Natural Menopause or THE ADHD HANDBOOK

Natural Menopause: The Complete Guide

Author: Susan Perry

Written by women, for women, this empowering book views menopause as a natural passage in life - not as a disease. In this newly revised edition, authors Susan Perry and Kate O'Hanlan include all the latest information on hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer, as well as new studies on menopause and osteoporosis, heart disease, Alzheimer's, depression, exercise, diet and nutrition, natural remedies, skin patches, and much more. Without minimizing the discomfort many women experience, Perry and O'Hanlan show that good nutrition, a good exercise program, and good sex are often the best prescriptions - and that hormone replacement therapy carries risks and should be taken only after careful and informed deliberation. Natural Menopause is the comprehensive reference every women should turn to before and during menopause for a safe and healthy passage.

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THE ADHD HANDBOOK

Author: Alison Munden

The ADHD Handbook provides a comprehensive account of current knowledge of ADHD and offers practical advice to parents, teachers, social workers and other professionals working with young people and their families. The authors also look at the long-term prospects for children with ADHD and the difficulties they may face. A chapter on ADHD in adults is included, as there is a growing body of evidence to suggest that ADHD can affect people of all ages. The book will act as a signpost to all those trying to address the difficulties faced by young people with ADHD, directing them to appropriate sources of help. Focusing on the provision of practical help and a clear approach, The ADHD Handbook is the ideal introduction for parents and professionals.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgements	6
	Preface	9
1	What is ADHD?	13
2	What are Children with ADHD Like?	19
3	Other Conditions That May Look Like ADHD	31
4	How Common is ADHD?	49
5	Evolutionary and Biological Explanations of ADHD	51
6	Scientific Evidence About the Causes of ADHD	57
7	How is the Diagnosis of ADHD Made?	67
8	The Treatment Team	79
9	Medical Treatment	85
10	Psychological Treatments	99
11	Education	113
12	Social Services and Voluntary Agencies	119
13	Long-Term Prospects for Children with ADHD	123
14	ADHD in Adults	125
	App. I: Some Useful Assessment Instruments	135
	App. II: Useful Contacts	137
	App. III: Books and Videos	143
	Bibliography	149
	Subject Index	153
	Author Index	160

Body Speaks or Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities

Body Speaks

Author: James L Griffith

For decades, health care providers have worked as though there were a monolithic wall dividing the ailments of the mind from those of the body. Theorists on either side developed separate languages and philosophies to explain symptoms. This distinction has left many clinicians unable to treat successfully patients whose symptoms—such as headaches, conversion paralysis, and seizures—arise from the place where mind and body meet. In this book, the authors describe a powerful narrative therapy, one that relies on the wisdom and everyday language of patients’ real-life stories instead of the expert knowledge and professional language of the clinician. This approach can be used across all categories of somatic symptoms, from factitious ones to medical illnesses such as asthma or migraine headaches.The authors show how somatic symptoms are often related to unspeakable dilemmas, as in the case of a child who, after discovering a parent’s marital infidelity, is afraid to disclose the secret and begins having blackout spells for which a neurologist can find no physiological basis. These dilemmas can be understood only if a clinician creates the kind of relationship in which privately held stories of fear, shame, and threat can be told safely. Detailed case studies and numerous brief examples vividly illustrate techniques for helping patients escape the dilemmas that bind their bodies by finding new language and stories that can free them.In an innovative section, the authors rethink the current ideas and practices of psychopharmacology. Rather than “treating” a brain disease, a clinician uses medications to recalibrate brain systems that register alarm,thereby opening new possibilities for therapeutic change through speaking, listening, reflecting, and relating.This book offers all clinicians—psychiatrists, social workers, psychologists, nurses, physicians, and family therapists—a way to use language to help patients resolve bodily symptoms. It avoids the stigmatization that patients and families so often experience—and the frustration clinicians feel—when struggling to find answers for mind-body problems.

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The authors show how somatic symptoms are often related to unspeakable dilemmas, which can be understood only if a clinician creates the kind of relationship in which privately held stories of fear, shame, and threat can be told safely. Detailed case studies and numerous brief examples illustrate techniques for helping patients escape the dilemmas that bind their bodies by finding new language and stories that can free them. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disabilities: Reality, Myths, and Controversial Treatments

Author: Barbara D Ingersoll

Two experts on these much-misunderstood, debilitating problems explain how parents can spot telltale symptoms and select the best treatment for their children—a practical handbook for parents, teachers, and medical professionals alike.

Table of Contents:

	Authors' Note
	Introduction: Are "Alternative Treatments" Good Alternatives?	1
Ch. 1	What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder?	11
Ch. 2	What Are Learning Disabilities?	41
Ch. 3	How New Treatments Are Evaluated: Science, Pseudoscience, and Quackery	73
Ch. 4	Effective Treatments for ADHD	87
Ch. 5	Effective Treatments for Learning Disabilities	107
Ch. 6	Pills and Potions	121
Ch. 7	Dietary Interventions	149
Ch. 8	Training Approaches to Treatment	171
Ch. 9	Miscellaneous Approaches	199
	Concluding Remarks: Where Do We Go from Here?	209
	References	213
	Addenda	235
	Index	241

Body of Health or Pampered Pregnancy Bliss Box

Body of Health: The New Science of Intuition Medicine for Energy and Balance

Author:

Body of Health explores the power of personal energy, describing levels of awareness that can facilitate healing on many levels: spiritual, physical, and mental. The techniques covered here are designed to help people increase their understanding of intuition, color, the chakra system, meditation, and other theories and methods as they work in healing. The author has developed these techniques over many years of helping nurses, doctors, and other medical practitioners discover the source of pain and disease and guiding patients to more effective healing therapies. The areas covered in this wide-ranging yet accessible book include aura, color, meditation, kundalini, male/female energy, and affirmations and their role in healing. Each chapter examines one practice or theory of energy and offers examples, stories, and simple techniques that readers can use to "test" the concept. Included are descriptive charts, journal writing exercises, success stories, and step-by-step meditations.

Table of Contents:

	Foreword	xiii
	Introduction: Intuition Medicine	1
Chapter 1	It is in My Blood	11
Chapter 2	Indications of Intuitive Awareness	21
Chapter 3	Assessing Our Intuitive Abilities	31
Chapter 4	Intuition and Grounding: Grounding Is Good Medicine	39
Chapter 5	The Grounding Meditation Practice	61
Chapter 6	Meditation Sanctuary: Meditation Is a Location	71
Chapter 7	The Meditation Sanctuary Practice	99
Chapter 8	Life-Force and Earth Energy: Your Personal Healing Energy	105
Chapter 9	The Life-Force and Earth-Energy Meditation Practice	131
Chapter 10	The Chakra System: Physical and Spiritual Health	141
Chapter 11	The Chakra System Practice	167
Chapter 12	The Aura: Halo of Light	177
Chapter 13	The Aura Meditation and Healing Practice	201
Chapter 14	Color: The Language of Energy	211
Chapter 15	The Color Meditation and Healing Practice	237
	Afterword	245
Appendix 1	Intuition Medicine Health Issues Reference Chart	249
Appendix 2	Chakra System Reference Charts	257
	Acknowledgments	279
	Endnotes	281
	Bibliography	293
	Index	301
	About the Author	315

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Pampered Pregnancy Bliss Box: An Aromatherapy Kit for Wellness and Comfort

Author: Valerie Ann Worwood

Despite the popular notion that women look and feel marvelous during pregnancy, the body actually goes through extraordinary hormonal changes, dramatic emotions, and challenging physical strains at this time. Containing a 32-page guidebook, aromatherapy recipes, a 60-minute relaxation audio CD, and two scented candles in travel tins, The Pampered Pregnancy Bliss Box helps expectant mothers navigate these changes. Topics include back pain, morning sickness, stretch marks, indigestion, nausea, cramps, and exhaustion; preparing for the birth; essential oils for the delivery room; breast care and breastfeeding; and postpartum depression (with a recipe for postpartum "pick-me-up" oil).

Through the Dark Woods or Herbs against Cancer

Through the Dark Woods: A Young Woman's Journey Out of Depression

Author: Jo Swinney

A compassionate and practical look at depression and how it affects not only daily but spiritual life.

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Herbs Against Cancer

Author: Ralph W Moss

A comprehensive and indispensable guide to the use of herbs in preventing and treating cancer. Acclaimed science writer Ralph Moss thoroughly explores the most potent anti-cancer herbs and their uses and offers both practical guidelines as well as the intriguing background of the subject.