L’Abate, Luciano
Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health
Part 1. Introduction
1. Low-Cost Approaches to Promote Physical and Mental Health
Luciano L’Abate
Part 2. Primary Interventions: Nutritional Approaches
2. Diets, Health, and Weight Control: What Do We Know?
David L. Katz, Ming-Chin Yeh, Meghan O’Connell, Zubaida Faridi
3. Low-Cost Obesity Interventions: The Market for Foods
Michael S. Finke, Sandra J. Huston
4. Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Health
John C. Umhau, Karl M. Dauphinais
5. Vitamins, Minerals and Health
Edward Giovannucci
6. Herbal Medicines in the Treatment of Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders
Shahin Akhondzadeh
Part 3. Primary Nonverbal Approaches
7. Daily Practices for Mindful Exercise
Rachel Calogero, Kelly Pedrotty
8. Relaxation and Meditation
Angele McGrady
9. Expressive Movement
Dianne Dulicai, Ellen Schelly Hill
10. Pleasant, Pleasurable, and Positive Activities
Joan S. Anderson
Part 4. Secondary Writing Approaches
11. The Recording of Personal Information as an Intervention and~as~an Electronic Health Support
Minna Levine, Ronald Calvanio
12. Teaching to Remember Ourselves: The Autobiographical Methodology
Duccio Demetrio, Chiara Borgonovi
13. Expressive Writing: An Alternative to Traditional Methods*
Ewa Kacewicz, Richard B. Slatcher, James W. Pennebaker
14. Workbooks for the Promotion of Mental Health and Life-Long Learning
Luciano L’Abate, Demiàn Goldstein
15. Computers and the Internet
Myron L. Pulier, Timothy G. Mount, Joseph P. McMenamin, Marlene M. Maheu
Part 5. Secondary Relational Approaches
16. Maternal-Infant Contact and Child Development: Insights from the Kangaroo Intervention
Ruth Feldman
17. Touch Interventions Positively Affect Development
Nancy Aaron Jones, Krystal D. Mize
18. Non-Erotic Physical Affection: It’s Good for You
Andrew K. Gulledge, Michael Hill, Zephon Lister, Carolyn Sallion
19. Sex, Sexuality, and Sensuality
Chad L. Cross, Gerald R. Weeks
20. Intimacy and Fear of Intimacy
Anita L. Vangelisti, Gary Beck
21. Low-Cost Interventions for Promoting Forgiveness
Lindsey M. Root, Michael E. McCullough
22. Spirituality in Achieving Physical and Psychological Health and Well-Being: Theory, Research and Low Cost Interventions*
Len Sperry, Louis Hoffman, Richard H. Cox, Betty Ervin Cox
Part 6. Tertiary Multi-Personal Approaches
23. Friendship, Social Support, and Health
Patricia M. Sias, Heidi Bartoo
24. Animal Companions
Luciano L’Abate
25. Applications of Emotional Intelligence to Schools and Workplace
David Ryback, Laura Sweeney
Part 7. Conclusion
26. Implications of Prescriptive Approaches for Policy, Health Promotion, Epidemiology, and Public Health
Cornelius Hogan
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Keywords: PSYCHOLOGY / General PSY000000
- Author(s)
- L’Abate, Luciano
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2007
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Psychology
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780387368993