Approaching diabetes from a multidimensional perspective, Evan Soroka links the practices and philosophy of yoga with science and lived experience. In this book, she addresses the major challenges of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, providing descriptive practices including spinal movements, breathing techniques and meditation. By giving yoga ......
From Common Colds to Ebola Epidemics--Why We Need the Viruses That Pla
A fascinating and long overdue examination of viruses - from what they are and what they do, to the vital role they have played in human history. What are viruses? Do they rely on genes, like all other forms of life? Do they follow the same patterns of evolution as plants and animals? Dr. Frank Ryan answers these questions and many more in a ......
A Clinician's Guide to Interpersonal and Social Rhythm Therapy
This manual presents a powerful approach for helping people manage bipolar illness and protect against the recurrence of manic or depressive episodes. Each phase of the treatment is vividly detailed.
"Rudolf Steiner himself did not just comment critically about the out-of-hand fear of bacilli or the obsession with hygiene as modern superstition, but also warned about the dangerous reality of pathogens of the worst kind that could become destroyers of human life and bring with dreadful epidemics."
Providing essential support to schools and universities that offer yoga therapy training programs, this comprehensive, edited textbook develops robust curricula, enabling them to prepare yoga therapists to integrate into healthcare settings safely and effectively.
The ""Best Friends"" approach to Alzheimer's care improves the quality of life not only for clients with Alzheimer's disease but also for the staff providing care. Readers can hear stories and ideas from real staff in facilities worldwide who are already implementing the Best Friends approach with their residents.
A graphic memoir and adapted oral history of Unit 371, an inpatient AIDS care hospital unit in Chicago that was in existence from 1985 to 2000. Examines the human costs of caregiving and the role art can play in the grieving process.
Manifesting Illness and Impairment in Graphic Pathography
In Show Me Where It Hurts, Monica Chiu argues that graphic pathography-long-form comics by and about subjects who suffer from disease or are impaired-re-vitalizes and re-visions various negatively affected corporeal states through hand-drawn images. By the body and for the body, the medium is subversive and reparative, and it stands in ......
This fully updated manual offers a basis for understanding and responding to loss and grief - experiences which can present challenges for care professionals as well as those directly affected.
Intended for busy practitioners, Pulmonary Pathology is a pithy, pocket-sized guide to all of the key pulmonology entities and diagnoses that pulmonologists see in daily practice. It addresses non-neoplastic conditions including Infections, Granulomatous Diseases, Acute Lung Injury, Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias, Vasculitis, Histiocytoses, ......
This book offers practical guidance for assessing the amenability of patients to psychotherapy. By focusing on which patients are likely to respond well to therapeutic intervention and which will prove most resistive, the book can assist clinicians in determining with what kinds of patients will most likely succeed.
The human genome is indeed a mysterious world, but, as this fascinating book shows, its vital secrets are now being uncovered. The latest studiesare revealing exciting new discoveries, such as how the DNA and related chemical compounds in our cells work together to direct the processes of life. Scientists are not only unraveling how life evolved ......
Although new immunomodulating treatments have made dramatic inroads into lessening the impact of Multiple Sclerosis, no cure is yet in sight. Most patients will progress, and dealing with their many complex symptoms and issues requires many levels of medical and rehabilitative care. This important book focuses on symptom control and clinical ......
The fully updated and revised sixth edition of the definitive guide to clinically tested and proven methods for effectively managing all of the symptoms characteristic of MS and MS treatment. Based on the most up-to-date disease management strategies, medical and research breakthroughs, and latest drug therapies, Dr. Randall T. Schapiro provides ......
Managing Metabolic Abnormalities in the Psychiatrically Ill is the first book to provide a current review of the relationships among psychiatric illnesses, metabolic abnormalities, and treatment, focusing on how clinicians can tailor care to those doubly-afflicted patients.
Reclaim Your Identity, Create Independence, and Find Your Way Forward
'I know that living with a chronic illness in this inaccessible world is tough. Trust me, I know. But you deserve to find peace and contentment just as much as anybody else. So welcome to your one-stop guide on how to make the most of life alongside your condition, in a way that truly works for you'. Rather than focusing on the medical side of ......
This resource gives professionals the foundation of clinical knowledge they will need to work with high-risk newborns. It includes research findings and practical guidelines clinicians will use to promote the well-being of infants in the NICU and to involve and support their families.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. When we werent sheltering in place, we were advised to wear masks, wash our hands, and practice social distancing.
Presents a cognitive-behavioural treatment approach that is suitable for use with individuals or groups. Delineating a medical rationale, the authors help clinicians reduce clients stigma of IBS and overcome resistance to treatment.
Restructured to be even more useful to real-world clinicians, the revised and expanded second edition of this practical guide offers proven strategies for improving the long-term outcomes and quality of life of individuals with bipolar disorder.
Shows how the author approaches work with clients with chronic diseases such as Parkinson's disease, osteoarthritis, or lupus. This biopsychosocial approach helps fill in the gaps in medical interventions, which do not look at the broader cultural and psychological effects of a disease on a patient.
A Biopsychosocial Approach in Physiotherapy and Oncology Practice
This much-needed, holistic resource is an integrated whole-body approach to the treatment of prostate cancer survivors. Based on the latest research in men's health, this book goes beyond the biological and surgical implications of prostate cancer treatment and offers invaluable insight into the psychological and social factors of the recovery ......
Milestones, lessons and inspiration for patients, family, friends and survivors
A guide to cancer for patients, family, friends and survivors that includes the range of cutting-edge treatments now available and the ways that someone can build their own resilience after treatment or support someone else. This book demystifies cancer treatment and highlights the rate of progress the scientific and medical communities are making ......
Thoroughly updated to reflect major advances in the field of immuno-oncology in recent years, this second edition of Cancer Immunotherapy Principles and Practice is the definitive resource for information on tumor immunology and cancer immunotherapy treatments.
New therapies and treatments targeted at brain metastasis are rapidly resulting in improved survival and quality of life for patients with this condition. This provides vital information about management strategies, outcomes, and techniques to enable oncologists to provide a full range of appropriate care and counselling to patients with ......
Experiences of Isolation, Family-Dependency, and Social Policy in Contem
Hikikomori is considered an increasingly prevalent form of social isolation in Japan. This book explores personal hikikomori experiences and explains how post-war Japanese social policy, which depends on corporations and families, has created several generations of isolated, family-dependent individuals in contemporary Japan.
