{"title":"A rationale for a multilevel model of relaxation.","authors":"A Kokoszka","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A Three dimensional evolutionary leveled model of the main states of consciousness is offered as a rationale for relaxation. \"Relaxing states\" and \"relaxation response states--Differentiated Waking States of Consciousness\" are distinguish on the horizontal plane according to the integrated model of the main states of consciousness. It is proposed that states of consciousness in relaxation could be considered also on vertical evolutionary dimension described according to neo-Jacksonian theory in terms of the metabolism of information. The model opens perspectives for the description of dynamic fluctuations of states of consciousness during relaxation in terms of the main states of consciousness, i.e., REM-sleep, NREM-sleep, Ordinary Waking States of Consciousness, Differentiated Waking States of Consciousness, as well as in terms of dissolution (regression) and evolution on the vertical developmental dimension. It is illustrated by the discussion on meditation and hyponosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"4-10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18842136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Postmodern and cross-cultural perspectives on mind and body.","authors":"S Krippner","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>New conceptualizations of the so-called \"mind/body problem\" have resulted from research findings in psychoneuroimmunology, from theoretical speculations of the postmodernists, and from an examination of other cultural perspectives on \"mind\" and \"body\". The interaction between the two may lead to a wholistic perspective not unlike the one proposed by humanistic psychologists and appearing in their journals, their conferences, and their clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"81-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18843966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An emancipating orientation to biofeedback; an implication for psychotherapy.","authors":"H J Shear","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article contrasts controlling and emancipating orientations to biofeedback. An emiprical study which the investigator did, its methodology and findings are described. The study supports both the meanings of ttiis differentiation and the implications this distinction has for psychotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"23-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18842133","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complementary healing therapies.","authors":"D P Wirth, M J Barrett","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The effect of non-contact therapeutic touch (NCTT) in isolation and in combination with Reiki, LeShan, and Intercessory Prayer on the healing rate of full thickness human dermal wounds was examined utilizing a randomized, double-blind, within subject, crossover design. The protocol incorporated an integral biofeedback, guided imagery, and visualization/relaxation component in order to assess the influence of psychophysiological factors on the healing process. Biopsies were performed on the lateral deltoid in healthy subjects and assessed by two independent physicians for the rate of reepithelialization at day 5 and day 10. Subjects met as a group on odd numbered days for a one hour visualization/relaxation session which incorporated guided imagery with either a specific intent to heal their biopsy wound or a specific intent to relax. Treatment intervention included two NCTT healers or two mimic practitioners who worked in-person for a duration of 6 minutes per subject. LeShan and Intercessory Prayer healers worked at a distance and a Reiki healer worked in-person with the NCTT healers. On even numbered days, subjects were trained in hand temperature biofeedback with either a specific intent to heal or a specific intent to relax. Results showed significance for the treated versus the control group but in the opposite direction from that expected. Several factors could have contributed to the nonsignificance obtained including: (a) the natural healing ability of the two mimic practitioners; (b) the subjects' increased proficiency with the self-regulatory techniques; and (c) a carryover effect from the two NCTT healers and/or the Reiki, LeShan, or Intercessory Prayer healers.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"61-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18842140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relaxed exercise.","authors":"D R Morse","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"17-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18842132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Addiction: a Russian perspective.","authors":"A Zinchenko","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"87-92"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18843967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D H Shapiro, J Lindberg, J M Daniels, A M Breuer, J Astin
{"title":"Assessing the relationship between a multidimensional psychological \"control profile\" and cardiovascular risk.","authors":"D H Shapiro, J Lindberg, J M Daniels, A M Breuer, J Astin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article begins by citing apparently conflicting sets of literature regarding the association between control and cardiovascular risk. Each set of findings is based on a unidimensional understanding of control. To gain more precise information, a multidimensional control inventory, the Shapiro Control Inventory (SCI), was given to twenty individuals at the time of their yearly physical. Results showed that low perceived control on the domain specific control scale was associated with higher cardiovascular risk. Further, several findings between specific risk parameters--smoking, calories from fat, blood pressure, and cholesterol level (HDL)--were significantly associated with different dimensions of the control profile. Case study data from the two individuals at highest risk suggest that different control profiles may be associated with cardiovascular risk. Guidelines and suggestions for future research are offered.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"11-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18842131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Psychotherapeutic application of group hypnosis.","authors":"L Raikov, A M Gofman, M Kulikovsky","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This clinical observational study examined the effects of group hypnosis on psychosomatic disorders. A psychotherapist conducted hypnotic sessions with a single group of 306 people on four consecutive days. Our follow-up studies indicated that group hypnosis can have strong positive effects on many types of disorders. The depth of hypnosis was not related to the level of improvement. The results suggest that the human body has considerable potential for psychophysiological regulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"93-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18843968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Presumed paranormal linkage of rings.","authors":"B E Schwarz","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Examples are presented in the SORRAT experiments of: (1) presumed paranormally linked human aortic rings and their teleportation into a sealed, glass globe; (2) videographed experiments with Joe Nuzum, paragnost, while in a trancelike state, accomplishing linkage of a class ring on his finger to one key of several held in a researcher's hand; and (3) in a different experiment linking two rubber bands of several which were held in a researcher's hand. X-ray and MRI studies tend to confirm the genuineness of these mind-over-matter psychosomatic effects. Further linkage experiments are described including videographed linking and delinking of rubber bands, and a videographed linking and delinking of a gold seamless ring and brass nut. It is speculated that these experiments illustrate some degree of conscious, volititional control and might have analogous and overlooked aspects and possibilities in human biology and nature, and that these are overripe areas for intensive parapsychiatric investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"95-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18843969","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The dichotomy of alexithymia and panic disorder.","authors":"W P Stuppy, S Shipko","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This manuscript presents a novel model of psychophysiologic markers for the stress response. The hypothesis describes what we believe is a human analogue of the physiologic changes described in animal models of inescapable shock. This is bolstered by laboratory and clinical data derived from patients with stress-related functional gastrointestinal disorders. The idea explains the clinical findings of simultaneous analgesia and somatization in alexithymics. The implications for understanding the physiologic relationship between panic disorder and functional bowel disorders in the context of the stress response is discussed along with novel treatment strategies for these disabling conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":77182,"journal":{"name":"International journal of psychosomatics : official publication of the International Psychosomatics Institute","volume":"41 1-4","pages":"30-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"18842134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}