Anxiety is a good indicator for somatic symptom reduction through behavioral medicine intervention in a mind/body medicine clinic.

Background: This study examined the effect of anxiety on symptom reduction through a behavioral medicine intervention in a Mind/Body Medicine Clinic.

Method: Participants were 1,312 outpatients attending a 10-week behavioral medicine intervention which included training in the relaxation response, cognitive restructuring, exercise and nutrition. All of the patients had physical symptoms and were referred to the clinic by their physician.

Healing through integration: promoting wellness in cardiac rehabilitation.

This case study illustrates the basic life processes, transitions, and meanings of a woman with diagnosed coronary artery disease who participated in an innovative outpatient program of cardiac rehabilitation. Data gathering and analysis were accomplished using the phenomenologic procedures outlined by Spiegelberg and van Manen. A formulated structure, healing through integration, was generated from the interpretation of case study data, as well as the data of 15 other adult patients who participated in a program of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation.

The mind-body connection: the psychophysiology of many traditional nursing interventions.

The bidirectional relationship between mind and body and the concept that psychological processes can produce attendant physiologic changes are explored in this article. The mind-body connection provides a framework for exploring a psychophysiologic explanation for the therapeutic properties of some traditional nursing interventions to potentiate health and healing. This model allows nurses to move from tradition-based practice to knowledge-based practice.

Psychophysiologic control mechanisms in ischemic heart disease: the mind-heart connection.

The cardiovascular system is a unified, dynamic, constantly responding system. Adjustments are made in response to local metabolic factors, systemic physiologic factors, or peripheral and central nervous system factors. This article focuses on the interactions of the cardiovascular system with the peripheral and central nervous system.