Integrative Pathways

Introduction:chronic illness and the mind, the body, and the spirit.- Chronic illness, religious beliefs, and spiritual practices.- The pathways model.- Available therapeutic tools for treating patients with chronic illness.- Psychophysiological therapies.- Behavioral and life-style-based interventions.- Complementary/integrative medicine.- Chronic pain: the 65-year-old retired teacher.- Mood disorder: the 20-year-old Olympic hopeful with bipolar disorder.- Trauma-related illness: the 35-year-old National Guard soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder.- Anxiety and panic: the 70-year-old caregiver for a spouse with dementia.- Metabolic syndrome--obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus: the 40-year-old construction worker.- Cardiovascular disease: the 50-year-old physician with congestive heart failure and depression.- Cancer: the 55-year-old woman with breast cancer.- Neurologically based conditions--TBI, multiple sclerosis, and convulsive disorders: the 36-year-old mother with multiple sclerosis.- Substance use disorders: the 41-year-old lawyer with recurrent opiate abuse.

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• Dôr e gestão da dôr
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• Psicologia clínica
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integrative medicine;managing chronic illness;managing chronic pain;mind-body therapies;mind-body-spirit approach to chronic illness;mind-body-spirit approach to depression anxiety