A dictionary of mind and body : therapies, techniques and ideas in alternative medicine, the healing arts and psychology /

Watson, author of A Dictionary of Mind and Spirit (1991), has created a guide to terminology in nontraditional medicine. He sympathizes with the idea of the connection between mind and body and the usefulness of alternative forms of healing, but he does not blindly accept every therapy. The more than 800 entries vary in length, with "acupuncture" covering six pages and "acu-yoga" three lines. The author intends the many cross-references to be used as hypertext links between topics of interest. Background information is given on the history and the founders of the various forms of healing, such as Abraham Maslow under "humanistic psychology" or Edward Bach under "Bach flower remedies." A detailed index provides access to terms that are not headwords, including proper names, since there are no biographical entries. The bibliography cites books and journals, most of which are older, classical works on the topics covered, rather than recent literature. This well-written and well-constructed source would be useful in public or academic libraries. E. Tonn Norwich University