Clinical Applied Psychophysiology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Overview

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Clinical Applied Psychophysiology Introduction

      • A. Ronald Seifert, Niels Birbaumer, John G. Carlson

      Pages 3-20

   3. Schopenhauer’s Ethics and the Concept of Behavioral Self-Regulation

      • Wolfgang Tunner

      Pages 21-25

3. Disorders of the Central Nervous System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-28

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   2. Biofeedback of Slow Cortical Potentials in Epilepsy

      • Niels Birbaumer, Brigitte Rockstroh, Thomas Elbert, Peter Wolf, Andreas Düchting-Röth, Martin Reker et al.

      Pages 29-42

   3. The P300 Event-Related Brain Potential in Psychiatric and Neurological Diagnosis

      • J. P. Rosenfeld

      Pages 43-52

4. Disorders of the Cardiovascular System

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-54

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   2. Type A and Cardiovascular Responsiveness in Italian Blue Collar Workers

      • Giorgio Bertolotti, Elisabetta Angelino, Ornella Bettinardi, Anna Maria Zotti, Ezio Sanavio, Giulio Vidotto et al.

      Pages 55-70

   3. Psychological Factors Affecting Ambulatory Blood Pressure in a High-Stress Occupation

      • David Shapiro, Iris B. Goldstein, Larry Jamner

      Pages 71-88

   4. Mechanisms and Treatment of Raynaud’s Disease and Phenomenon

      • Robert R. Freedman

      Pages 89-100

5. Applied Psychophysiology and Breathing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-102

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   2. Sleep-Disordered Breathing Preliminary Natural History and Mortality Results

      • Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Melville R. Klauber, Robert L. Fell, Linda Parker, Lynne A. Kenney, Richard Willens

      Pages 103-111

   3. Significance of Breathing Awareness and Exercise Training for Recovery after Myocardial Infarction

      • Jan van Dixhoorn

      Pages 113-132

   4. Respiration in Clinical Psychophysiology

      • Robert Fried

      Pages 133-156

   5. Breathing Physiological Reasons for Loss of Self-Control

      • P. G. F. Nixon

      Pages 157-167

6. Neuromuscular Disorders

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-170

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   2. Psychophysiological Methods in the Assessment and Treatment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain

      • Herta Flor, Niels Birbaumer

      Pages 171-184

   3. Overcoming Learned Nonuse A New Approach to Treatment in Physical Medicine

      • Edward Taub

      Pages 185-220

7. Long-Term Stress

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 221-222

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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 com­ 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 self­ regulation and health, provide a modern "School of Athens" in bringing these concepts to wider acquaintance.

• Biofeedback
• assessment
• brain
• diagnosis
• pain
• psychophysiology
• stress

• Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA

  John G. Carlson

• Behavioral Institute of Altanta, Atlanta, USA

  A. Ronald Seifert

• Department of Clinical and Physiological Psychology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

  Niels Birbaumer

• Department of General Psychology, Universitá degli Studi, Padova, Italy

  Niels Birbaumer

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