ADVANCES Statement of Purpose Advances in Mind-Body Medicine explores the relationship between mind, body, spirit, and health; the human experience of health, illness, and medical care; and the clinical, social, and personal implications of a medicine that acknowledges the whole person. Advances looks for fresh thinking, vigorous debate, and careful analysis. It is open to all members and observers of the healthcare and research community. Advances in Mind-Body Medicine (ISSN 1470-3556) is published quarterly (March, June, September, December) by InnoVision Health Media, 2995 Wilderness Place, Suite 205, Boulder CO 80301. Telephone, (303) 440-7402; toll-free, (866) 828-2962; fax, (303) 440-7446. Copyright 2008 by InnoVision Health Media. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage retrieval system without permission of InnoVision Health Media. InnoVision Health Media assumes no liability for any material published herein. Prior to photocopying items, please contact the Copyright Clearance Center, Customer Service, 222 Rosewood Dr, Danvers, MA 01923. Telephone: (978) 750-8400. All statements are the responsibility of the authors. Advances in Mind-Body Medicine is abstracted or indexed in Allied & Alternative Medicine, CHID (AM) CINAHL, Excerpta Medica/EMBASE, Index Medicus, MEDLINE, Mental Health Abstracts, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts. The Complementary and Alternative Medicine section of the Combined Health and Information Database (CHID) indexes articles from this journal that meet CHID criteria. CHID is available on the Internet at http://chid.nih.gov. The statements and opinions contained in the articles in Advances in Mind-Body Medicine are solely those of the individual contributors and not of the editors or InnoVision Health Media. Advertisements in this journal are not a warranty, endorsement, or approval of the products by the editors of this journal or InnoVision Health Media, which claims no responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas or products referred to in the articles or advertisements. To subscribe, visit www.advancesjournal.com. For subscription questions, please call (760) 633-3910 or toll-free (US only) (866) 828-2962. Annual individual subscriptions: US and possessions: $64; foreign: $88 (US). Institutional rates: $140; foreign: $215. Single copies: $12; all other countries: $18. (All subscriptions must be paid in US dollars and drawn from a US bank.) Postmaster: Send address changes to Advances in Mind-Body Medicine, PO Box 231655, Encinitas, CA 92023. Allow 4 to 6 weeks for change to take effect. The name and title Advances in MindBody Medicine is protected through a trademark registration in the US Patent Office. Produced in the USA. IN MIND-BODY MEDICINE www.advancesjournal.com Interim Editor Nancy Nachman-Hunt nancyhunt@worldnet.att.net Editorial Board Jeanne Achterberg, PhD Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center Lee S. Berk, DrPH, MPH School of Public Health and School of Medicine Loma Linda University Joan Borysenko, PhD Mind/Body Health Sciences, Inc Timothy Culbert, MD Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota James S. Gordon, MD The Center for Mind-Body Medicine Georgetown University T. George Harris University of California, San Diego Eric Leskowitz, MD Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD University of Saskatchewan Pamela Miles Institute for the Advancement of Complementary Therapies Dean Ornish, MD The Preventive Medicine Research Institute University of California, San Francisco Kenneth R. Pelletier, PhD, MD(hc) University of Arizona School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco James W. Pennebaker, PhD University of Texas, Austin Martin L. Rossman, MD University of California, San Francisco Tatjana Sivik, MA, MD, PhD Institute of Psychosomatic Medicine and University of Göteborg Göteborg, Sweden Ann Gill Taylor, RN, MS, EdD, FAAN University of Virginia Associate Editors Suzanne Snyder, Lisa Anne Marshall Creative Director Lee Dixson lee@innovisionhm.com Editorial Coordinator Anne Lanctot anne@innovisionhm.com Book Review Editor Eric Leskowitz, MD Submissions Please e-mail articles for consideration to advsubmissions@innovisionhm.com 2 ADVANCES Winter 2008-2009, VOL. 23, NO. 4 previous page next page