What's New on IJHC (Mar 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

Living with Life Challenges

FEARS OF ACKNOWLEDGING CONSCIOUSNESS AS THE FIRST PRINCIPLE IN HEALTH AND HEALING
Daniel J. Benor, MD

Few in-depth writings explore the anomalous remission or healing of symptoms and disease that defy the physicalistic explanations of allopathic medicine. This issue of IJHC features the reports of several people who experienced these remarkable recoveries from several physical problems.

I present here a broad spectrum of psychological factors that get in our way of considering  remarkable potentials for transformative remissions from illness with spiritual healing treatments, as found in Therapeutic Touch, Healing Touch, Reiki, Qigong, prayer healing and related approaches. The mind is the most complex computer yet developed, having an incredible capacity to modulate self-awareness. Often, these self-reflective abilities lead us into self-perpetuating loops of beliefs. These articles of faith, in science, religion and other areas of our lives, shape our consciousness in ways that can hinder us from an open-minded stance in new observations and in learning valuable information. This self-blinding process obscures our recognizing remarkable recoveries, impedes our explorations of them and thwarts acceptance and integration of spiritual awarenesses and healing into our healthcare system.

FALSE HOPE: REAL OR IMAGINARY?
Rob van Overbruggen, PhD

Variations on the Theme of Healing

Healing Trauma in War Torn Countries
Julie Roberts, PhD

Wholistic Approaches

REBALANCING FOR CHILDREN:
Pediatric Physical Therapy, Intuition and Healing
Jacqueline Mast, PT, MSEd

I work with children from infancy through age 5 years, helping them accommodate to or overcome musculoskeletal, sensorimotor and/or neurological problems that have often defied correction within conventional medical treatments. For more than thirty years I have studied and practiced mainstream approaches to physical therapy for children. I follow or am involved in research on child development. I have learned to work intuitively, helping children connect with their inner wisdom that guides them to normalize their abilities and differences.

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)