Wellness and the Mind

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=160 BGCOLOR="#333333" TEXT="#F7F7FF" background="03cdedc2ddualp.png"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dr. Wade Silverman, Ph.D"><U><B>Dr. Wade Silverman, Ph.D</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Us"><U><B>Contact Us</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id147.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FAQs"><U><B>FAQs</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id16.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Dr. Silverman"><U><B>About Dr. Silverman</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id146.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Great links"><U><B>Great links</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Mind Reader© archive"><U><B>The Mind Reader© archive</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="03d64643.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#666633" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Dr. Wade Silverman, Ph.D</B></FONT>    |     <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dr. Wade Silverman, Ph.D"><U>home</U></A></FONT></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> Wellness and the Mind</div> <bR> <bR> <div>      </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <U>By: Wade H. Silverman, Ph.D.</U></div> <bR> <div> I am so pleased to be a part of a team effort to help you to develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle.  As a former professor in medical schools for nearly 20 years and in my former capacity as chief of psychology at Emory University Hospital, I was continually impressed by the power of the mind in the healing process.  I observed that patients who were educated to and aware of the procedures that they were to undergo were much calm than those who were uninformed. Furthermore their knowledge of their treatment facilitated the healing process and significantly reduced reported pain and in some cases length of hospital stay.  Patients who learned relaxation techniques and self hypnosis found that these skills were more beneficial in reducing pain than medication.  </div> <bR> <div> I was practicing a new specialty called Clinical Health Psychology.  The field was beginning to have some spectacular successes including increasing the longevity of cancer patients with psychotherapy, and reducing the negative consequences of cardiovascular surgery through consultation-liason visits.</div> <bR> <div> In the last ten to twenty years a new sub-field of health psychology has emerged called .  Psychoneuroimmunology.  It is concerned with the role of the mind on disease processes, particularly on the immune system.  We now know through our study in this field that depression reduces the level of efficiency of the immune system.  We are also now aware that people who have a higher level of hostility are more prone to heart disease.  These are just two examples of the type of information I will be sharing with you.</div> <bR> <div> In the course of our journey through the upcoming issues of this publication, I hope to provide you with the newest information from the fields of clinical psychology and clinical health psychology to improve your health and sense of well being.  My colleagues and I are looking forward to communicating with you so that you can live a healthier and happier life. </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>