E-Book Overview
This is Robert Fried's third book on the crucial role of breathing and hyperventilation in our emotional and physical health. The first, The Hyperventilation Syndrome (1987), was a scholarly monograph, and the second, The Breath Connection (1990a), was a popular version for the lay reader. This book combines the best features of both and extends Dr. Fried's seminal work to protocols for clinical psychophysiology and psy chiatry. Hoping to avoid misunderstanding, he has taken systematic care to introduce relevant electrical, physiological, and psychological concepts in operational language for the widest possible professional audience. Any clinician not thoroughly experienced in respiratory psycho physiology and biofeedback will leave these pages with profound new insight and direction into an aspect of our liveswhich we innocently take for granted as "common sense"-the role of breathing in health and illness. Einstein viewed such common sense as "that set of prejudices we acquired prior to the age of eighteen." I am impressed that Dr. Fried mirrors Einstein's uncanny genius in not accepting the obvious breathing is not "common sense" but, rather, is a pivotal psycho physiological mechanism underlying all aspects of life.
E-Book Information
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Series: The Springer Series in Behavioral Psychophysiology and Medicine
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Year: 1,993
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Edition: 1
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Pages: 374
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Pages In File: 394
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Language: English
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Identifier: 978-1-4899-1241-1,978-1-4899-1239-8
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Doi: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1239-8
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Cleaned: 1
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Paginated: 1
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Org File Size: 40,876,711
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Extension: pdf
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Tags: Psychology, general Clinical Psychology Psychiatry
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Toc: Front Matter....Pages i-xxivIntroduction....Pages 1-20Elements of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System....Pages 21-56The Circulatory System and the Heart....Pages 57-86Blood and the Red Blood Cells....Pages 87-108Capnometry and the Computerized Psychophysiological Profile....Pages 109-172Some Functional Relationships between Hyperventilation and the Endocrine, Cardiovascular, and Nervous Systems....Pages 173-192Respiration, Hyperventilation, and Mental Disorders....Pages 193-230Behavioral Treatment and Control of Breathing in Physiotherapeutic, Yogic, and Relaxation Methods....Pages 231-243Behavioral Assessment and Breathing Training in the Treatment of Hyperventilation, Asthma, and Other Conditions....Pages 245-300In Conclusion....Pages 301-306Back Matter....Pages 307-374