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NEW IN RESOURCE SECTION:
CAM BURDEN MANUAL: Aromatherapy in the Nursing Home: Practical applications based on a one- year research project.

 

Newly released chapter:

Mindfulness-based elder care: Communicating mindfulness to frail elders and their caregivers. In Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness (2008) Fabrizio Didonna (Ed). New York: Springer.

 

Articles and Books by Lucia McBee
 
Lantz, M. S., Buchalter, E. N., McBee, L. (1997) The Wellness Group: a novel intervention for coping with disruptive behavior in elderly nursing home residents. The Gerontologist. 37(4), 551-555

McBee, L. (2003). Mindfulness practice with the frail elderly and their caregivers: Changing the practitioner-patient
relationship Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation 19:4, 257-264.

McBee, L., Westreich, L., Likourezos, A., (2004). A psychoeducational relaxation group for pain and stress management in the nursing home Journal of Social Work in Long Term Care Vol. 3 (1) 15-28, 2004

McBee, L. (2003) Complementary and alternative medicine interventions for nursing home residents Clinical Geriatrics Vol. 11 (12) 34-36, and (2004) Annals of Long Term Care: Clinical Care and Aging, Vol. 12 (4).
 
McBee, Lucia. (2008) Mindfulness-Based Elder Care. New York: Springer Publications.
 
McBee, L. (2008) Mindfulness-Based Elder Care: Communicating mindfulness to frail elders and their caregivers. In Clinical Handbook of Mindfulness. Faribrizio Didonna (Ed.) Pp. 431-445. New York: Springer.
 
BOOKS
 
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies. (2004). Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the United States. National Academies Press: Washington DC.

Baer, R. A. (Ed.). (2006). Mindfulness based treatment approaches: Clinician ’ s guide to evidence base and applications. Amsterdam: Academic.
 
Begley, S. (2007).Train Your Mind Change Your Brain: How a new Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to Transform Ourselves. Ballantine Books: New York.

Bell, L. and Seyfer, E. (2000). Gentle Yoga: Gentle Yoga a Guide to Low-Impact Exercise. Celestial Arts: Berkley CA.

Cappy, P. (2006). Yoga for All of Us: A modified series of traditional poses for any age and ability. St. Martin’s Press: New York.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (1990). Full catastrophe living: Using the wisdom of your body and mind to face stress, pain and illness. New York: Dell.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (1994). Wherever you go, there you are: Mindfulness meditation in everyday life. New York: Hyperion.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (2005). Coming to our senses: Healing ourselves and the world through mindfulness. New York: Hyperion.

Kornfield, J. (1993). A path with heart: A guide through the perils and promises of spiritual life. New York: Bantam.

Kramer, G. (2007). Insight dialogue: The interpersonal path to freedom . Boston: Shambhala.
Mackenzie, E. R. and Rakel, B. (Eds.) (2006) Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Older Adults. Springer Publishing: New York.

Nhat Hanh, T. (1987). The miracle of mindfulness. Boston: Beacon.
Nhat Hanh, T. (1991). Peace is every step. New York: Bantam.
Nhat Hanh, T. (2002). No death, no fear. New York: Riverhead.
 
Paul, R. (2004). The yoga of sound. Novato, CA: New World Library.
 
Rosenbaum, E. (2005). Here for now: Living well with cancer through mindfulness. Hardwick,MA: Satya House.
 
Santorelli, S. (1999). Heal thy self. New York: Bell Tower.
 
Sapolsky, R. (2004). Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers Owl Books, New York.
 
Segal, Z. V., Willams, J. M. G., & Teasdale, J. D. (2002). Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy for depression: A new approach to preventing relapse. New York: Guilford.

Siegel, D. J. (2007). The mindful brain. New York: W. W. Norton.
 
Worwood, V. A. (1991). The complete book of essential oils and aromatherapy. Novato,CA: New World Library.
 
SELECTED ARTICLES

AGS Panel on Chronic Pain in Older Adults (1998) The management of chronic pain in older persons The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 46 (5), 635-651

Ballard CG, O'Brien J, Reichelt K, Perry E. (2002). Aromatherapy as a safe and effective treatment for the management of agitation in severe dementia: the results of a double blind, placebo controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 63: 553-558

Burns, A, Byrne, J, Ballard, C, Holmes, C (2002) Sensory Stimulation in dementia British Medical Journal; 325:1312-1313
Davidson, R. J., Kabat-Zinn, J., Schumacher, J., Rosenkranz, M., Muller, D., Santorelli, S. F., et al. (2003). Alterations in brain and immune function produced by mindfulness meditation. Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 564–570.
 
Epstein, R. M. (1999). Mindful practice. Journal of the American Medical Association ,282 (9), 833–839.
 
Holmes C, Hopkins V, Hensford C, MacLaughlin V, Wilkinson D, Rosenvinge H. (2002). Lavender oil as a treatment for agitated behaviour in severe dementia: a placebo controlled study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 17: 305-308

Ni, H., Simile, C., Hardey, A.M. (2002) Utilization of complementary and alternative medicine by United States adults: results from the 1999 national health interview survey Medical Care April; 40(4):353-8

Smallwood J, Brown R, Coulter F, Irvine E, Copland C. (2001). Aromatherapy and behaviour disturbances in dementia: a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 16: 1010-1013

Smith, A. (2004) Clinical uses of mindfulness training for older people. Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy 32, 423-430

Waelde, Lynne C., Thompson, Larry, Gallagher-Thompson, Dolores (2004) A pilot study of yoga and meditation for dementia caregiver stress. Journal of Clinical Psychology Vol. 60(6), 677-287

Wolfe, N. and Herzberg, J. (1996) Can aromatherapy oils promote sleep in severely demented patients? International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 11, 926-927

ARTICLES AND BOOKS ON CAM AND PAIN MANAGEMENT

Astin, J. A. (2004). Mind-Body Therapies for the Management of Pain. Clinical Journal of Pain. 20(1):27-32

 

Esteve, R, Ramírez-Maestre, C., López-Marínez, A. E. (2007). Adjustment to chronic pain: the role of pain acceptance, coping strategies, and pain-related cognitions. Annuals of Behavioral Medicine. 33(2):179-88.

 

Grossman , L . Niemann , S . Schmidt , H . Walach, P. (2004) Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health benefits: A meta-analysis.  Journal of Psychosomatic Research. 57 (1), 35 - 43.

 

Kabat-Zinn, J., Lipworth, L. & Burney, R and Sellers, W. (1986) Four year follow up of a meditation-based program for the self regulation of chronic pain: Treatment outcomes and compliance. Clinical Journal of Pain 2:159-173.

 

Kabat-Zinn, J. Lipworth, L. & Burney, R.  (1985). The clinical use of mindfulness meditation for the self-regulation of chronic pain, Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 8 (2): 163-190

 

McCracken, L. M., Gauntlett-Gilberta, J. & Vowles, K. E. (2007). The role of mindfulness in a contextual cognitive-behavioral analysis of chronic pain-related suffering and disability. Pain.  (131 (1-2) 63-69.

 

McCracken, L. M.,  Vowlesb, K. E. & Ecclestona, C. E. (2005) Acceptance-based treatment for persons with complex, long standing chronic pain: a preliminary analysis of treatment outcome in comparison to a waiting phase. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 43 (10) 1335-1346.

Morone N. E., Greco, C. M. (2007) Mind-Body Interventions for Chronic Pain in Older Adults: A Structured Review. Pain Medicine. 8 I (4) 359-375.

 

Pincus, T., Burton, A., Vogel, S., Field, A. P. (2002) A Systematic Review of Psychological Factors as Predictors of Chronicity/Disability in Prospective Cohorts of Low Back Pain. Primary Care Spine. 27(5):E109-E120.
 

Plews-Ogan M., Owens, J. E., Goodman M., Wolfe P., Schorling, J. (2005) A Pilot Study Evaluating Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Massage for the Management of Chronic Pain. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 20 (12) Page 1136-1138

 

Pradhan, E. K., et al. (2007). Effect of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Arthritis Rheumatism. 57 (7):1116-8.

 

Price, S. & Price, L. (1999). Aromatherapy for health professionals. United Kingdom: Churchill and Livingstone

 

Reibel, D. K., Greeson, J. M., Brainard, G. C. & Rosenzweig, S. (2001) Mindfulness-based stress reduction and health-related quality of life in a heterogeneous patient population.  General Hospital Psychiatry. 23 (4) 183 - 192.

                           

Turk, D. C. & Okifuji, A. (2002) Psychological Factors in Chronic Pain: Evolution and Revolution. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 70 (3) 678–690.

 

Weintraub, M. I., Mamtani, R., Micozzi, M. S. (Eds.) (2008, in press) Complementary and Integrative Medicine in Pain Management. New York: Springer Publishing.

 

Mindfulness-based cognitive thereapy for depression: A new approach to preventing relapse. New York: Guilford.

 

Viane , G . Crombez , C . Eccleston , J . Devulder , W . De Corte, I. (2004) Acceptance of the unpleasant reality of chronic pain: effects upon attention to pain and engagement with daily activities .  Pain. 112 (3) 282 – 288.

 

Woby, S. R., Watson, P.J., Roach, N. K., Urmston, M. (2004) Are changes in fear-avoidance beliefs, catastrophizing, and appraisals of control, predictive of changes in chronic low back pain and disability?  European Journal of Pain. 8 (3) 201 - 210.

 

WEBSITES
Center for Mindfulness at Umass Medical Center www.umassmed.edu/cfm
 
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine http://nccam.nih.gov/
Silver Age Yoga: Offers online and in-person training in yoga for elders for certified yoga teachers. http://www.silverageyoga.org/
 

The National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy: http://www.naha.org/

 

CDs and tapes from a variety of spiritual and healing traditions: www.soundstrue.com

 

Interpersonal meditation practice: Insight Dialogue—mindfulness in relationship information and training. http://www.metta.org/

Mindfulness-based CDs in English and Spanish: Forgiveness meditation. http://www.newhavenweb.com/bethroth
 
The yoga of sound: Russill Paul