| Titel: | Healing the Wounds of War in Gaza and Israel: A Mind-Body Approach |
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| Autor: | Gordon, James S. |
| Mediengruppe: | chapter |
| Herausgeber: | --- |
| Zeitschrift: | --- |
| Jahr: | 2006 |
| Band: | --- |
| Heft: | --- |
| Seiten: | 203-216 |
| Sprache: | English |
| Abstract: | (from the chapter) This chapter is condensed from "Gaza Diary" published in Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine and the "Israel Update." Discusses an ongoing and growing partnership of my colleagues and my commitment to training health and mental health professionals in Israel and Gaza. We begin by helping the leaders in health and mental health to deal with the psychological trauma that conflict and its destruction have brought to them--and then teach them to integrate our approach into their work with the entire population. Our model is based on the principle that for professionals to heal the wounds of war they need to first work on themselves. It includes psychological self-expression and self-care; mind-body medicine (meditation, guided imagery, biofeedback, yoga, etc); and meditative small group support. It is grounded in science that demonstrates the efficiency of this approach in reducing stress and improving mood. This chapter includes excerpts from the diary that I kept throughout the time of our training in Israel and Gaza. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved) (chapter) |