What is Mind-Body Medicine? What is the best way to apply Mind-Body Medicine?

How mind-body medicine helps in treatment of tumors and autoimmune diseases. Dr. Anton Titov, MD. Mind-Body medicine for cancer treatment. How to use mind-body medicine for irritable bowel syndrome. Mind-body practices for migraine. Mind-body harmony can explain miracle cure stories. Examples of mind body medicine practices. Mind-body medicine for depression and anxiety. Video interview with top expert in integrative medicine. Medical second opinion ensures that depression diagnosis is correct and complete. Medical second opinion also helps to choose the best holistic natural treatment strategy for depression. Seek medical second opinion on depression and be confident that your treatment is the best. Dr. Anton Titov, MD. A particular focus of your interest is on Mind-Body Medicine. What is the concept of Mind-Body Medicine? How do you apply it in your clinical practice? Dr. Kevin Barrows, MD (Integrative Medicine specialist, Director, Mindfulness Program, UCSF). We can start to define Mind-Body Medicine as processes of the mind that influence the health of the body. That's an imperfect definition of Mind-Body Medicine. But we can start there. The reason I say this definition of Mind-Body Medicine is imperfect is this. We are saying processes the mind influence the body. There is still a subtle duality that's maintained. This duality implies that the mind and the body are separate. The mind affects the body. The fundamental principle of Mind-Body Medicine is that they're connected. There is one patient. Anything that you might do to the mind or body. It is going to affect the mind and the body. Furthermore, it's not just the mind affecting the body. The body can affect the mind. We have some great Western scientific research on mind and body connection. We know that aerobic exercise enhances mood. And we know certain therapeutic agents we use. Interferon for chronic hepatitis has a high incidence of depression. It is a side effect of treatment. So this is a chemical medicine that we are giving. It's affecting the mind. Examples of Mind-Body Medicine therapies are meditation, hypnosis, biofeedback, guided imagery, tai chi, yoga. Mind-Body Medicine is a very useful field. It's maybe the biggest untapped source of healing power in many cases. Mind-Body Medicine is a kind of a frontier that is not fully explored. I often think sometimes you hear about miracle cures. Like a doctor thought this patient was going to die. Then three months later they were well. Sometimes you hear that kind of story. I often wonder whether the power of the mind is playing a role there. That is he Mind-Body Medicine phenomenon. I find it really useful and certain cases. In most cases Mind-Body Medicine can be useful. But I would say in particular in diseases like migraine, irritable bowel syndrome, pain diseases. Then the brain really can alter our perception of pain. Certainly Mind-Body Medicine is helpful in mental health diseases, depression, anxiety. Dr. Anton Titov, MD. What is Mind-Body medicine? Introduction and examples of use in cancer treatment and autoimmune disease. How to use Mind-Body Medicine in daily life.