Body-Mind Connectedness: Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Group Work for Depressed Persons with Salient Somatic Disturbances
( Depression )
Publication series ： Depression
Author： Sylvia Hong Yao Jane Xiao-Wen Ji Celia Hoi Yan Chan and CeciliaLai Wan Chan
Publisher： IntechOpen
Publication year： 2017
E-ISBN: INT6369866960
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535130598
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535130604
Subject： R74 Neurology and Psychiatry
Keyword： 神经病学与精神病学
Language： ENG
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Body-Mind Connectedness: Integrative Body-Mind-Spirit Group Work for Depressed Persons with Salient Somatic Disturbances
Description
Globally, depression frequently comorbid with a variety of physical illnesses, which exert substantial mental and somatic distresses on patients. Sleep disturbance is one of the common conditions reported by individuals with either, mental or physical illnesses. Complex interaction among depression, sleep and physical illnesses highlighted the essential mind‐body connection in the planning of integrative care and other clinical services. A number of eastern mind‐body practices, such as Qigong, acupuncture and meditation, have been frequently studied indicating the efficacy of mind‐body connection in complementary therapies. This chapter will introduce the integrative body‐mind‐spirit (I‐BMS) group work, which has been found effective in addressing comorbid depressed mood and somatic afflictions, especially sleep disturbances among Hong Kong Chinese adults.
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