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Shannahoff-Khalsa DS, Kundalini Yoga Meditation: Techniques Specific for Psychiatric Disorders, Couples Therapy, and Personal Growth, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, London, 2006 (see Table of Contents below).

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Norton Book Table of Contents

Foreword
Introduction

I.  The Ancient Science of Kundalini Yoga
Chapter 1.  Yogic Insights into Mind-Body Medicine and Healing

II. Treating Psychiatric Disorders
Chapter 2.   Treating the Anxiety Disorders
Chapter 3.   Treating the Major Depressive Disorders, Grief, and Bipolar Disorders
Chapter 4.   Treating the Addictive, Impulse Control, and Eating Disorders
Chapter 5.   Treating Sleep Disorders
Chapter 6.   Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chapter 7.   Treating Attention Deficit Hyperactivity and Co-morbid Disorders
Chapter 8.   Treating the Abused and Battered Psyche

III.  Therapy for Individuals, Couples, and Groups
Chapter 9.   Integrating Kundalini Yoga Meditation Techniques into Therapy
Chapter 10. Using Venus Kriya Meditation Techniques for Couples Therapy

Epilogue: A New Dimension for Psychiatry: Kundalini Meditation as a Novel Approach for
                 Prevention and Treatment

IV.   Appendices
Appendix 1. Kundalini Yoga Techniques and Protocols (lists all the techniques and
protocols for each chapter)
Appendix 2. Further Studies on Unilateral Forced Nostril Breathing
Appendix 3. Kundalini Yoga Meditation for OCD: Two successful Clinical Trials

V.  References
VI. index

BOOK 2

Shannahoff-Khalsa, DS, Psychophysiological States: The Ultradian Dynamics of Mind-Body Interactions, In the series "International Review of Neurobiology," Academic Press (Elsevier Scientific Publications), vol 80, pps. 1-249, 2008 (written by invitation). This book can be purchased at Amazon.com for $149.95. View Book Cover

Academic Press/Elsevier Scientific Publications Table of Contents

Dedication
Forward - By F. Eugene Yates, MD, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Medicine &
                Geriatrics, University of California, Los Angeles
Preface
Acknowledgements

Introduction - An Historical Perspective on the Research Highlights and Basic
    Autonomic Essentials for Understanding Psychophysiological States
I. Towards an Integration of the Temporal and Structural Organization of Higher
   Vertebrates: Lateralized Ultradian Rhythms of the Nervous System
I.A.  Lateralized Rhythms of the Autonomic Nervous System
I.B.  Lateralized Rhythms of the Central Nervous System
        I.B.I. Ultradian Rhythm Studies of Alternating Cerebral Hemispheric Activity
                Exhibited by EEG During Sleep
        I.B.2. Studies of Lateralized Cognitive Performance After Awakening from
                REM and NREM Sleep Stages
        I.B.3. Ultradian Rhythm Studies of Alternating Cerebral Hemispheric Activity
                Exhibited by EEG During Waking
        I.B.4. Ultradian Rhythm Studies of Alternating Hemispheric Activity Exhibited
                by Cognitive Performance Efficiency
I.C.  Ultradian Rhythms of the Cardiovascular, Neuroendocrine, Fuel-Regulatory,
        Gastrointestinal, and Immune Systems
I.D.  Hypothalamic Regulation and Integration of the ANS-CNS Rhythm and the
        Basic Rest-Activity Cycle
I.E.  Laterality and the Basic Rest-Activity Cycle
            1.E.1.  Ultradian Rhythms of Arousal, Performance, and Behavior
            1.E.2.  A Neural Matrix for Coupling Mind and Metabolism
            1.E.3.  A Pendulum of ANS-CNS Activities and Homeostasis: A New
                      Paradigm for Stress and Disease
II. Implications of Lateralized Rhythms for Adaptation and Homeostasis
III. Implications of Lateralized Rhythms for Psychopathology
      A.  Anxiety
      B.  Depression
      C.  Schizophrenia
IV. Translational Elements of Psychophysiological States: Selective Unilateral
      Regulation of the Lateralized Activities of the Autonomic and Central Nervous
      Systems
            IV.A. Unilateral Forced Nostril Breathing
            IV.B. Stimulation of the Autonomic Reflex Point on the Fifth Intercostal Space
            IV.C. Vagal Nerve Stimulation
V.  Reflections, Conclusions, and Future Directions
VI. References