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| Healing Brain Seminar: October 1980 
THE HEALING BRAIN II A Weekend Symposium
The University of California, San Francisco
THE HEALING BRAIN II We have radically underestimated our sensitivity to the social and physical environment as well as human capabilities for self-healing. Recent advances in the brain and behavioral sciences have revealed that interpersonal interactions can markedly influence physiological responses and that social support and friends may modify disease susceptibility. We are also learning more about the lasting effects of nutrition on brain development and how hypnosis and biofeedback may be used to mobilize the healing potential of the brain. These and other findings of major clinical importance will be explored at a two-day symposium. A distinguished faculty of researchers and clinicians will provide through lectures, panel discussions, and questions and answers an up-to-date review of emerging trends in behavioral medicine. FACULTY Philip A. Berger, M.D., is associate professor of psychiatry at Stanford University. His main research has been in the role of endorphins and mental health, especially the relationship to schizophrenia. He is the author of many journal articles. Among his books are Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Behavioral Neurochemistry. Thomas H. Budzynski, Ph.D., is clinical director of the Biofeedback Institute of Denver and clinical assistant professor of psychology, University of Colorado Medical Center. He is past president of the Biofeedback Society of America and is author of numerous clinical studies on biofeedback. Marian C. Diamond, M.A., Ph.D., is professor of anatomy at the University of California, Berkeley and former associate dean of the College of Letters and Science. Her research has centered on how the structure of the nervous system can be modified by changes in the environment. She is also currently developing a school health education program to enhance body awareness in children. William S. Kroger, M.D., is executive director of the Institute for Comprehensive Medicine in Beverly Hills and clinical professor of anesthesiology, Pain Clinic, UCLA Medical Center. He is co-founder of both the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. He is author of numerous scientific articles and books including Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and coauthor of Hypnosis and Behavior Modification: Imagery Conditioning. Richard S. Lazarus, Ph.D., is professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests have principally focused on cognitive processes that mediate stress and coping with stress and illness. He has authored numerous research and theoretical papers as well as several books including Psychological Stress and the Coping Process and Patterns of Adjustment. Robert B. Livingston, M.D., is professor of neurosciences, University of California, San Diego and a past director for both Neurological and Mental Health Institutes, National Institutes of Health. He has published many papers and edited several books relating to neurophysiology, neuroanatomy, psychology, psychiatry, education, and history. Among his recent work is a book Sensory Processing, Perception, and Behavior. James J. Lynch, Ph.D., is professor of psychology, University of Maryland School of Medicine and scientific director of the Psychophysiological Clinic and Laboratories. His research interests have included biofeedback control of brain wave activity, the psychophysiology of affiliation and cardiac function about which he has written a book, The Broken Heart: The Medical Consequences of Loneliness. Meredith Minkler, Dr.P.H., is assistant professor of Health Education, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley. Her research interests include the problems of aging in American society, the health effects of retirement, and the role of supportive ties in health maintenance. Robert E. Ornstein, Ph.D., is associate professor of medical psychology, University of California, San Francisco and president of The Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge. His major interests include the function of the two hemispheres of the brain, perception, and communications in the human sciences. He is author of The Psychology of Consciousness, The Mind Field, and coauthor of On the Psychology of Meditation. David S. Sobel, M.D., M.P.H., is acting chief of Preventive Medicine, Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center at Santa Teresa and a fellow at the Health Policy Program, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco. He is also medical program director of The Institute for the Study of Human Knowledge and has research interests in self-care and health promotion. He is editor of Ways of Health: Holistic Approaches to Ancient and Contemporary Medicine. SYMPOSIUM CHAIRPERSONS
PROGRAM SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11 MORNING INTRODUCTION - David S. Sobel, M.D. THE PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF HUMAN CONTACT
CLINICAL BIOFEEDBACK: SELF-CONTROL OF INTERNAL STATES Thomas H. Budzynski, Ph.D.
PANEL DISCUSSION AFTERNOON HYPNOSIS: A SCIENTIFIC PLACEBO EFFECT
HEALTHY ILLUSIONS: THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF DENIAL
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12 MORNING INTRODUCTION - Robert E. Ornstein, Ph.D. PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE: SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH
THE AGING BRAIN
PANEL DISCUSSION AFTERNOON ENDORPHINS IN MENTAL HEALTH
NUTRITION IN BRAIN DEVELOPMENT
PANEL DISCUSSION
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