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The mind's own physician : a scientific dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the healing power of meditation / edited by Jon Kabat-Zinn & Richard J. Davidson, with Zara Houshmand.
Van Pelt Library BQ4570.P76 M56 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Buddhism--Psychology.
- Buddhism.
- Meditation--Buddhism.
- Meditation.
- Mental healing.
- Spiritual healing.
- Brain--Psychophysiology.
- Brain.
- Physical Description:
- iv, 268 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, [2011]
- Summary:
- By inviting the Dalai Lama and leading researchers in medicine, psychology, and neuroscience to join in conversation, the Mind & Life Institute set the stage for a fascinating exploration of the healing potential of the human mind. The Mind's Own Physician presents in its entirety the thirteenth Mind and Life dialogue, a discussion addressing a range of vital questions concerning the science and clinical applications of meditation: How do meditative practices influence pain and human suffering? What role does the brain play in emotional well-being and health? To what extent can our minds actually influence physical disease? Are there important synergies here for transforming health care, and for understanding our own evolutionary limitations as a species? Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Session 1 Meditation-Based Clinical Interventions: Science, Practice, and Implementation 21
- How Buddhist Meditative Practices Can Inform Our Understanding of Pain and Suffering, the Potential for Healing, the Relief of Suffering, and the Underlying Nature of the Human Mind and Body / Ajahn Amaro Amaro, Ajahn 27
- Some Clinical Applications of Mindfulness Meditation in Medicine and Psychiatry: The Case of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) / Jon Kabat-Zinn Kabat-Zinn, Jon 35
- Mind-Brain-Body Interaction and Meditation / Richard J. Davidson Davidson, Richard J. 47
- Session 1 Dialogue 55
- Session 2 Possible Biological Substrates of Meditation 65
- Synchronization of Brain Rhythms as a Possible Mechanism for the Unification of Distributed Mental Processes / Wolf Singer Singer, Wolf 66
- The Neurobiology of the Adaptive and Deleterious Features of Stress / Robert Sapolsky Sapolsky, Robert 76
- Session 2 Dialogue 81
- Session 3 Clinical Research 1: Meditation and Mental Health 99
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and the Prevention of Relapse in Recurrent Depression / Zindel Segal Segal, Zindel 102
- Paths to Recovery: Neural Substrates of Cognitive and Mindfulness-Based Interventions for the Treatment of Depression / Helen Mayberg Mayberg, Helen 110
- Session 3 Dialogue 117
- Interlude Preceding Session 4 135
- The Buddhist Science of Human Flourishing / Alan Wallace Wallace, Alan 136
- Interlude Dialogue 144
- Session 4 Clinical Research 2: Meditation and Physical Health 151
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Cardiovascular Disease / David Sheps Sheps, David 152
- Neural-Immune Interaction / John Sheridan Sheridan, John 155
- Session 4 Dialogue 159
- Session 5 Integration and Final Reflections 173
- Meditation and the Future of Health Care / Ralph Snyderman Snyderman, Ralph 178
- Some Reflections on the Evolution and Nature of Mind and Self and Their Implications for Humanity / Wolf Singer Singer, Wolf 185
- Session 5 Dialogue 192.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1572249684
- 9781572249691
- 1572249692
- OCLC:
- 701809841
- Publisher Number:
- 99946280264
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