The Handbook of Wellness Medicine

Wellness medicine is the field that focuses on improving overall functioning, quality of life, and wellbeing, beyond symptom management of medical illness, leading to restoration and maintenance of health. The Handbook of Wellness Medicine provides a practical guide to the latest in evidence-based medicine, as well as best practice, to assist healthcare professionals in utilizing the full range of interventions to improve wellness and help patients complete their journeys to full health. The volume is organized into five parts: Part I introduces the concept of wellness by detailing the definitions and assessment/measurement methods, and formulating wellness plans. Part II describes wellness plans in major illnesses, categorized by organ system/disorder. Part III covers the methods to improve wellness in special populations. Part IV details each wellness intervention, including the scientific evidence behind it and its practical application. Part V focuses on integrating and personalizing the interventions into one's life to maintain wellness.

Author: Waguih William Ishak
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 08/20/2020
Pages: 652
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781108722056

About the Author
Ishak, Waguih William: - Waguih William IsHak, MD, FAPA is Professor and Clinical Chief of Psychiatry at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. IsHak has over 30 years of experience in psychiatry, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacology, with specific expertise in quality of life, ways to restore and maintain health, and removing behavioral barriers to wellness. His articles have appeared in JAMA Psychiatry, Harvard Review of Psychiatry, and Quality of Life Research. Dr IsHak served as Chief Proctor and Examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and he is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.