Healthy Aging or Mindfulness Based Treatment Approaches

Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being

Author: Andrew Weil

Hugely informative, practical, and uplifting. Healthy Aging is infused with the engaging candor and common sense that have made Dr. Andrew Weil our most trusted source on healthy living.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT:

– The Anti-inflammatory Diet: following Dr. Weil's guide to eating right for a healthy lifestyle

– Separating myth from fact about vitamins, herbs, hormones, anti-aging "medicines," and other would-be elixirs of life extension

– Mastering exercise, breathing, and stress-management techniques to benefit your mind and body

– Understanding the science behind the aging process

– Sharing life lessons with your loved ones

Publishers Weekly

America's best-known complementary care physician offers a convincing portrait of aging as a natural part of life that can be active, productive and satisfying. Using the examples of his mother, who died at age 93; centenarians from Okinawa and Sardinia; and myths and legends, Weil (Eating Well for Optimum Health) explores common Western beliefs and attitudes about aging and urges readers to develop healthier perspectives. The 60-year-old author assesses the growing and lucrative field of anti-aging medicine, takes the position that aging is not reversible, and offers many ways for readers to prevent conditions and illnesses that limit mortality and ensure well-being into the later years. He provides scientifically based information on why and how the body ages and advice on key components of good health at every age: exercise, nutrition, vitamins and herbs, and stress-relieving activities. Much of this advice is available in Weil's previous works as well as on his Web site. The real value is Weil's courageous stand, one likely to meet resistance in a culture devoted to external indicators of eternal youth. Refreshingly, Weil embraces the notion, popular in Eastern cultures, that age brings wisdom, peace and prosperity of a different kind. Agent, Richard Pine. (Oct. 18) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Library Journal

In his latest book, Weil (director, Program in Integrative Medicine, Univ. of Arizona; 8 Weeks to Optimum Health) explains the aging process and offers practical guidelines for maintaining good health while growing older. He begins with a discussion of the physiological processes involved before segueing into various antiaging therapies and explaining why they don't work. Using reputable scientific studies as a basis, he provides tools that will help us age well: good nutrition to minimize inflammation, the cause of cardiovascular disease; physical activity; a few well-chosen nutritional supplements; adequate rest and sleep; stress reduction; and a satisfying social and spiritual life. Although this is not groundbreaking information, Weil's inclusion of scientific sources sets his book apart from the glut of antiaging titles, e.g., Michael F. Roizen's The RealAge Makeover: Take Years Off Your Looks and Add Them to Your Life. Highly recommended for public and consumer health libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/05.]-Barbara M. Bibel, Oakland P.L. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

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Mindfulness-Based Treatment Approaches: Clinician's Guide to Evidence Base and Applications

Author: Ruth A Baer

Eastern spiritual traditions have long maintained that mindfulness meditation can improve well-being. More recently, mindfulness-based treatment approaches have been successfully utilized to treat anxiety, depressive relapse, eating disorders, psychosis, and borderline personality disorder. This book discusses the conceptual foundation, implementation, and evidence base for the four best-researched mindfulness treatments: mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
All chapters were written by researchers with extensive clinical experience. Each chapter includes the conceptual rationale for using a mindfulness-based treatment and a review of the relevant evidence base. A detailed case study illustrates how the intervention is implemented in "real life," exploring the clinical and practical issues that may arise and how they can be managed. This book will be of use to clinicians and researchers interested in understanding and implementing mindfulness based treatments.

Table of Contents:

1	Overview of mindfulness- and acceptance-based treatment approaches
2	Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for prevention of depressive relapse
3	Incorporation mindfulness- and acceptance-based strategies in the treatment of generalized anxiety disorder
4	Mindfulness-based approaches to eating disorders
5	Acceptance, mindfulness, values, and psychosis : applying acceptance and commitment therapy (act) to the chronically mentally ill
6	Mindfulness in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder
7	Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for children
8	Mindfulness in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for adolescents
9	"Like waking up from a dream" : mindfulness training for older people with anxiety and depression
10	Mindfulness and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) : application with depressed older adults with personality disorders
11	Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) as an intervention for cancer patients
12	Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) with Spanish- and English-speaking inner-city medical patients
13	Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in the treatment of chronic pain
14	Mindfulness-based relationship enhancement (MBRE) in couples
15	Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) : a mindfulness-based treatment for intimate partner violence
16	Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in a worksite wellness program
17	Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) in the workplace