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  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
  • Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Trichotillomania)
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Social Anxiety Disorders
  • Phobias
  • Panic Attacks and Panic Disorders
  • Addictive, Impulse Control, Eating disorders (Bulimia, Anorexia Nervosa)
  • Depression
  • all 10 Personality Disorders (Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic Narcissistic, Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder)
  • Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • Schizophrenia and the Variants of Psychoses
  • ADHD and Comorbid Disorders (Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder)
  • Bipolar Disorders
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Sleep Disorders (Insomnia, Nightmares)
  • Grief
  • Acute Stress Disorder
  • PTSD
  • Abused and Battered Psyches (primarily for children & adolescents)
  • Dyslexia and Other Learning Disorders

Kundalini Yoga Meditation: Techniques Specific for Psychiatric Disorders, Couples Therapy, and Personal Growth, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, London, 2006.

by David Shannahoff-Khalsa

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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 (a professional book written by invitation).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

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Sacred Therapies: The Kundalini Yoga Meditation Handbook for Mental Health. W. W. Norton & Co. Inc., 2012.

by David Shannahoff-Khalsa

Shannahoff-Khalsa DS, Sacred Therapies: The Kundalini Yoga Meditation Handbook for Mental Health. W. W. Norton & Co. Inc., 2012.

Sacred Therapies 
The Kundalini Yoga Meditation Handbook for Mental Health
W. W. Norton & Company
New York • London 

 
Table of Contents
 

Acknowledgments IX Preface XIII

CHAPTER 1 A Brief Introduction to Kundalini Yoga Meditation 1

CHAPTER 2 Treating Anxiety and Generalized Anxiety Disorder 5

CHAPTER 3 Treating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Obsessive Compulsive Spectrum Disorders (Trichotillomania and Body Dysmorphic Disorder) 19

CHAPTER 4 Treating Phobias 36

CHAPTER 5 Treating Panic Attacks and Panic Disorders 45

CHAPTER 6 Treating Acute Stress Disorder 57

CHAPTER 7 Treating Postttraumatic Stress Disorder 65

CHAPTER 8 Treating the Abused and Battered Psyche 80

CHAPTER 9 Treating the Major Depressive Disorders 95

CHAPTER 10 Treating Grief 105

CHAPTER 11 Treating the Bipolar Disorders 109

CHAPTER 12 Treating the Addictive, Impulse Control, and Eating Disorders 126

CHAPTER 13 Treating Insomnia and Other Sleep Disorders 150

CHAPTER 14 Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 162

CHAPTER 15 Treating Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity and Comorbid Disorders (Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder) 171

CHAPTER 16 Treating Dyslexia and Other Learning Disorders 188

CHAPTER 17 Treating Schizophrenia and the Psychoses 196

CHAPTER 18 Treating the Personality Disorders (Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic Narcississtic, Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder) 234

CHAPTER 19 Treating Autism and Asperger’s Disorder 297 References 321 Index 325 

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Kundalini Yoga Meditation for Complex Psychiatric Disorders: Techniques Specific for Treating the Psychoses, Personality, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, W. W. Norton & Co. Inc, 2010.

by David Shannahoff-Khalsa

Shannahoff-Khalsa DS, Kundalini Yoga Meditation for Complex Psychiatric Disorders: Techniques Specific for Treating the Psychoses, Personality, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders, W. W. Norton & Co. Inc, 2010 (professional book division).  Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixPreface xv
Introduction xvii

ONE
The Current Need for Advancing Treatment and the Potential for the Therapeutic Application of Yogic Medicine for Complex and Multimorbid Psychiatric Disorders 1

TWO
Treating Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders 17
Definitions, Subtypes, Diagnostic Features, Prevalence, Natural History, and Results Using Conventional Treatment Modalities 17
The Yogic View on the Etiology of Schizophrenia and Other Forms of Psychosis 44
The Yogic Protocols for Treatment 52
Case Histories of Treatment 75

THREE
Treating the Personality Disorders: Paranoid, Schizoid, Schizotypal, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Antisocial, Borderline, Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorders 83
Subtypes and Diagnostic Features, Prevalence, and Results Using Conventional Treatment Modalities 83
The Yogic View on the Etiology of the Personality Disorders 141
The Yogic Protocols for Treatment 145
Case Histories of Treatment 189

FOUR
Treating the Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Autistic Disorder, Asperger’s Disorder, and Pervasive Developmental Disorders?Not Otherwise Specified 209
Subtypes and Diagnostic Features, Prevalence, Etiology, and Results Using Conventional Treatment Modalities 210
The Yogic View of the Etiology of the Pervasive Developmental Disorders 231
The Yogic Protocols for Treatment 234
Case Histories of Treatment 255

FIVE
Treating Multimorbidity in Psychiatric Disorders 270
Multiple Morbidities: Principles and Hierarchy in Treating Complex Patients 270
Structuring Individual Treatment Plans 283
Additional Health Concerns, Complications, and Modes of Alternative Treatment 293
A Complex Case History of Treatment 301

SIX
Epilogue: On the Future of the Prevention and Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders 320
References 329
Index 355

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Psychophysiological States: The Ultradian Dynamics of Mind-Body Interactions, In the series “International Review of Neurobiology,” Academic Press (Elsevier Scientific Publications), vol 80, 2008.

by David Shannahoff-Khalsa

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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).Table of ContentsDedication
Forward – By F. Eugene Yates, MD, Professor Emeritus, Departments of Medicine &
Geriatrics, University of California, Los Angeles
Preface
AcknowledgementsIntroduction – 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

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Testimonials from
David Shannahoff-Khalsa’s books

From "Sacred Therapies: The Kundalini Yoga Meditation Handbook for Mental Health"
"In this new book, David Shannahoff-Khalsa brings together his 20+ years of experience using Kundalini yoga meditation to understand and treat psychiatric disorders. Having worked with David on the design of a new study in adults with OCD, I can attest to the seriousness of his scholarship. And having been a lifelong meditator in another Asian meditation tradition, I can also attest to the enormous wisdom and practical value embedded in his work. In fact, David's careful translation of Kundalini practices for Western audiences is a model of both academic rigor and a testimony to his great compassion for those afflicted with mental illness. I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in applying Kundalini yoga in a psychiatric context."
John S. March, MD, MPH
Director, Division of Neurosciences Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, and Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Duke University Medical School

From "Kundalini Yoga Meditation for Complex Psychiatric Disorders: Techniques Specific for Treating the Psychoses, Personality, and Pervasive Developmental"
"Most psychiatric disorders are chronic and disabling. Since current treatments often do not provide full symptom remission, additional approaches are needed. In this new book, Shannahoff-Khalsa continues to increase the credibility of Kundalini Yoga as one such approach. The yoga protocols introduced can serve as adjuncts to the treatment of specific psychiatric and personality disorders not explored in his previous books."
—Euripedes Miguel, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo Medical School, and Coordinator of the National Institute for Developmental Psychiatry, Brazil
From "Kundalini Yoga Meditation: Techniques Specific for Psychiatric Disorders, Couples Therapy, and Personal Growth"
"Shannahoff-Khalsa expertly presents ways that Kundalini yoga can help people overcome an array of symptoms, such as bouts of insomnia, stress, or anxiety from interpersonal problems. Breathing is a major way in which we can link the outside world of our internal environments, and this books lays out a series of exercises that have worked for centuries to help mankind cope. I personality prescribe a few of the exercises to even my most debilitated CFS patients. Besides the possibility of improved health, the exercises are a way to put control back into the patient's hands."
—Benjamin H. Natelson, M.D.
Professor of Neurosciences, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School
From "Kundalini Yoga Meditation for Complex Psychiatric Disorders: Techniques Specific for Treating the Psychoses, Personality, and Pervasive Developmental"
"The successful use of Kundalini Yoga to treat severe psychiatric illness is one of those disruptive observations that should make us sit up and wonder if we really know as much as we think we do. A first rate scientist and a high order Yogic practitioner and teacher, David Shannahoff-Khalsa draws on one of the world's great wisdom traditions, providing much that may be of value to patients and practitioners and much that should stimulate further study."
—John S. March, MD, MPH
Director, Division of Neurosciences Medicine, Duke Clinical Research Institute, and Professor of Psychiatry and Psychology, Duke University Medical School
From "Kundalini Yoga Meditation: Techniques Specific for Psychiatric Disorders, Couples Therapy, and Personal Growth"
"Eastern wisdom informs Western science in David Shannahoff-Khalsa's quest to bring the benefits of Kundalini yoga meditation to relieve the emotional pain and mental distress of obsessive compulsive disorder and other disabling psychiatric conditions. Richly illustrated with clinical case histories, this book bridges the tensions between these two world views by offering a detailed repertoire of yogic breathing techniques and postures embedded within controlled treatment outcome trials. Readily practiced within everyday settings, these techniques open the ancient yogic technology of the mind to the reader while remaining grounded in modern neuroscience."
—Frank W. Putnam, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati
From "Kundalini Yoga Meditation for Complex Psychiatric Disorders: Techniques Specific for Treating the Psychoses, Personality, and Pervasive Developmental"
"Our understanding psychopathology and related mind-body states is incomplete. Shannahoff-Khalsa provides a well-informed overview of some of the most challenging disorders and currently available treatments, describing his experience working with severely affected individuals where intensive practice of specific yogic protocols resulted in substantial clinical improvement."
—James Leckman, MD
Neison Harris Professor of Child Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Psychology and Pediatric at Yale, and Director of Research, Yale Child Study Center
From "Kundalini Yoga Meditation: Techniques Specific for Psychiatric Disorders, Couples Therapy, and Personal Growth"
"This is an outstanding book! Shannahoff-Khalsa does an exemplary job in text and with photographs explicating the use of over 50 different Kundalini yoga meditation techniques for the treatment of psychiatric and relationship disorders. Applying his remarkable grasp of physiology, psychiatry, scientific method, and ancient yoga techniques, he enlightens the reader with practical guidelines on how to view and use these methods to help patients in distress."
—Brian Fallon, M.D., MPH
Director, Neuropsychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center

Kundalini Yoga Articles (selected)

Bernardi D, Shannahoff-Khalsa D, Sale J, Wright JA, Fadiga L, and Papo D, The Time scales of irreversibility in spontaneous brain activity are altered in obsessive compulsive disorder, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Neuroimaging Section, (2023), 14:1158404. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1158404. Free text: 

Shannahoff-Khalsa D, Fernandes RY, Pereira CAB, March JS, Leckman JF, Golshan S, Vieira MSR, Polanczyk GV, Miguel EC and Shavitt RG (2019) Kundalini Yoga Meditation Versus the Relaxation Response Meditation for Treating Adults with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Frontiers in Psychiatry (2019) 10:793. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00793. Free text here.

Shannahoff-Khalsa DS, Golshan S, Nasal cycle dominance and hallucinations in an adult schizophrenic female, Psychiatry Research, 226, pp. 289-292, 2015.

Shannahoff-Khalsa D. (2012) Meditation: The Science and the Art. In: V.S. Ramachandran (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, vol. 2, pp. 576-584. Academic Press.

Shannahoff-Khalsa, DS, Selective Unilateral Autonomic Activation: Implications for Psychiatry (a review article), CNS Spectrums: The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine, 12(8), pp. 625-634, Aug 2007.

Shannahoff-Khalsa DS. Patient perspectives: Kundalini yoga meditation techniques for psycho-oncology and as potential therapies for cancer. Integrative Cancer Therapies, 4(1):87-100, 2005.

Shannahoff-Khalsa D, An Introduction to Kundalini Yoga Meditation Techniques that are Specific for the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders, The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, 10(1), 91-101, 2004.

Shannahoff-Khalsa DS, Kundalini Yoga meditation techniques in the treatment of obsessive compulsive and OC spectrum disorders, Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 3:369-382 (2003) (by invitation).

Shannahoff-Khalsa, DS, Ray LE, Levine, S, Gallen, CC, Schwartz, BJ, Sidorowich, JJ, Randomized Controlled Trial of Yogic Meditation Techniques for Patients with Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, CNS Spectrums: The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine, vol 4, no. 12, pp. 34-46, 1999.

Shannahoff-Khalsa, DS, Yogic Techniques are Effective in the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, In: Eric Hollander & Dan Stein, eds., Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: Diagnosis, Etiology, and Treatment, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, pp. 283-329, 1997.

Shannahoff-Khalsa DS, Kundalini Yoga meditation techniques in the treatment of obsessive compulsive and OC spectrum disorders, Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention, 3:369-382 (2003) (by invitation).

Shannahoff-Khalsa, DS, Yogic Techniques are Effective in the Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, In: Eric Hollander & Dan Stein, eds., Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders: Diagnosis, Etiology, and Treatment, Marcel Dekker Inc., New York, pp. 283-329, 1997.

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