The Wellness Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Maintaining Health and Treating Stress-Related Illness [Hardcover]

Herbert Benson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1992

The author combines the techniques from his bestselling Relaxation Response with other behavioral medicine approaches--such as stress management, exercise, and nutrition--to provide an accessible and complete guide for enhancing health and dealing with most illnesses. Fully illustrated.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The editors and their associates at the Mind/Body Medical Institute of the New England Deaconess Hospital and Harvard Medical School hope to make their "experience in treating chronic and stress-related symptoms available to those not able to attend" their Boston-based behavioral medicine clinics. In 24 chapters, the reader is "introduced to the essentials of healthy lifestyle, including the relaxation response, nutrition, exercise, and stress management." The workbook format includes short patient histories, space for write-in exercises and personal data, charts, and diagrams. Overall, this material is also covered in greater detail and a better format in the Wellness Encyclopedia ( LJ 2/15/91); the more personalized log in The Wellness Book makes it most appropriate for individual purchase.
-James Swanton, Albert Einstein Coll. of Medicine, New York
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

USA TodayOne of the best resources on proven ways to exercise the healing powers of the mind. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 493 pages
• Publisher: Citadel (April 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559720921
• ISBN-13: 978-1559720922
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,635,111 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Herbert Benson, MD, is the Mind Body Medical Institute Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He is the author of the mega-bestselling book, The Relaxation Response, as well as ten other trade books. His groundbreaking work established the modern field of mind body medicine. Dr. Benson is the Director Emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Healthful Living, April 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Wellness Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Maintaining Health and Treating Stress-Related Illnes (Paperback)

The Wellness Book has been extremely helpful to me and is one of the best investments I have made in myself. I first used this book 10 years ago and was able to establish some healthful living goals and actions for myself that improved my physical conditioning immensely. I continue to use it today. What I really like about this book is that it enables each reader to really focus in on their individual lifestyles, needs, and habits and develop specific, realistic, and individualized action plans for improved and healthful living. The improved physical condition that I realized as a result of focusing on a plan and actions enabled me to climb mountains in the Sierra Nevada. I have also used techniques in this book to successfully address anxiety. This week I pulled the book off of my shelf and am going at it again. I am having fun with this exercise because I can compare my "10 loves" from 10 years ago to my "10 loves" of today and put a plan in place to realize them. Many thanks to the authors for such insightful and all emcompassing work. This book is as useful and current today as it was the day it was written.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars!, November 5, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Wellness Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Maintaining Health and Treating Stress-Related Illnes (Paperback)

This book is by far the best guide to mind/body techniques to healing and recovery of the body and spirit. Dr. Benson's Mind/Body Clinic at Beth Israel Deaconness Hospital in Boston is widely respected and uses all the techniques made available here. Indispensible.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Healthful Living, April 3, 2002

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This review is from: Wellness Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Maintaining Health and Treating Stress-Related Illnes (Paperback)

The Wellness Book has been extremely helpful to me and is one of the best investments I have made in myself. I first used this book 10 years ago and was able to establish some healthful living goals and actions for myself that improved my physical conditioning immensely. I continue to use it today. What I really like about this book is that it enables each reader to really focus in on their individual lifestyles, needs, and habits and develop specific, realistic, and individualized action plans for improved and healthful living. The improved physical condition that I realized as a result of focusing on a plan and actions enabled me to climb mountains in the Sierra Nevada. I have also used techniques in this book to successfully address anxiety. This week I pulled the book off of my shelf and am going at it again. I am having fun with this exercise because I can compare my "10 loves" from 10 years ago to my "10 loves" of today and put a plan in place to realize them. Many thanks to the authors for such insightful and all emcompassing work. This book is as useful and current today as it was the day it was written.