Integrative Pathways [electronic resource] : Navigating Chronic Illness with a Mind-Body-Spirit Approach /
McGrady, Angele.author.
Moss, Donald.author.
This expansive text offers a comprehensive mind/body/spirit framework for relieving individual patients of the debilitating effects of long-term disease while reducing the public burden of chronic illness. It introduces the patient-centered Pathways Model, featuring a robust scientific base for psychotherapy, complementary and alternative modalities, and a religious/spiritual element, in progressive levels of treatment from self-help to professional help. Chapters spotlight component skills of the model, including treatment planning, patient rapport, and choosing therapies for optimal well-being. The authors advocate for interventions ranging from lifestyle change to mindfulness, and biofeedback to pastoral counseling. In addition, in-depth case studies detail memorable patient journeys from diagnosis and referral to assessment, engagement in treatment and outcome. Among the topics covered: · Mind, body, and spirit in chronic illness. · The need for an integrative model to support comprehensive health-supportive change. · Chronic disease from a functional medicine perspective. · Mechanisms by which religious engagement and religion-based variables affect health. · Complementary and integrative medicine for the Pathways Model. · PLUS: Pathways approaches to chronic pain, caregiver stress, diabetes, mood disorders, PTSD, brain injury, heart disease, cancer, and more. Emphasizing patient individuality and clinician creativity, Integrative Pathways models a compassionate approach to lessening persistent suffering for use by health psychologists, physicians, counselors, health coaches, and other practitioners involved in complementary and integrative medicine, pain medicine, and rehabilitation. “The Pathway Model addresses what clinical researchers in the field have been calling for, a research-based approach to health and wellness that clearly explains important concepts and provides an optimal foundation from which to approach health interventions.” Patrick R. Steffen, PhD, BCB, Brigham Young University .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
This expansive text offers a comprehensive mind/body/spirit framework for relieving individual patients of the debilitating effects of long-term disease while reducing the public burden of chronic illness. It introduces the patient-centered Pathways Model, featuring a robust scientific base for psychotherapy, complementary and alternative modalities, and a religious/spiritual element, in progressive levels of treatment from self-help to professional help. Chapters spotlight component skills of the model, including treatment planning, patient rapport, and choosing therapies for optimal well-being. The authors advocate for interventions ranging from lifestyle change to mindfulness, and biofeedback to pastoral counseling. In addition, in-depth case studies detail memorable patient journeys from diagnosis and referral to assessment, engagement in treatment and outcome. Among the topics covered: · Mind, body, and spirit in chronic illness. · The need for an integrative model to support comprehensive health-supportive change. · Chronic disease from a functional medicine perspective. · Mechanisms by which religious engagement and religion-based variables affect health. · Complementary and integrative medicine for the Pathways Model. · PLUS: Pathways approaches to chronic pain, caregiver stress, diabetes, mood disorders, PTSD, brain injury, heart disease, cancer, and more. Emphasizing patient individuality and clinician creativity, Integrative Pathways models a compassionate approach to lessening persistent suffering for use by health psychologists, physicians, counselors, health coaches, and other practitioners involved in complementary and integrative medicine, pain medicine, and rehabilitation. “The Pathway Model addresses what clinical researchers in the field have been calling for, a research-based approach to health and wellness that clearly explains important concepts and provides an optimal foundation from which to approach health interventions.” Patrick R. Steffen, PhD, BCB, Brigham Young University .
Psychology, clinical.
Alternative medicine.
Pain Medicine.
Rehabilitation.
Health Psychology.
Complementary & Alternative Medicine.
Pain Medicine.
Rehabilitation.