To truly live well—to feel good, engage in productive activities, enjoy fulfilling relationships with other people, and be able to adapt to change and cope with adversity—Americans must start addressing mental health with the same urgency as physical health. With this in mind, registered dietitian Dr. Ruth Leyse-Wallace gathers breakthrough scientific research from around the […]
Healing & Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health
Healing and Wholeness: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Mental Health provides a comprehensive overview of complementary and alternative treatments for mental health, with information and research on their effectiveness for treating specific disorders. Twenty-two chapters document research and the current practice of using complementary and alternative therapies in treating a number of disorders, including depression, […]
Night Eating Syndrome
Night eating syndrome (NES), also known as “midnight hunger”, is an unusual type of eating disorder characterized by an ongoing, persistent pattern of late-night binge eating. NES, which has not been formally defined as an eating disorder, was originally described by Dr Albert Stunkard in 1955. The underlying causes are currently being identified and treatment […]
Overcoming Night Eating Syndrome
According to the authors of Overcoming Night Eating Syndrome: A Step-by-Step Guide to Breaking the Cycle, the statistics are powerful and alarming: perhaps as many as 6 million Americans suffer from night eating syndrome, or NES, an eating disorder which describes behavior patterns in which an individual obsessively consumes more than half of his or […]