: Vital Ways to Nurture Your Most Vital Organ (52 Brilliant Ideas Series)

Author: Ruth Chambers

52 ways to strengthen your heart-for life.

Heart disease and stroke are some of the leading causes of death in this country-and they can affect anyone. Dr. Ruth Chambers reveals 52 practical strategies for keeping hearts strong, healthy, and happy.

Drink to Your Health or Asthma Survival

Drink to Your Health: Delicious, Easy-to-Prepare Juices, Smoothies, Teas, Soups and Other Beverages

Author: Anita Hirsch

As juice bars open across the U.S., the concept of healthy beverages is reaching more people than ever. Drink to Your Health offers over 125 vitamin- and mineral-packed recipes for both hot and cold beverages, including juices, smoothies, shakes, teas, infusions, soups, and more. Specifically formulated to help address - and possibly prevent - 40 ailments, from colds, headaches, and stress to cancer, HIV, and heart disease, the recipes include Tomato Veggie Powerhouse, Frosty Apricot Mint Cooler, and, of course, Classic Chicken Soup. Many recipes can be prepared with nothing more complicated than a hand whisk or long-handled spoon.

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Asthma Survival: The Holistic Medical Treatment Program for Asthma

Author: Robert S Ivker

Modeled directly on the bestselling Sinus Survival, here is the most integrative, complete asthma-relief guide available today.

Here's why asthma sufferers can't afford to be without Asthma Survival:

• It features a Quick Fix, fast-start program. The Quick Fix allows the reader to begin the most important aspects of the program immediately without having to read the whole book.
  
• It is one of the only books to address the huge overlap of allergies (90 percent of asthmatics have them) and sinusitis (nearly 70 percent of asthmatics have them).
  
• It provides specific, integrated instructions for a dietary supplement plan.
  
• It lays out its New Life Eating Plan as one of the most profound ways to slow the disease.
  
• It gives a balanced, comprehensive approach to herbal choices that are most accepted within the holistic medical community.
  
• It offers a simple, powerful introduction to the most important breathing exercises.
  
• It offers the only book to propose a unified theory of emotional causes of this disease based on worldwide trends and statistics of familial patterns
  

Author Biography: Robert S. Ivker, D.O., is an assistant clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine and a clinical instructor in the Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and past-president of the American Holistic Medical Association.

Todd H. Nelson, N.D., is a widely recognized naturopathic physician and the director of the Tree of Life Wellness Center in Colorado

Table of Contents:

	Introduction	1
1.	The Asthma Quick Fix	10
2.	What Is Asthma? What Causes It? How Does Conventional Medicine Treat It?	25
	Risk Factors and Causes	29
	Conventional Medical Treatment	38
	NHLBI Classification of Asthma Severity and Pharmacological Treatment	43
3.	Holistic Health: The Thriving Self-Test	48
4.	Healing Your Body	57
	Holistic Medical Treatment and Prevention	59
	Symptom Treatment	61
	Physical and Environmental Health Recommendations for Asthma	64
	Air and Breathing	64
	Water, Moisture, and Nasal Hygiene	91
	Candida and Fungus	102
	Diet for Optimal Health: New Life Eating Plan (NLEP)	140
	Nutritional Supplements--Vitamins, Minerals, and Herbs	158
	Professional Care Therapies	188
	Exercise and Rest	189
	Summary	202
5.	Healing Your Mind	204
	The Body--Mind Connection	207
	Play/Passion, Meaning/Purpose	209
	Psychotherapy	210
	Beliefs, Attitudes, Goals, and Affirmations	211
	Emotional Causes of Asthma	224
	Guided Imagery and Visualization	229
	Optimism and Humor	234
	Emotional Health	236
	Breathwork and Meditation	241
	Dealing with Anger	244
	Dreamwork and Journaling	246
	Work and Play	250
	Summary	252
6.	Healing Your Spirit	254
	Accessing Spirit	255
	Are We Spiritual Beings? The Near-Death Experience	256
	Prayer	258
	Gratitude	260
	Meditation	263
	Intuition	265
	Spiritual Counselors	266
	Spiritual Practices	267
	Social Health	271
	Intimacy--Communication, Recreation, Touch	272
	Committed Relationships and Marriage	272
	Touch	276
	Sex	279
	Parenting	280
	Forgiveness	282
	Friendship	284
	Selfless Acts and Altruism	285
	Support Groups	287
	Summary	288
7.	Asthma Survival Success Story	289
	Appendix	297
	References	311
	Resource Guide	321
	Product Index	331

Within the Wall of Denial or The Psychobiology of Mind Body Healing

Within the Wall of Denial: Conquering Addictive Behaviors

Author: Robert J Kearney

Denial is a natural process, a form of self-protection. It is a wall built layer by layer to shelter us from pain and frightful truths. It is a psychological defense that is as normal as flinching. Within the Wall of Denial shows how this valuable, instinctive reaction can become rigid and maladaptive. Retreat behind its protection can isolate people in their pain, alienate those around them, and facilitate the development of diseases, from addiction to heart disease. It precludes seeking professional help and thus blocks early diagnosis and treatment. It contributes to treatment failure and sets up the newly recovering addict to relapse. Those who suffer from such disorders retreat behind their wall of denial, and thus often seem unaware of the chaos around them. They behave as if there is no problem; they minimize it, make excuses, or just seem unwilling or unable to take effective action. The people who love and depend on them begin to need protection; they build walls of their own. Their "enabling" or "co-dependent" behavior is also addressed in this book. Kearney presents a fresh perspective on the nature and function of denial. He describes each layer in the wall of denial, including denial of fact, implications, change, and finally denial of feelings, in language so remarkably clear that the reader can quickly realize what it is like to be on either side. He then offers an innovative approach for working with people caught in denial that bridges the contrasting techniques of confrontation and support. Empathic and tough, Kearney demonstrates how to gain clients' trust so that the wall of denial can be dismantled layer by layer.

Booknews

Describes denial as a valuable instinctive reaction that can become maladaptive, details different types and layers of denial, such as denial of facts, implications, and feelings, and offers an innovative approach for reaching people in denial that combines the contrasting techniques of confrontation and support. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
1	What is Denial?	1
2	The Layers of Denial	12
3	Anxiety: Pressure Against the Wall of Denial	27
4	Successful Treatment of Denial	59
5	Joining the Client Within the Wall of Denial	114
6	Rapport and the Helping Relationship: Intravention Behind the Wall of Denial	144
7	Addiction and Loss: Grieving and Recovery	179
	References	209
	Index	211

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The Psychobiology of Mind-Body Healing

Author: Ernest Lawrence Rossi

'In this new edition Ernest Rossi continues to explore, synthesize, and integrate findings in the area of mind-body healing, not only across disciplines, but across time.

Booknews

Rossi brings together new evidence from psychoneuroimmunology, neuroendocrinology, molecular genetics, and neurobiology to show that there is no gap between mind and body, and outlines in a series of teaching tutorials a dozen new approaches to mind-body healing. Many of these utilize the ultradian healing response, based on the body's natural 90-minute psychobiological rhythms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants or Complete Guide to Alzheimers Proofing Your Home

Field Guide to Medicinal Wild Plants

Author: Bradford Angier

From amaranth to yucca, complete information for identifying over a hundred native plants and their traditional medicinal uses.

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Complete Guide to Alzheimer's-Proofing Your Home

Author: Mark L Warner

Written by a practicing architect and gerontologist, The Complete Guide to Alzheimer's-Proofing Your Home shows you how to create a home environment that will help you cope with the many difficulties associated with Alzheimer's. This unique book is divided into two sections to provide the most thorough coverage available. Section One deals with interior and exterior spaces individually, providing key information on how to ensure that the Alzheimer's patient will be safe and secure. Section Two gives a detailed list of potential problems related to Alzheimer's and practical information on how to cope with those problems in the home setting.

Booknews

Warner, an architect and gerontologist, illustrates how to create a home environment that helps caretakers cope with the problems evolving around space associated with Alzheimer's and related dementia. Chapters focus on issues such as safety in the kitchen, outdoor environments, wandering, incontinence, and access limitation. Specific products are described and manufacturers are listed to make locating a particular product simple. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: About Alzheimer's Disease	1
Ch. 1	Preparing Your Home	9
Ch. 2	Thinking-Related Issues	83
Ch. 3	Behavioral Problems	129
Ch. 4	Activities of Daily Living	159
Ch. 5	Wandering	199
Ch. 6	Access Denial	251
Ch. 7	Incontinence	279
Ch. 8	Mobility	301
Ch. 9	Safety	355
	Products and Manufacturers	401
	Appendix: Stages of Decline with Alzheimer's Disease	441
	Glossary	444
	Suggested Reading	455
	Index	461

Making It Better or Stepping Stones to Recovery

Making It Better

Author: Barbara Oehlberg

Today's children deal with stress, trauma, and violence. Oehlberg offers information about how these difficult times affect children physically and emotionally. More than 70 activities engage children in self-healing, empathy, and empowerment.

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Stepping Stones to Recovery

Author: Bill Pittman

An important resource that highlights the rewards recovery offers. This bestseller comes from the "group conscience" of members of the A. A. fellowship and is recommended reading for patients in many substance abuse treatment centers as well as alcoholism counselor training courses.

Multiple Sclerosis or Aromatherapy Solutions

Multiple Sclerosis: The Facts You Need

Author: Paul OConnor

Praise for the first edition:

"Well-conceived and written volume.... Great sensitivity to the realities of dealing with MS and gives straightforward information about outcomes and expectations."

-- Science Books and Films

Multiple sclerosis strikes one in a thousand North Americans, usually in early adulthood, just as they are building careers and starting families. Because the disease involves the central nervous system, the effects are wide-ranging and difficult to predict.

Multiple Sclerosis is a fact-filled comprehensive guide to living with MS, supported by diagrams, case histories, a drug table and an extensive list of helpful books and organizations.

This updated edition features new drugs and therapies. Topics include:

• What MS is, and who suffers from it


• How MS is diagnosed as possible, probable or definite


• Why the disease affects different people in different ways


• Differences between relapsing-remitting MS and progressive MS


• Adapting homes, careers and lifestyles to cope with the disease


• Treatments currently available.
  

Combining current and authoritative medical advice and practical hands-on tips, Multiple Sclerosis is an invaluable guide for anyone affected by this complex disease.

Science Books and Films - Jeffrey S. Fedan

I attempted to read this medically authoritative book as if I was afflicted with MS, and I think I can project that every question I might ask is answered in the well-conceived and -written volume ... The book is written with great sensitivity to the realities of dealing with MS and gives straightforward information about outcomes and expectations. Of particular usefulness are sections on how to make changes to one's lifestyle that will minimize the disease's effects, on how to deal with the social impact of MS on families and friends, and on strategies for reconciling the consequences of the ailment in the workplace. In addition, the book features lists of useful drugs (useless therapies are debunked), an excellent glossary, and a listing of MS support organizations in the United States and Canada to which a patient can turn for additional resources.

Vijaya K. Patil

This book provides a comprehensive source of information for patients with multiple sclerosis, their families, and people involved in their care. It provides medical advice and practical hands-on tips, and helps them to learn more about the disease. It helps to strike a balance between the interests and needs of the patients and their caregivers. The purpose is to help families experiencing multiple sclerosis learn more about the disease and its attendant problems such as diagnosis, available treatments, and future trends. It offers advice to strengthen coping skills and deal with the various issues in a positive, rewarding manner. These are worthy objectives and the book meets them. This book, according to the author, is intended mainly for anyone affected, directly or indirectly, by multiple sclerosis. I, however, feel that this book is helpful not only for the families experiencing multiple sclerosis, but also for the healthcare professionals who come in contact with these patients. The table of contents is adequate, dealing with almost all important issues of multiple sclerosis. This book, with its good print, easy to understand language, diagrams, case histories, drug table, resource information, and additional reading lists, is bound to make a favorable impression on its readers. This is an invaluable guide for anyone affected by multiple sclerosis. It provides good insight into the disease process and discusses available treatment in a lucid manner. The case histories, well illustrated simple diagrams, and the drug table are the highlights of this book. The emphasis on the clinical presentation and medical management of multiple sclerosis distinguishes this book from Kalb'sMultiple Sclerosis: A Guide for Families (Demos Medical Publishing, Inc, 1998).

Doody Review Services

Reviewer: Vijaya Patil, MD (University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine)
Description: This book provides a comprehensive source of information for patients with multiple sclerosis, their families, and people involved in their care. It provides medical advice and practical hands-on tips, and helps them to learn more about the disease. It helps to strike a balance between the interests and needs of the patients and their caregivers.
Purpose: The purpose is to help families experiencing multiple sclerosis learn more about the disease and its attendant problems such as diagnosis, available treatments, and future trends. It offers advice to strengthen coping skills and deal with the various issues in a positive, rewarding manner. These are worthy objectives and the book meets them.
Audience: This book, according to the author, is intended mainly for anyone affected, directly or indirectly, by multiple sclerosis. I, however, feel that this book is helpful not only for the families experiencing multiple sclerosis, but also for the healthcare professionals who come in contact with these patients.
Features: The table of contents is adequate, dealing with almost all important issues of multiple sclerosis. This book, with its good print, easy to understand language, diagrams, case histories, drug table, resource information, and additional reading lists, is bound to make a favorable impression on its readers.
Assessment: This is an invaluable guide for anyone affected by multiple sclerosis. It provides good insight into the disease process and discusses available treatment in a lucid manner. The case histories, well illustrated simple diagrams, and the drug table are the highlights of this book. The emphasis on the clinical presentation and medical management of multiple sclerosis distinguishes this book from Kalb's Multiple Sclerosis: A Guide for Families (Demos Medical Publishing, Inc, 1998).

Library Journal

OConnor, who has treated multiple sclerosis (MS) patients for over 15 years, presents an authoritative, reliable, up-to-date overview of this disease and its treatment. He discusses technical information in an understandable style; for instance, when describing the nervous system, he writes, Think of billions of interconnected electrical wires creating a system of linkages of unimaginable complexity. The human nervous system is exactly that. Besides being very readable, the book is up-to-date regarding the newest therapies (including alternative treatments) used to treat MS. OConnor explains how to cope with its symptoms (fatigue, numbness, shaking, tremors) and includes a drug chart, a glossary of terms, and a list of support organizations. Other titles on the topic, such as David Carroll and Jon Dudley Dormans Living Well with MS (LJ 5/15/93), are helpful but somewhat dated. OConnors is the ideal book for the newly diagnosed MS patient, family members, and other interested readers. Highly recommended for all general collections.Mary J. Nickum, Bozeman, MT

Rating

3 Stars from Doody

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Aromatherapy Solutions: Essential Oils to Lift the Mind, Body and Spirit

Author: Veronica Sibley

The natural power of aromatherapy can revitalize body and spirit--which is why it has become one of the most popular complementary therapies. Take advantage of its unique healing potential with this beautifully photographed guide, now available in this smaller, handier format. Here is complete guidance on blending the oils and choosing the right ones to relieve a wide range of physical and emotional symptoms, from colds to digestive disorders, from skin breakouts to anxiety. An illustrated full-body massage sequence practically guides your hand, stroke by stroke, through a sensual massage. There are also massages meant for babies and children, and to aid relaxation. For quick reference, a directory sets out the properties of all the recommended essential and carrier oils.

Active Female or Inciensos Aceites E Infusiones

Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan

Author: Jacalyn J McComb

The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan investigates the growing and ever–changing health issues for girls and women who lead an active lifestyle and participate in sports and exercise. Easy to read, the volume provides an educational foundation for understanding how disordered eating, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis can be interrelated while also looking at image disorders and reproductive health. Written by world leaders in the field, chapters detail effective nutrition and safe exercise techniques while also discussing female psychological and physiological characteristics.

Informative and comprehensive, The Active Female: Health Issues Throughout the Lifespan is an essential, practical reference for the educated professional who seeks a basic understanding of some of the more common issues active females confront.

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Inciensos, Aceites, e Infusiones: Recetario m?gico

Author: Scott Cunningham

For millennia our ancestors sipped or sprinkled brews to ward off negativity ... rubbed precious ointments onto their bodies to effect magical transformations ... and threw fragrant barks and woods onto hot coals to release their powers. This book gives you the recipes for these little-known methods of magical cookery. Whether you want to create a fragrant incense to drive off evil spirits, a delicious brew to arouse your lover's passions, or a scented oil to attract fast money, The Complete Book of Incense, Oils & Brews has the instructions you need to stir up some powerful magic on your own.

Constructive Awareness or The Art of Midlife

Constructive Awareness: Alexander Technique and the Spiritual Quest

Author: Daniel McGowan

Here is water in the desert of theory for many seekers - how to use the body's "here-and-now" to enhance spiritual awareness. McGowan shows how a proper head-neck-back relationship heightens our moment-to-moment awareness of the unity of mind-body-world, developing a pain-free body as a springboard for attaining high spiritual aspirations. The result is a solid, vitalizing basis for combining inner freedom and effective altruistic action in the everyday world.

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The Art of Midlife: Courage and Creative Living for Women

Author: Linda N Edelstein

The subject of midlife has been dominated by the woes of aging--menopause, divorce, hormone replacement therapies, aging parents, and fleeing children. Now a broad-ranging new work by clinical psychologist Linda N. Edelstein, Ph.D., The Art of Midlife, describes the freedom and authenticity that can be made a cornerstone of the middle years. She describes three healthy and predictable phases. First, women relinquish old ways, untying themselves from the past and mourning the losses of youth and its illusions. By placing less emphasis on the needs of others, women can live more creatively and enjoy the present. The women Dr. Edelstein studied have been able to move to the next step, in which they reconnect to themselves. They regain their authentic voices, simplify life, and allow long buried aspects of themselves to emerge. Finally, women refocus their futures. With courage, they embrace new people, ideas, activities, and work--and pursue adult dreams regardless of external rewards.

Library Journal

Although much has been written about midlife and the psychological changes that happen with it, most of what is published has focused on studies of men. Edelstein, a clinical psychologist, here focuses exclusively on women. Although somewhat aimed at the self-help crowd, this book is a more serious look at the psychology of midlife and how women have successfully dealt with it. The book is divided into three parts--"Relinquish the Old," "Reconnect to the Self," and "Refocus the Future"--and uses interviews with women who have creatively and happily moved into the second half of their lives by relinquishing, reconnecting, and refocusing. This book will be disappointing to readers looking for a quick fix but will enlighten those interested in learning more about this stage of a woman's life.--Elizabeth Caulfield Felt, Washington State Univ. Lib., Pullman Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

Booknews

A clinical psychologist shifts the focus of women's midlife from such horrors as menopause and empty nests to the freedom and authority that is possible. She identifies three healthy and predictable phases: relinquishing and mourning old ways, regaining authentic voices and simplified lives, and refocusing the future to embrace long-buried aspects and new people and goals. Distributed in the US by Greenwood Press. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Relinquish the Old	5
1	"Freedom Is Daily, Prose-Bound, Routine Remembering": An Overview of Midlife Creativity	7
2	"The Terrible Weight of All This Unused Life": Relinquish the Old	17
3	"Glowing Coals under Grey Ashes": Midlife	31
4	"First It Was in Black and White, and Then It Was in Color": Creativity and Insight	49
Pt. II	Reconnect to the Self	71
5	"She Must Braid Us All Together": The Psychology of Women	73
6	"I Am Her Only Novel": Relationships with Parents and Their Dreams for Us	91
7	"There's Still So Much I'd Like to See": How We Are Formed by Social Forces	99
8	"Once You Are Real You Can't Be Ugly": Authenticity	111
9	"Finding a Fortune in the Lining of an Old Coat": Aggression and Creativity	125
10	"The Long Meandering Fingers of Ice Will Thicken": Problems in Creative Living	143
Pt. III	Refocus the Future	159
11	"Life Shrinks or Expands in Proportion to One's Courage": Finding Courage	163
12	"Don't Dream It, Be It": Turning Points	171
13	"I Have a Brain and a Uterus and I Use Both": Women and Work	181
14	"Let the Beauty You Love Be What You Do": Achievements and Dreams	191
	Epilogue	201
	Bibliography	203
	Index	211

The Fiber35 Diet or Behavioral Interventions for Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

The Fiber35 Diet: Nature's Weight Loss Secret

Author: Brenda Watson

Today, Americans eat processed foods from the supermarket, or foods from fast food restaurants we drive by on the way home. We used to eat a fiber-rich diet fresh from the fields (fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes), we now eat food from a box; that is, processed food that has processed the fiber right out of our diets. The result: an epidemic of obesity that causes most of the common diseases of our time.

The Fiber35 Diet focuses on the magic of 35 grams of fiber per day as the key nutritional measure for losing weight. This is unlike low-carb, high protein, and low-fat diet books. This diet is based on the only scientifically irrefutable way that is clinically proven to reduce weight—Caloric Restriction. Most important, this book corrects one of the dangerous nutritional falsehoods that most Americans now believe—that carbs are bad. Carbs are an important source of nutrition for us—coming from fruit, vegetables, and other sources.

The Fiber35 Diet provides a weight loss solution that helps you shed pounds and is clinically proven to reduce the risk for all of the contemporary diseases that end life prematurely. Even though much is known about the healthy benefits of fiber, only recently have large food manufacturers, nutrition experts, and the media started paying more attention to it.

Fiber packs a four-part weight loss formula:

1. Fiber curbs your appetite, helping you reduce calories
2. Fiber actually eliminates calories from the food you eat
3. Fiber-rich foods are low-energy density foods.
4. Fiber slows down your body's carbohydrate conversion to sugar, which supports blood glucose stability that helps you lost weight

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Behavioral Interventions for Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Author: Sevgi O Aral

Before AIDS, the role of behavioral interventions in preventing transmission of sexually transmitted diseases was acknowledged in text books and journals but rarely promoted effectively in public health practice. Informed by a comprehensive knowledge of behavioral theory, intervention methods, and affected populations, the authors of this important book examine the central role of behavioral interventions in combating STDs. The book addresses the complexities and social contexts of human behaviors which spread STDs, the cultural barriers to STD education (ranging from conservative mores to "stay out of my bedroom" libertarianism), and the sociopolitical nuances surrounding treatment. Over forty contributors offer a practical appraisal of what is being done now and what can be improved, such as: an overview of current behavioral and biomedical interventions for STD prevention and control, a discussion of what works for individuals, groups, and communities, up to date thinking about such traditional prevention approaches as partner notification and health care seeking, STD prevention strategies with high-risk populations, including drug users, gay men, teenagers, incarcerated persons, and persons with repeat infections, the state of prevention technology: condoms, vaccines, the Internet, ethical, economic, and policy issues in STD prevention, applying intervention models to real-world situations, guidelines for program evaluation and improvement.

As STDs and AIDS remain top priorities for public health and private sector practitioners, researchers, and educators, "Behavioral Interventions for Prevention and Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases' gives along-neglected field the attention it deserves. This authoritative resource is sure to influence public health practice and policy in an ever-evolving social climate.

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Reviewer:Ameeta E. Singh, BMBS, MSc(University of Alberta)
Description:This is a comprehensive review of behavioral theory and intervention methods pertaining to STDs.
Purpose:The chapters provide an overview of behavioral and biomedical interventions necessary for STDs, providing important insights into this long neglected aspect of STD prevention and control.
Audience:The book targets public health students and practitioners in addition to clinicians involved in STD/HIV management. The coeditors and chapter authors are established experts in their respective fields.
Features:It presents an overview of behavioral and biomedical interventions for STD prevention and control, traditional and novel approaches to partner notification, and strategies in at-risk populations. Ethical, economic, and policy issues are also addressed and finally, practical models are suggested with the use of specific examples to aid program development, implementation and evaluation. Extensive referencing is used throughout.
Assessment:This book will provide invaluable insights into traditional and new ways to implement and evaluate STD prevention and control measures at the individual, community, and population levels.

Table of Contents:

Foreword     v
Introduction     ix
About the Editors     xxi
Contributors     xxvii
Overview Chapters: Behavioral Interventions
History of Behavioral Interventions in STD Control   Laura J. McGough   H. Hunter Handsfield     3
Behavioral Interventions for STDs: Theoretical Models and Intervention Methods   Janet S. St. Lawrence   J. Dennis Fortenberry     23
Biomedical Interventions   Stuart Berman   Mary L. Kamb     60
Intervention Approaches
Dyadic, Small Group, and Community-Level Behavioral Interventions for STD/HIV Prevention   Donna Hubbard McCree   Agatha Eke   Samantha P. Williams     105
Structural Interventions   Frederick R. Bloom   Deborah A. Cohen     125
STD Prevention Communication: Using Social Marketing Techniques with an Eye on Behavioral Change   Miriam Y. Vega   Khalil G. Ghanem     142
Partner Notification and Management Interventions   Matthew Hogben   Devon D. Brewer   Matthew R. Golden     170
Interventions in Sexual Health Care-Seeking and Provision at Multiple Levels of the U.S. Health Care System   Matthew Hogben   Lydia A. Shrier     190
Use of the Internet inSTD/HIV Prevention   Mary McFarlane   Sheana S. Bull     214
Male Condoms   Lee Warner   Katherine M. Stone     232
STI Vaccines: Status of Development, Potential Impact, and Important Factors for Implementation   Nicole Liddon   Gregory D. Zimet   Lawrence R. Stanberry     248
Interventions by Population
Behavioral Interventions for Prevention and Control of STDs Among Adolescents   Kathleen A. Ethier   Donald P. Orr     277
Biological and Behavioral Risk Factors Associated with STDs/HIV in Women: Implications for Behavioral Interventions   Donna Hubbard McCree   Anne M. Rompalo     310
STD Prevention with Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States   Kevin A. Fenton   Frederick R. Bloom     325
STD Repeaters: Implications for the Individual and STD Transmission in a Population   Jami S. Leichliter   Jonathan M. Ellen   Robert A. Gunn     354
Looking Inside and Affecting the Outside: Corrections-Based Interventions for STD Prevention   Samantha P. Williams   Richard H. Kahn     374
STDs Among Illicit Drug Users in the United States: The Need for Interventions   Salaam Semaan   Don C. Des Jarlais   Robert M. Malow     397
Understanding Methods
Quantitative Measurement   Mary McFarlane   Janet S. St. Lawrence     433
Qualitative Methods   Pamina M. Gorbach   Jerome Galea     447
From Data to Action: Integrating Program Evaluation and Program Improvement   Thomas J. Chapel   Kim Seechuk     466
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis   Thomas L. Gift   Jeanne Marrazzo     482
From Best Practices to Better Practice: Adopting Model Behavioral Interventions in the Real World of STD/HIV Prevention   Cornelis A. Rietmeijer   Alice A. Gandelman     500
Ethical and Policy Issues
The Ethics of Public Health Practice for the Prevention and Control of STDs   Salaam Semaan   Mary Leinhos     517
Policy and Behavioral Interventions for STDs   Jonathan M. Zenilman     549
Index     569

The Irritable Bowel Syndrome SourceBook or Drink Up

The Irritable Bowel Syndrome SourceBook

Author: Laura OHar

The Irritable Bowel Syndrome Sourcebook is a guide to taking control of this debilitating condition--from creating a journal, to tracking IBS triggers (food, drink, and stress), to finding the right diet and exercise to counteract the condition. You will also learn how alternative therapies may be helpful and how simple stress relievers can improve your daily life.

Laura O'Hare has cowritten several books. She also writes for the stage, screen, and television.

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Drink Up!: A Recovery Road Less Traveled

Author: Kathleen S

By the age of 56, Kathleen S had tried just about everything to quit drinking. Nothing worked. A binge drinker who felt she was already living on borrowed time (two of her brothers died of addiction-related causes in their 40s), her life and health were rapidly breaking down. Then one day she heard a radio advertisement for a treatment program that promised to take away her cravings forever. Much of the addiction treatment in the United States is based on AA attendance and working a twelve-step program. AA is often looked at by physicians, insurance companies, and especially members themselves as the only legitimate form of recovery from substance abuse. This book describes another program, one that advertises a 72% cure rate. THE LITTLE HOSPITAL THAT COULD "This book says it all. Staying sober has been a piece of cake for me since Schick Shadel." -- Chet "Kathy's description of the treatment is right on, and I should know, being a former patient and 20-year graduate of the program. I laughed and cried along with her, and share her joy in her new, alcohol-free life." -- Pat O'Day, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Broadcaster, concert promoter, businessman "I am glad that one of our patients, Kathleen S, wrote a book about the treatment from the patient's perspective. This book is written factually, with warmth and humor. I hope it will encourage others to give up their addiction and regain their lives again." --James W. Smith, M.D., Chief of Staff, Schick Shadel Hospital

Veg Out Vegetarian Guide to Washington DC or Renew Your Life

Veg Out Vegetarian Guide to Washington D.C.

Author: Andrew Evans

VegOut Vegetarian Guide to Washington D.C.

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"Finally a dining guide to meet the needs of vegetarians, vegans, and veg-friendly people! This excellent guide leaves us hungry for editions targeting other regions of the country." -Susan Tauster, Group Publisher Vegetarian Times

"This guide is just what the health-conscious person needs when dining out." -John McDougall, M.D., founder of The McDougall Wellness Center

". . . the definitive resource for finding restaurants, salad bars, farmers markets, grocers and cafes that specialize in vegetarian or even the more strict vegan cuisine." -USA Today

"I am a big believer in the value of nutrition and a good, healthy diet. This guide is a great service." -Bill Walton, Named One of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History

About the Author

Andrew Evans is a freelance travel writer who wrote the first full-length guide to the Ukraine and is doing a forthcoming guide to Kiev, both published by Bradt Travel Guides. When not on the road, he lives and works in downtown Washington, D.C. and is an amateur cook and photographer. Andrew has been a vegetarian for the past five years.

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Table of Contents:

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

About This Book

Restaurants

Adams Morgan

Capitol Hill

Downtown

Dupont Circle

Georgetown

14th and U

Uptown

Woodley

Maryland

Virginia

Resources

Delivery Services

Juice Bars

Farmers' Markets

Green Grocers

Catering

Indexes

Alphabetical Index

Atmosphere Index

Cuisine Index

Top Ten Index

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Renew Your Life: Improved Digestion and Detoxification

Author: Brenda Watson

Renew Your Life directly addresses digestive health and disease by offering easy-to-understand solutions and life modifications to achieve more energy, better mental clarity, fewer toxins, an improved diet and ideal weight.

Taiji Chin Na or Panic Attacks

Taiji Chin Na

Author: Jwing Ming Yang

The exploration of these hidden Chin Na techniques return to Taiji its lost martial essence.

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Panic Attacks: A Natural Approach

Author: Shirley Trickett

Millions of people regularly experience the breathlessness, chest pains, sweating, and irrational fears that characterize panic attacks. Shirley Trickett has updated her authoritative book to include the most recent theories about this problem. She offers a complete mind/body treatment not provided by traditional therapies.

Organ Transplants or Fitness and Wellness

Organ Transplants: A Survival Guide for the Entire Family: The Ultimate Teen Guide

Author: Tina P Schwartz

Unlike any other book, this one talks to teens and offers practical advice and suggestions for coping with and surviving the situation when their parent has an organ transplant, or when they are personally facing an organ transplant. It covers how to deal with events that happen before, during, and after the surgery.

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Gr 7 Up-This honest and compassionate resource will help teens cope with the emotional, physical, financial, and planning aspects of the transplant process if it happens to them or to someone in their family. The 13 chapters, written in a question-and-answer format, detail the steps involved from diagnosis and being placed on a waiting list to pre- and post-surgery. Schwartz acknowledges the feelings and emotions that adolescents might be experiencing throughout this process. The author does not sugarcoat the problems of qualifying for transplantations, the seriousness of these surgeries, or possible aftermaths. She weaves the harsh realities with a multitude of heartwarming survivors' stories, including an account of her father's transplant. The well-written text is complemented by a comprehensive section of suggestions for additional information. Average-quality, black-and-white drawings and photos of smiling recipients and donors are scattered throughout. Texts with this breadth of coverage are rare; this book will give young adults hope and courage and let them know that they are not alone.-Carolina Geck, Kean University, Union, NJ Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Fitness and Wellness

Author: Werner WK Hoeger

This concise and inclusive text discusses the health-related physical fitness components you need to cover while also providing beneficial information about wellness. Inside, you'll find discussion of motivation and behavior modification, an outstanding nutrition chapter and a chapter on healthy lifestyles.

Escape or Absolute Beginners Guide to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle

Escape: In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada

Author: Roy Macgregor

We think of the cottage or cabin as a place where we can be our truest, most authentic selves. For those lucky enough to own one, just knowing it awaits can sustain the soul through the workday grind.
In Escape, Roy MacGregor explores the powerful hold the wilderness, and the thought of our place in it, has on our imaginations. He weaves together chapters of personal history, telling of his family’s deep connection to the lakes and forests of central Ontario, and chapters that detail the evolution of the idea of wilderness in Canada and the history of “Cottage Country.” He shows that the Canadian wilderness meant freedom for many early settlers escaping privation and oppression in Europe. It meant a chance to create a paradise on earth to some early Utopians, and it meant a chance to profit from the desperate or gullible, such as at Cannington Manor in Saskatchewan and Brother Twelve’s City of Refuge on Vancouver Island.
In more recent times, the wilderness and the cottage have represented an escape from a technologically driven and hectic civilization – although too often we take the trappings of our urban lives with us to the detriment of our intended refuge. In cottage country, MacGregor suggests, we may be loving our wilderness to death.
This is a thoughtful, evocative, and often moving book about an essential part of the Canadian psyche by one of our best-loved writers.
From the Hardcover edition.

Author Biography: Roy MacGregor’s books of adult non-fiction include the Canadian bestsellers Home Game (with Ken Dryden), The Home Team, shortlisted for the 1996 Governor General’s Award, and A Life in the Bush, which won the prestigious Rutstrum Award as the best book on the wilderness published in North America in 1995-2000. He lives in Kanata, Ontario.
From the Hardcover edition.

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Absolute Beginner's Guide to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle

Author: Nicole Haywood

Get off the scale and get to the bookstore! Absolute Beginner's Guide to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle is your how-to-guide for a way-of-life makeover. Written by registered dietician Nicole Haywood and endorsed by the National Institute for Fitness and Sport, ABG to a Lite and Healthy Lifestyle ignores fad diets and focuses on helping you make the lifestyle changes necessary for successful weight management. The author won't suggest radical changes, either. Instead, she concentrates on showing you how to make daily modifications to your diet and activities to build the foundation for a greater lifestyle change. Get back to the basics and improve your overall health and fitness and achieve long-lasting results!

Table of Contents:

Introduction.

To the Reader.

1. Are You Ready?

    Dimensions of Wellness.

    Assessing Your Readiness.

      Lifestyle Change: Are You Ready?

    Your Current Health Status.

      Personal Health Record.

      Health History.

      Medications and Supplements.

      Weight History.

      Blood and Heart Rate Measurements.

      Other Pertinent Information.

    The Individual Fitness Assessment.

      Cardiorespiratory Fitness.

      Muscular Strength.

      Muscular Endurance.

      Flexibility.

      Body Composition.

2. The Stages of Change–What to Expect.

    Change Is a Process.

    Precontemplation: Who, Me? Change? No Way!

    Contemplation: Maybe I Should Think About It…

    Preparation: I Think I Can, I Think I Can…

      Your Safety Net: Build Your Support System.

      Key to Success: Keep Records.

      Smart Goals.

    Action: Just Do It!

      Managing Lapses.

      Learning from Lapses.

    Maintenance: A Habit Is Formed.

      Accountability and Perspective (Willis’s Story).

3. Uncover the Natural Eater.

    What Is Natural Eating?

    Natural Eating Is Not a Diet.

      Why Do Diets Fail You?

      What Does Work?

      What Is a Healthy Weight?

    Evaluate Your Current Eating Pattern.

      Restrained Eating.

       Chaotic Eating.

      Emotional Eating.

      Natural Eating.

    Respond to Hunger and Respect Natural Boundaries: Taming the Beast.

    Mindfulness: The Art of Eating.

      Know That You Can Eat Again.

      Make Eating a Priority.

      Create a Positive Eating Atmosphere.

      Honor Your Taste Buds.

      Check In with Your Body During the Meal.

    Understand and Meet Your Other Needs.

      Managing Emotional Eating (Gail’s Story).

      Natural Eating Starts Now.

4. Balanced Nutrition.

    Energy Balance: An Enigmatic Equation.

    Macronutrients: Fuel for Working Bodies.

      Carbohydrates: Energy for Muscles and Minds.

      Protein Power.

      The Skinny on Fat.

    Micronutrients Keep the Machine Running Smoothly.

      Vitamins.

      Minerals.

    Water: The Beverage of Champions.

5. Putting It Together–Real Food for Real People.

    What Is a Food Pyramid?

      Great Grains and Other Starches.

       Vital Vegetables.

      Fabulous Fruits.

      Marvelous Milk and More than Acceptable Alternatives.

      Protein Packs a Punch.

      Fats, Oils, Sweets, and “Just for Fun” Foods.

    Making the Most of Your Meals.

      Breakfast.

      Lunch or Dinner.

6. The Savvy Shopper.

    Decoding the Food Label.

      Getting All the Facts–The Nutrition Facts Panel.

      Ingredient List–What’s In Your Food?

      Health Claims.

       Nutrient Content Claims.

    Smart Shopping Tips.

    Navigating Miles of Aisles.

      Produce Department and Juices.

      Meat, Poultry, and Seafood Section.

      Dairy Case.

      Breads/Bagels/Muffins.

      Canned Foods.

      Frozen Foods.

      Condiments, Baking, and Spices.

      Snacks.

      Dry Staples/Packaged Foods.

7. Healthy Eating on the Go.

    The Nature of the Beast.

    Fast Food Follies.

    Fine Dining Reminder–S.T.O.P.

      Slow Down.

      Tame Your Appetite.

      Order Wisely.

      Portion Control.

    Nutrition Tips for Travelers.

      A Note on Air Travel.

8. Health Is a Family Affair.

    Your Role in Feeding a Family.

      Provide Good Food.

      Make Eating Times Pleasant and Predictable.

      Be a Good Role Model.

    Become an Active Family!

      Reduce Sedentary Time.

      Limit Extracurricular Involvement.

      Get Moving!

9. In the Kitchen.

    Keep Food Safe.

      Avoid the Danger Zone.

      Keep a Clean Kitchen.

    Be a Boy Scout.

    Know Your Terms–Cooking Vocabulary.

    Flavor Your Foods Well.

    Modifying Recipes.

      Baker’s Corner.

      Substitutes for Everyday Cooking.

10. Fitness for Every Body.

    Ditch the Excuses and Make It Work for You.

    Make Your Mantra “Move More”.

    Injury Prevention and Damage Control.

      Warming Up, Cooling Down, and Getting Limber.

      Dress for Success–Choosing Shoes and Clothing for Maximum Comfort and Safety.

      The Importance of Progression.

      Treating Injuries with R.I.C.E.

11. Cardiovascular Training–The Foundation of an Exercise Program.

    Cardiovascular Training–What Is It?

      Patience and Persistence Pay Off (Nellie’s Story).

    F Is for Frequency–How Often Should You Train?

    I Is for Intensity–How Hard Should You Train?

      Rating of Perceived Exertion.

      The Talk Test.

    T Is for Time (or Duration)–How Long Should You Train?

    T Is for Type of Activity–Which Exercises Are Right for You?

      There Are No Excuses at 5:30 in the Morning (Jill’s Story).

12. Strength Training 101.

    Why Bother?

      Avoid Muscle Loss.

      Keep Metabolism Elevated.

      Increase Bone Density.

      Reduce Body Fat.

    Terms, Tips, and Tools of the Trade.

    Developing a Strength Training Program.

      Lunge.

      Standing Calf Raise.

      Modified Push-Up.

      Bent Over Row.

      Lateral Raise.

      Tricep Kickback.

      Standing Bicep Curl.

      Prone Lower Back Extension.

      Abdominal Crunch.

    Common Myths and Misconceptions.

13. Exercising at Home and on the Road.

    Building a “Home Gym”.

      A Primer on Home Fitness Equipment.

     Maintaining Motivation.

      Slow and Steady Wins the Race (Marie’s Story).

      Sticking with It.

    Fitness on the Go.

      Sample Home or Travel Resistance Exercises.

A. Worksheets and Additional Resources.

    Blood Lipid Classifications.

    Blood Pressure (BP) Classifications (mm/Hg).

    Fasting Blood Glucose (mg/dL).

    Worksheets.

    Recommended Reading.

Index.

Add 10 Years to Your Life or Hablando de Sexo

Add 10 Years to Your Life

Author: William Campbell Douglass

To add ten years to your life, you need more than just a good doctor. You need to have the right attitude about health and an understanding of the health industry and what it's feeding you. Following the established line on many health issues could make you very sick or worse!Take for instance the cardiologist for the Boston Celtics, Dr. W. Thomas Nessa. At 48, he was the picture of health. He followed the line on nutrition, exercise (he ran the Boston Marathon several times), and medical care. That is, until he dropped dead of a heart attack - the very thing he was trained to prevent.Basically, you've got to take responsibility for your health. In the pages that follow, you'll begin to take the steps necessary to avoid the same fate as Dr. Nessa. And rest assured that, because of the vast amount of misinformation in the health field, we're working hard to provide you with all the "right stuff" to help you live a long, healthy life.Through the years, my newsletters has helped thousands of people achieve dynamic health and what follows is sort of a "best of" my past newsletters. I'm sure you'll find many valuable - and many helpful - items in the pages that follow.We want you to add at least ten years to your life.William Campbell Douglass, MD

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Hablando de Sexo: Para Superar la Impotencia

Author: Mariano Gonzalez

With advice and anecdotes for those who want to overcome fears, settle doubts, and improve self-esteem, this self-help series presents authoritative information about each topic from different points of view.


Con abundantes consejos y anécdotas para aquellos que quieren superar temores, aclarar dudas, y mejorar la autoestima, esta serie de auto-ayuda demuestra que las soluciones no son las mismas para todos. Se presenta información sobre cada tema y diferentes puntos de vista de modo que los lectores pueden—con información—tomar decisiones y sacar conclusiones basados en sus propias necesidades individuales.

Promoting Family Involvement in Long Term Care Settings or Soyfoods Cooking for a Positive Menopause

Promoting Family Involvement in Long-Term Care Settings: A Guide to Programs That Work

Author: Joseph E Gaugler

Put an end to tension-filled interactions between long-term care staff and residents' families with Promoting Family Involvement in Long-Term Care Settings. This innovative new book offers strategies and programs designed to get families involved in formal care settings in constructive, cooperative ways that complement staff and support residents. 

Nine intervention strategies are described in detail from inception to evaluation. Designed and implemented in nursing facilities across the United States, these model programs are replicable and will help facilities
* improve residents' quality of life
* increase effective communication with families
* personalize care
* maintain connections between residents and families
* reduce staff stress levels 
* boost overall facility morale

Written by the programs' creators and facilitators, each chapter functions as a guide to implementation and includes relevant forms, guidelines, and protocols. Challenges of program implementation are discussed and practical recommendations for overcoming obstacles are provided.

Widely versatile, these nine programs can be successfully implemented in adult day services, assisted living facilities, and long-term residential care settings. Useful for direct care staff, supervisors, and administrators, Promoting Family Involvement in Long-Term Care Settings is an invaluable resource for strengthening current relationships between staff, residents, and family members. The book is also equally beneficial in facilitating residents' transitions to long-term care.

Table of Contents:

Chapter 1 The Role of Families in Long-Term Care Settings

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