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.

This book presents scientific wellness interventions to aid healthcare professionals helping people complete their journeys to full health.

About the Author
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.

Reviews
'The Handbook of Wellness Medicine is an effective reference for any reader looking for a one-stop source for guidance in the pursuit of improving wellness. Medical educators will find this book particularly useful, not only as a tool for educating their learners on the methods by which wellness can be pursued, but also in the instruction of self-care for medical students and residents, a topic of paramount importance.' John E. Snellings, Family Medicine



Book Information
ISBN 9781108722056
Author Waguih William Ishak
Format Paperback
Page Count 652
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 1100g
Dimensions(mm) 233mm * 156mm * 29mm