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September 2015
psychology and mind body medicine – that you have the capacity
to make lifestyle choices that can
increase your sense of personal happiness and self-fulfillment.
Health-promoting nutrition,
physical activity and emotional
well-being are the three main categories of your personal self-care
prescription. Skillful stress management can help motivate and support
your developing such a self-care prescription and keep you committed
to it over time. The emerging field
of psychoneuroimmunology is validating the widespread physical and
emotional benefits of such stressmanagement practices as mindfulness, meditation, yoga, skilled
relaxation, journaling, massage,
friendships, having a faith community, pets, nature, social support and
expressive therapies such as drawing
and dance.
The increasingly sophisticated
and respected research in psychoneuroimmunology is good news for
modern medicine and good news
for you and the health of your mindbody.
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Association
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec01/
anewtake.aspx
Psychoneuroimmunology and stress
http://stress.about.com/od/
stressmanagementglossary/g/
Psychoneuroimmunology-And-Stress.
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About the Author
Dr. Patterson is past president of
the Kentucky Academy of Family
Physicians and is board certified
in family medicine and integrative
holistic medicine. He is on the family practice faculty at the University
of Kentucky College of Medicine
and the University of Louisville
School of Medicine, Saybrook
University’s School of Mind Body
Medicine and School of Clinical
Psychology in San Francisco and
the Center for Mind Body Medicine
in Washington, D.C. He operates
the Mind Body Studio in Lexington,
where he offers integrative medicine
consultations. He can be reached
through his Web site at www.mindbodystudio.org
Resources
A new take on psychoneuroimmunology- American Psychological
Lose the stress.
Love the savings.
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