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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