Patients with chronic conditions often need psychosocial support and brief counseling to help them make the lifestyle and behavioral changes required to prevent disease complications. This innovative text; with contributions from respected clinicians and researchers in all arenas of behavioral health; provides comprehensive training for all health professionalsóincluding those in medicine; nursing; social work; mental health; and clinical and health psychologyówho desire targeted evidence-based training in behavioral health skills. Rich case examples drawn from typical patient presentations demonstrate the relationship between physical and psychological health and the complexity of behavioral change in chronic illness. This text is a timely; relevant; and practical resource for all members of the primary care team. It prepares team members to work in the model of patient-centered integrated care in accordance with the recommendations of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) medical home standards for identifying patient needs and providing coordinated and comprehensive patient care. The book focuses on knowledge and skills needed for working with the most common chronic conditions such as diabetes; obesity; chronic pain; cardiovascular conditions; sleep disorders; geriatric conditions; cancer-related conditions; and substance abuse. It includes chapters on epidemiological trends in chronic illness and systems medicine. Theories of health behavior and behavioral change and evidence-based interventions provide a foundation for skill development; followed by detailed coverage of the requirements for behavioral management of specific chronic conditions. Sample referrals and consultation notes provide concrete examples of how the behavioral health specialist might respond to a referral. KEY FEATURES: Provides comprehensive graduate-level training for the role of Behavioral Health Specialist Describes the health promotion and counseling skills needed to function as part of an integrated health team Focuses on proficiencies needed for working with common chronic conditions Addresses the psychosocial components of primary care disorders Includes case examples demonstrating the relationship between physical and psychological health and the complexity of behavioral change in chronic illness
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Historically Interesting; Philosophically BlandBy John C. Marshell Jr.This is a translation of Watsuji Tetsuro's "Shamon Dogen" (Dogen; the Monk). I tried several times to locate its original publication date in the Forward; Introduction; and Steve Bein's commentary; but came up empty handed. Other research puts the article's initial printing between 1925 and 1935; its appearance occurring as part of the growing intellectual movement known as the Kyoto School. Watsuji is usually linked with this movement.Japanese intellectuals in the early half of the twentieth century worked to introduce the western philosophical tradition to Japanese intellectual life. They largely believed that Japan simply had nothing comparable to western rational inquiry; and if Japan was to participate (or compete) in a larger global community; western rationalism needed to find a place in its academic institutions and social life. Many Japanese intellectuals studied in Europe and America and returned home with the writings of Kant; Hegel; James; Schopenhauer; and Heidegger stuffed in their luggage. Watusuji initially fell under the spell of this intellectual climate; with a strong interest in the literary; including Romanticism. But the introduction of foreign ideas at a time of growing nationalism produced a milieu of both admiration and discontent given to the reworking of western ideas to reflect a more Japanese sensibility. Many Japanese found western individualism and a metaphysics of Being dispiriting and aesthetically jarring and questioned the wisdom of any syncretic project with western philosophy. The year 1918 became a turning point in Watsuji's life; when his father; not especially happy with his son's western interests; basically put to him the question "What has Freiburg got to do with Kyoto;" to ape a line from classical Christianity. Watsuji; moved by the criticism; started to study intellectuals closer to home.One of his explorations produced this article on Dogen. Though unimaginable for moderns; Dogen in Watsuji's time was almost completely unknown except to Soto zen monks. Watsuji's article sought to reestablish Dogen as a major light in the Japanese intellectual heritage. "Shamon Dogen" single-handedly rescued Dogen from obscurity; and it is this fact that makes this article historically interesting. It is the first effort to introduce Dogen's philosophy to the world. But as Bein makes clear in his commentary; it is geared toward a Japanese audience and is largely designed to inspire a Japanese audience. Western philosophical concerns lie in the background to themes more in tune with Japanese interests. Watsuji's presentation of Dogen's "Kingdom of Truth" emphasized zazen; poverty;and a strict adherence to a lineage of masters from whom enlightenment could be transferred. Time-space; epistemology; and the dialectics of western philosophy do not in any way dominate Watsuji's presentation. In this sense; Watsuji's article is not a philosophical endeavor. "Shamon Dogen" is an inspirational work designed to promote a native intellectual equal to the influx of western thinkers. To the western reader; it comes off a bit bland and intellectually light. If you are expecting something a western philosopher could appreciate; this book will be disappointing. However; from a standpoint of zen practice and intellectual history; this book should be on every zen practitioner's reading list; as it provides the starting point for all the Dogen studies that followed. It is also a good introduction to Dogen's teachings.The Japanese coloring in "Shamon Dogen" is interesting. If you like reading it; a comparable film presentation; Zen; struck me as a mirror of Watsuji's article possessing similar themes and concerns; an interesting more contemporary insight into what the Japanese would want to see reflecting a native son's life. If you want a more philosophical book on Dogen; Hee Jin Kim's Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist is largely considered a classic. Watsuji broached Dogen's thoughts on art and poetry; but a recent publication by Pamela D. Winfield; Icons and Iconoclasm in Japanese Buddhism: Kukai and Dogen on the Art of Enlightenment; offers a more nuanced and complete perspective of Dogen's aesthetics.
