What's New on IJHC (Aug 2010)

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Editorial Musings

Oneness: A healing chorus unifying our levels of beingness
Daniel J. Benor, MD, ABIHM, Editor in Chief

Research

'Placebo' Is the Medical Term For Self-Healing
Daniel J. Benor, MD, ABIHM

Remarkable Recoveries

Healing People with Schizophrenia through Shared Acceptance of Clients' Realities and Shifts in Bioenergy Fields
Yuliya L. Cohen TDCE, BACS, ERT

Living with Life Challenges

This Is Your Brain In A Mine Field: Diagnosed with PTSD - the Challenge to Be Objective
Rick Adair

Variations on the Theme of Healing

The Benefits and Potentials of WHEE:
    Wholistic Hybrid derived from EMDR and EFT
Anita Baisley, MA Ed/Admin, Reiki Master

Wholistic Approaches

The ‘Sickening’ Search for Health: Ivan Illich’s revised thoughts on the medicalization of life and medical iatrogenesis.
Francis C. Biley, RN PhD

Abstract:
Ivan Illich’s claim that the medical establishment has become a major threat to health as a result the medicalisation of life and the development of medical iatrogenesis (negative medical effects on health) appears to have been accurately prophetic. Expensive, specialised, intensive, technological and professionalised care has developed to the point that the general community is now unable to understand and deal with ordinary life processes such as pain, suffering and death. Although the medical profession is closely implicated in the development of this situation, along with capitalist and financial imperatives and institutional domination, ”Today’s major pathogen…[is] the pursuit of the healthy body” (Illich, 1986, p. 1325).

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Student and healee experiences of healing
Bailey
Benor-Research
Cohen

Poetry, The Creative Arts and Humor are Healing

Tango: A Deeper Look
Sharna Fabiano

Wholistic News Reviews

Traditional, complementary, alternative, and psycho-social modalities of treatment
Larry Lachman, PsyD

Heart Disease and Anger

Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Psychotic Disorders

Cardiovascular Disease, Medication and Interactions with Herbal Products

Cancer and Liver Disease-Causing Agents and Diet

Questions Pertaining to the Protective Role of Vitamin-D and Ovarian Cancer

Book Reviews

Richard E. Cytowic. The Man Who Tasted Shapes: A Bizarre Medical Mystery Offers Revolutionary Insights into Emotions, Reasoning, and Consciousness.

Jack Kornfield. The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness, and Peace.

David Hamilton. Wired for Compassion.

Yekutiel, Lea. Making the Breast of It: Overcoming Fear of Intimacy After Mastectomy.

Christopher K. Johannes PhD & Harry E. van der Zee MD Hom, (Editors). Homeopathy and Mental Health Care: Integrative Practice, Principles and Research.

John Pollard. The Self Parenting Program – Core Guidelines for the Self-Parenting Practitioner.

Mary Ann Wallace, MD. Mindful Eating, Mindful Life: How to Change the Habits That Sabotage Your Health.

Joanne Wannan. New Lives – Stories of Rescued Dogs Helping, Healing, and Giving Hope.

Nick Trout, DVM. Tell Me Where It Hurts: A day of humor, healing and hope in my life as an animal surgeon.

Maria Becker, MD. No More Fears for Maddox.