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| Healing Brain Seminar: August 1982 
Two Symposia at Cape Cod STAYING HEALTHY
THE HEALING BRAIN
Sponsored by
STAYING HEALTHY Medicine has understandably focused on those who become ill. Certain environmental, behavioral, and biological factors increase the risk of disease-yet the majority of people exposed to such factors remain healthy. While some people may be protected by good genetic back-grounds, most protection is conferred by our own behavior, what we eat; how much exercise we get; how we manage stress; and how we take care of ourselves. A new view of human health and disease is emerging-one which acknowledges human resiliency and the critical role we play in promoting optimal health. This continuing education symposium is designed to present the practical applications of current knowledge in nutrition, exercise, stress management, and medical self-care. The program will include lectures, demonstrations, panel discussions, questions and answers as well as the opportunity to form smaller interest groups. FACULTY William L. Haskell, Ph.D., is Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Stanford University and a senior staff member of the Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program. His major research interests include the health benefits of exercise, factors limiting human physical performance, and the role of exercise in heart disease prevention and cardiac rehabilitation. He is author of numerous articles on exercise, performance, and health. He is also involved in a community health education intervention trial to prevent heart disease. Marion Nestle, Ph.D., is Associate Dean, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, and Lecturer in the Departments of Medicine and Biochemistry. She directs the UCSF Nutrition Curriculum Development Project and teaches nutrition to medical and other health professions students and practitioners. David S. Sobel, M.D., M.P.H., is Chief of Preventive Medicine, Kaiser-Permanente Medical Center at Santa Teresa and Medical Director of ISHK. His current areas of interest include behavioral medicine, health promotion, and public health education. He is editor of the book Ways of Health and contributing editor to Medical Self-Care. Carl E. Thoresen, Ph.D., is Professor of Education and Psychology at Stanford University where he directs Health Behavior Research at the Center for Educational Research and is establishing a new Ph.D. program in Health Psychology. His current research interests include the prevention of coronary heart disease, origins of the Type A Behavior Pattern in children and adolescents, non-pharmacological treatments of chronic insomnia, and the role of personal responsibility in health care. He has published widely in these areas including the books Counseling, Methods, The Behavior Therapist, and Self-Control: Power to the Person. PROGRAM STRESS MANAGEMENT Carl E. Thoresen, Ph.D. CHRONIC STRESS: MAJOR HEALTH HAZARD
ALTERING CHRONIC STRESS
LEARNING TO RELAX
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR HEALTH
EXERCISE
HOW MUCH EXERCISE DO YOU NEED?
FITNESS ASSESSMENT
HOW TO DESIGN AN ACTIVITY PLAN
EAT MORE AND WEIGH LESS
NUTRITION
EAT, DRINK, AND BE HEALTHY
NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT
NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS
FOOD ADDITIVES
MEDICAL SELF-CARE David S. Sobel, M.D. CONSUMERS AS PROVIDERS OF HEALTH CARE
SELF-DIAGNOSIS
SELF-TREATMENT
HEALTH APPRAISAL
THE HEALING BRAIN 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 how sensitive the brain is to environmental changes, how stress alters our immune system, and how to mobilize the brain's intrinsic healing potential. 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 Augustin de la Peiia, Ph.D., is Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at The University of Texas Health Science Center, and Chief of the Clinical Psychophysiology Laboratory and Sleep Facility at the Audie Murphy Veterans' Hospital, San Antonio. His major interests are developmental psychology, psychophysiology of sleep and stress disorders, and more recently, the role of automatization and boredom in health and disease. He is author of The Psychobiology of Cancer. 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. Robert E. Ornstein, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Human Biology, Stanford University and President of ISHK. His major interests include the function of the two hemispheres of the brain and perception and communications in the human sciences. He is author of The Psychology of Consciousness and The Mind Field, and co-author of On the Psychology of Meditation. James J. Lynch, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland School of Medicine and Scientific Director of the Psychophysiological Clinics 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. PROGRAM THE HEALING BRAIN: AN INTRODUCTION
BOREDOM, BRAIN STATES,
THE PLACEBO EFFECT
THE DIVIDED BRAIN
ENVIRONMENT, AIR IONS, AND BRAIN CHEMISTRY
PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE:
THE PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF HUMAN CONTACT
THE AGING BRAIN
WORKSHOPS These programs were presented on two weekends. Workshops were presented Monday through Friday, August 9-13, from 10:00a.m.-12:00p.m. as follows: Monday, August 9 STRESS MANAGEMENT Carl E. Thoresen Tuesday, August 10 NUTRITION Marion Nestle Wednesday, August 11 SELF-CARE David S. Sobel Thursday, August 12 THE HEALING BRAIN Robert E. Ornstein Friday, August 13 THE CHANGING BRAIN Marian C. Diamond
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