The mind's own physician : a scientific dialogue with the Dalai Lama on the healing power of meditation / edited by Jon Kabat-Zinn & Richard J. Davidson, with Zara Houshmand.
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oakland, CA : New Harbinger Publications, ©2011. |
| Description | iv, 268 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935- |
| Other author/creator | Kabat-Zinn, Jon. |
| Other author/creator | Davidson, Richard J. |
| Other author/creator | Houshmand, Zara. |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Session 1 Meditation-Based Clinical Interventions: Science, Practice, and Implementation -- How Buddhist Meditative Practices Can Inform Our Understanding of Pain and Suffering, the Potential for Healing, the Relief of Suffering, and the Underlying Nature of the Human Mind and Body / Ajahn Amaro -- Some Clinical Applications of Mindfulness Meditation in Medicine and Psychiatry: The Case of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) / Jon Kabat-Zinn -- Mind-Brain-Body Interaction and Meditation / Richard J. Davidson -- Session 1 Dialogue -- Session 2 Possible Biological Substrates of Meditation -- Synchronization of Brain Rhythms as a Possible Mechanism for the Unification of Distributed Mental Processes / Wolf Singer -- The Neurobiology of the Adaptive and Deleterious Features of Stress / Robert Sapolsky -- Session 2 Dialogue -- Session 3 Clinical Research 1: Meditation and Mental Health -- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy and the Prevention of Relapse in Recurrent Depression / Zindel Segal -- Paths to Recovery: Neural Substrates of Cognitive and Mindfulness-Based Interventions for the Treatment of Depression / Helen Mayberg -- Session 3 Dialogue -- Interlude Preceding Session 4 -- The Buddhist Science of Human Flourishing / Alan Wallace -- Interlude Dialogue -- Session 4 Clinical Research 2: Meditation and Physical Health -- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Cardiovascular Disease / David Sheps -- Neural-Immune Interaction / John Sheridan -- Session 4 Dialogue -- Session 5 Integration and Final Reflections -- Meditation and the Future of Health Care / Ralph Snyderman -- Some Reflections on the Evolution and Nature of Mind and Self and Their Implications for Humanity / Wolf Singer -- Session 5 Dialogue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2011031863 |
| ISBN | 9781572249684 |
| ISBN | 1572249684 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9781572249691 (pdf e-book) |
| ISBN | 1572249692 (pdf e-book) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BQ4570.P76 M56 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |