What's New on IJHC (Feb 2009)
IJHC January 2009, Volume 9, No. 1 features:
Editorial Musings
REMARKABLE RECOVERIES: AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
Daniel J. Benor, MD
Research
THINGS I WISH I HAD BEEN TAUGHT IN MEDICAL SCHOOL:
A Family Doctor’s Real-Life Education
Robert Anderson, MD
PSYCHOLOGICAL SYMPTOM CHANGE IN VETERANS AFTER SIX SESSIONS OF EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUES (EFT):
AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Dawson Church, PhD, Linda Geronilla, PhD, Ingrid Dinter
Protocols to treat veterans with brief courses of therapy are required, in light of the large numbers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with depression, anxiety, PTSD and other psychological problems. This observational study examined the effects of six sessions of EFT on seven veterans, using a within-subjects, time-series, repeated measures design. Participants were assessed using a well-validated instrument, the SA-45, which has general scales measuring the depth and severity of psychological symptoms. Participants were assessed before and after treatment, and again after 90 days. Symptom severity decreased significantly…
Living with Life Challenges
FEARS OF ACKNOWLEDGING CONSCIOUSNESS AS THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IN HEALTH AND HEALING
Daniel J. Benor, MD
FALSE HOPE: REAL OR IMAGINARY?
Rob van Overbruggen, PhD
Variations on the Theme of Healing
Healing Trauma in War Torn Countries
Julie Roberts, PhD
Women for Women International (WFWI) helps victims of war become self sufficient in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Sudan. WFWI conducts year-long programs for participants, providing financial aid, job training, rights awareness and leadership education. They also want to help participants deal with the often severe trauma they experience during war. I have adapted my Energy Psychology methodology called Clearing Limits Energetically with Acupressure Release (CLEAR™) so that it may be used in groups in short, onehour sessions as a part of WFWI’s program. In July 2008, WFWI sent me to Nigeria to test CLEAR with its participants to see if it could translate into other cultures and to see if the women would accept it. In this article, I explain CLEAR and the pilot program in Nigeria with WFWI facilitators and participants.
Wholistic Approaches
REBALANCING FOR CHILDREN:
Pediatric Physical Therapy, Intuition and Healing
Jacqueline Mast, PT, MSEd
Student and healee experiences of healing
Healing Trauma in War Torn Countries
Julie Roberts, PhD
Victims of severe trauma in Nigeria report benefits of a self-healing method.
REBALANCING FOR CHILDREN:
Pediatric Physical Therapy, Intuition and Healing
Jacqueline Mast, PT, MSEd
Parents of children with neurological problems report major improvements with intuitive physical therapy.
Poetry, The Creative Arts and Humor are Healing
THE POOL OF POSSIBILITIES PROJECT
Courtney Milne
Wholistic News Reviews
Traditional, complementary, alternative, and psycho-social modalities of treatment
Larry Lachman, PsyD
Stillbirth risks linked to maternal mental illness
No initial protection against breast cancer found with Vitamin D or calcium (in low doses)
Link between teen aggression and violent video games
Increase in PMS symptoms among women who smoke
Quitting and Smelling Cigarettes
Book Reviews
Nicholson Baker, Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization
Bob van Overbruggen, PhD. Healing Psyche: Patterns and Structure of Complementary Psychological Cancer Treatment (CPCT
Frances Vaughan. Shadows of the Sacred-Seeing Through Spiritual Illusions
Julie Roberts; PhD. Change Works with CLEAR, Clearing Limits Energetically with Acupressure Release
Ellen C. Braun, The Animal School (video)
