In numerous studies with clients suffering from eating disorders, ACT treatment has resulted in clinically significant improvements. Researchers from Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire, the University of California, San Diego, and the University of Minnesota found that ACT helped clients with a history of intensive treatment for their eating disorders finally make significant, lasting gains in recovery. --Book Jacket.

This book examines the causes and symptoms of phobias, looks at the everyday realities of people with these conditions, and explores the management and treatment options available today.

Bigelsen shows that common medical practices are actually the cause of many chronic, long-term health problems. Instead of looking at a sick person as a set of symptoms and an illness as an isolated events, we must institute a new paradigm that treats each patient as an individual and searches for root causes in the whole, living human body.

"The purpose of this book is to explain addiction and to help families and friends to deal with it successfully. People who are struggling with addiction can also use this book to understand their situation and the resources that are available to help them. And people who are wondering if they might have an addiction can use it to get a better sense of the nature and depth of their potential problem. Part I explains the science behind addiction. Part...

After assisting with her own cat's emergency surgery, Sunita decides she can no longer work with animals and accepts an internship at a lab, unaware that the research conducted there includes animal testing.