A program in contemplative self-healing: Stress, allostasis, and learning in the Indo-Tibetan tradition

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1172, Issue , 2009, Pages 123-147

  Loizzo, Joseph ^a,b,c   Charlson, Mary ^a   Peterson, Janey ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Contemplation; Health education; Imagery; Indo Tibetan; Mindfulness; Self healing

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; AFFECT; AGGRESSION; AGING; ALLOSTASIS; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANXIETY; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREAST CANCER; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER THERAPY; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CHRONIC STRESS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEATH; DEFENSIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ECLECTICISM; EMOTION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEALING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMAGERY; LEARNING; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFE STRESS; MEDITATION; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PLACEBO EFFECT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REINFORCEMENT; RELAXATION TRAINING; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SUBCLINICAL SYNDROME; TIBETAN MEDICINE; TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION;

EID: 69549122384     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04398.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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