Clinical Applied Psychophysiology : Sponsored by the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback

"Although the injunction "Know thyself" was inscribed over the site of the Delphic Oracle, the concept is of much more ancient lineage. Thousands of years ago, the wise men of the East had learned to exert authority over a broad range of bodily experiences and functions using techniques that are still taught today. But it is only in the past few decades that the West has become aware once again of the range of control that the central nervous system can maintain over sensation and body function. Medicine has moved slowly in integrating these concepts into the classic medical model of disease despite a growing body of evidence that links emotional state, thought, and imagery to immunocompetence, tissue healing, and bodily vigor. It is precisely the role of a volume such as this, reflecting a fascinating conference in Munich, to emphasize and reemphasize these ideas. We are fortunately well beyond the sterile behaviorism of Watson with its comƯ plete negation of the significance of mental operations. But many still consider suspect those forces and mechanisms, however powerful, that seem to originate from brain-mind activity. The chapters in this book, with their emphases on the mind-body continuum as a bridge to selfƯ regulation and health, provide a modern "School of Athens" in bringing these concepts to wider acquaintance"--Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Clinical Applied Psychophysiology Introduction....Pages 3-20 Schopenhauer’s Ethics and the Concept of Behavioral Self-Regulation....Pages 21-25 Front Matter....Pages 27-28 Biofeedback of Slow Cortical Potentials in Epilepsy....Pages 29-42 The P300 Event-Related Brain Potential in Psychiatric and Neurological Diagnosis....Pages 43-52 Front Matter....Pages 53-54 Type A and Cardiovascular Responsiveness in Italian Blue Collar Workers....Pages 55-70 Psychological Factors Affecting Ambulatory Blood Pressure in a High-Stress Occupation....Pages 71-88 Mechanisms and Treatment of Raynaud’s Disease and Phenomenon....Pages 89-100 Front Matter....Pages 101-102 Sleep-Disordered Breathing Preliminary Natural History and Mortality Results....Pages 103-111 Significance of Breathing Awareness and Exercise Training for Recovery after Myocardial Infarction....Pages 113-132 Respiration in Clinical Psychophysiology....Pages 133-156 Breathing Physiological Reasons for Loss of Self-Control....Pages 157-167 Front Matter....Pages 169-170 Psychophysiological Methods in the Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain....Pages 171-184 Overcoming Learned Nonuse A New Approach to Treatment in Physical Medicine....Pages 185-220 Front Matter....Pages 221-222 Quartets in Antarctic Isolation....Pages 223-250 Notes on the Use of Biological Markers in the Study of Long-Term Stress....Pages 251-260 Back Matter....Pages 261-267 This volume presents important recent research in psychophysiology to promote understanding of the the mind-body continuum as a bridge to self-regulation and health. It will highlight for clinicians the various phenomena and therapeutic potential of appropriate utilization of the nervous system