“Health is a state of physical, mental, and social well-being and not only the absence of disease or infirmity.” The World Health Organization

 

 

Listing of affiliations/memberships:

 

 

What is Play Therapy?: Association for Play Therapy

 

California Association for Play Therapy Newsletter

 

For verification of licensure: Board of Behavioral Sciences

 

Japanese Exchange Teaching Programme

 

California Association of Marriage of Family Therapy

 

Association for Women in Psychology

 

International Association of Applied Psychology

 

Association of Black Psychologists

 

American Psychological Association

 

 

Recommended Reading

 

Genomics

 

“While genetics influence every aspect of our existence, including behavior and personalities, there’s no way to truly tell what’s caused by our genes and what come from the environment” J. Craig Venter

 

Thompson, A. K. and Chadwick, R. F. (1999). Genetic Information: Acquisition, Access, and Control. Springer.

 

Venter, J. C. (2007). A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life. Viking Adult

 

Williams, R. (1998). Biochemical Individuality. McGraw-Hill.

 

Antisocial Behavior and Conduct Disorders

 

Challem, J. Mean Streets or Mean Minerals? Nutritional deficiencies an imbalances can impair brain function and set the stage for delinquent and criminal behavior. Let’s Live Magazine. 2001.

 

Galler, J. R., Waber, D., Harrison, R. Ramsey, F. Behavioral effects of childhood malnutrition. Am J Psychiatry. 2005 Sep; 162(9):1760-1; author reply 1761.

 

Golomb, B. A., Kane, T., and Dimsdale, J. E. Severe irritability associated with statin cholesterol-lowering drugs. QJM. 2004 Apr; 97(4):229-35.

 

Schoenthaler, S., Amos, S., Doraz, W., Kelly, M. A., Muedeking, G., and Wakefield, J. The effect of randomized vitamin-mineral supplementation on violent and non-violent antisocial behavior among incarcerated juveniles. J Nutr Environ Med. Dec 1997. v. 7(4) p. 343-352.

 

Zhang, J., Muldoon, M. F., McKeown, R. E., and Cuffe, S. P. Association of serum cholesterol and history of school suspension among school-age children and adolescents in the United States. Am J Epidemiol. 2005 Apr 1; 161(7):691-9.

 

Dyslexia

 

Campbell-McBride, N. (2004). Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., A.D.H.D., Dyslexia, Depression, Schizoprehnia. UK: Medinform Publishing.

 

Horrobin, D. F., Glen, A. I., and Hudson, C. J. Possible relevance of phospholipid abnormalities and genetic interactions in psychiatric disorders: the relationship between dyslexia and schizophrenia. Med Hypotheses. 1995 Dec; 45(6):605-13.

 

Cyhlarova, E., Bell, J. G., Dick, J. R., Mackinlay, E. E., Stein, J. F., and Richardson, A. J. (2007). Membrane fatty acids, reading and spelling in dyslexic and non-dyslexic adults. Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 17(2) 116-21.

 

Richardson, A. J., Calvin, C. M., Clisby, C., Schoenheimer, D. R., Montgomery, P., Hall, J. A., Hebb, G., Westwood, E. Talcott, J. B. and Stein, J. F. (2000). Fatty acid deficiency signs predict the severity or reading and related difficulties in dyslexic children. Prostaglandins Leukotr. Essent. Fatty Acids, 63: 69-74.

 

Attention Deficit Disorder

 

Barkley, R. A. (2000). Taking Charge of ADHD: The Complete, Authoritative Guide For Parents. NY: The Guilford Press.

 

Brenner, A. A study of the efficacy of the Feingold diet on hyperkinetic children. Some favorable personal observations. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 1977 Jul; 16(7): 652-6.

 

Campbell-McBride, N. (2004). Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., A.D.H.D., Dyslexia, Depression, Schizophrenia. UK: Medinform Publishing.

 

Schoenthaler, S. J. Sugar and children’s behavior. N Engl J Med. 1994 June 30; 330(26):1901; author reply 1903.

 

Starobrat-Hermelin, B., Kozielec, T., The effects of magnesium physiological supplementation on hyperactivity in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Positive response to magnesium oral loading test. Magnes Res 1977; 10:149-56.

 

Swain, A., Soutter, V., Loblay, R., and Truswell, A. S. Salicylates, oligoantigenic diets, and behaviour. Lancet. July 6, 1985. v. 2 (8445) p. 41-42.

 

Autism

 

Campbell-McBride, N. (2004). Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., A.D.H.D., Dyslexia, Depression, Schizoprehnia. UK: Medinform Publishing.

 

McCandless, J. (2007). Children with Starving Brains: A Medical Treatment Guide for Autism Spectrum Disorder. NJ: Bramble Books.

 

Schizophrenia

 

Desantis, A. Addolorato, G., Romito, A., Caputo, S. Giordano, A. Gambassi, G. Tranto, C. Manna, R., and Gasbarrini, G. Schizophrenic symptoms and SPECT abnormalities in a celiac patient: regression after a gluten-free diet. J Intern Med. 1997 Nov; 242(5):421-3.

 

Campbell-McBride, N. (2004). Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., A.D.H.D., Dyslexia, Depression, Schizoprehnia. UK: Medinform Publishing.

 

Bipolar Disorder

 

Moyer, D. (2003). Too Good To Be True? Nutrients Quiet the Unquiet Brain: A Four Generation Bipolar Odyssey. CA: Nu-Tune Press.

 

Torrey, E. F. and Knable, M. B. (2002). Surviving Manic Depression: A Manual on Bipolar Disorder for Patients, Families, and Providers. NY: Basic Books.

 

Tsuang, M. T., Nossova, N. Yager, T., Tsuang, M. M., Guo, S. C., Shyu, K. G., Glatts, S. J. and Liew, C. C. Assessing the validity of blood-based gene expression profiles for the classification of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: a preliminary report. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2005 Feb 5; 133(1):1-5.

 

Anxiety

 

Saeed, S. A., Bloch, R. M., and Antonacci, D. J. Herbal and dietary supplements for treatment of anxiety disorders. Am Fam Physician. 2007 Aug 15; 76(4):549-56.

 

Wilson, L. Nutritional Causes of Anxiety and Panic Attacks. ENcourage Newsletter-1995.

 

Depression

 

Baumel, S (2000). Dealing with Depression Naturally: Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Restoring Emotional Health. Lincolnwood,IL: Keats Publishing.

 

Bradley, R. G., Binder, E. B., Epstein, M. P., Tan, Y., Nair, H. P., Liu, W. Gillespie, C. F., Berg, T., Evces, M., Newport, D. J., Stowe, Z. N., Heim, C. M., Nemeroff, C. B., Scwartz, A. Cubells, J. F. and Ressler, K. J. Influence of child abuse on adult depression: moderation by the corticotrophin-releasing hormone receptor gene. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008 Feb; 65(2):190-200.

 

Breggin, P. R. and Breggin, G. R. (1994). Talking Back To Prozac: What Doctors Aren’t Telling You About Today’s Most Controversial Drug. NY: St. Martins Paperbacks.

 

Campbell-McBride, N. (2004). Gut and Psychology Syndrome: Natural treatment for Autism, Dyspraxia, A.D.D., A.D.H.D., Dyslexia, Depression, Schizoprehnia. UK: Medinform Publishing.

 

DesMaison, K. (1998) Potatoes not Prozac. NY: Fireside.

 

Lesser, M. and Kapklein, C. (2002). The Brain Chemistry Plan. NY: Perigee Books.

 

Robertson, J. C. and Monte, T. (1997). Natural Prozac: Learning to Release Your Body’s Own Anti-Depressants. NY: HarperCollins Publishers Inc.

 

Webb, P. (2004). Defeating depression & Beating the blues: A Holistic, Nutritional and Spiritual Approach. Springville, Utah: Horizon Publishers.

 

 

Digestive System & Psychiatry

 

Ali, A. Toner, B. B., Stuckless, N. Gallop, R. Diamant, N. E., Gould, M. I. and Vidins, E. I. Emotional abuse, self-blame, and self-silencing in women with irritable bowel syndrome. Psychosom Med. 2000 Jan-Feb; 62(1):76-82.

 

Gismondo, M. R. Antiobtic impact on intestinal microflora. Gastroenterol Int 1998; 11:29-30.

 

Campbell-McBride, N. (2004). Gut and Psychology Syndrome. UK: Medinform Publishing.

 

Nord, C. E. Studies on the ecological impact of antibiotics. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 1990;9:517-518.

 

Toner, B. B., Garfinkel, P. E., Jeejeebhoy, K. N., Scher, H., Shulhan, D. and DiGasbarro, I. Self-schema in irritable bowel syndrome and depression. Psychosom Med, Vol 52, Issue 2 149-155, Copyright 1990

 

Zane, M. D. (1947). Psychosomatic Considerations in Peptic Ulcer Psychosom Med. 9:372-380.

 

Mental Health & Nutrition

 

Bailey, P. (1995). Homeopathic Psychology: Personality Profiles of the Major Constitutional Remedies. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books.

 

Hammer, L. & Kaptchuk, T. (1990). Dragon Rises, Red Bird Flies: Psychology, Energy and Chinese Medicine. NY: Station Hills Press.

 

Karren, K. J. (2001). Mind/Body Health: The Effects of Attitudes, Emotions and Relationships. San Francisco, CA: Benjamin Cummings.

 

Somer, E. & Williams, J. (2004). Food & Mood Cookbook. New York: Henry Holt and Company LLC.

 

Werbach, M. R. (1999). Nutritional Influences on Mental Illness. CA: Third Line Press, Inc.

 

Wurtman, J. J. (1986). Managing Your Mind Mood Through Food. NY: Harper & Row, Publishers.

 

Nutrition & the Senses

 

Joiner, T. E., Perez, M. Phenylthiocarbamide tasting and family history of depression, revisited: low rates of depression in families of supertasters. Psychiatry Res. 2004 Apr 15; 126(1):83-7.

 

Meltzer, B. (2001). Food Swings. NY: Marlowe & Company

 

Moberg, P.J., Roalf, D. R., Balderston, C. C., Kanes, S. J., Gur, R. E., and Turestsky, B. I. Phenylthiocarbamide perception in patients with schizophrenia and first-degree family members. Am J Psychiatry. 2005 Apr; 162(4): 788-90

 

Rolls, E. Taste, olfactory, and food texture processing in the brain, and the control of food intake. Physiol Behav. 2005 May 19; (85):45-56

 

Schlosberg, A. and Baruch, I. Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) tasting in paranoid and nonparanoid schizophrenic patients. Percept Mot Skills. 1992 Apr; 74(2): 383-6.

 

Verhagen, J. V. and Engelen, L. The neurocognitive bases of human multimodal food perception: sensory integration. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2006; 30(5): 613-50. Epub 2006 Feb 2.

 

Culture

 

Eugene, D. (2007). Chocolate Sensei. Sushi & Sake 7 (8), 14.

 

 Eugene, D. & Fernando, G. (2005). Mirroring Feelings in Unexpected Ways: Experiences of a Play Therapist Working in Sri Lanka. Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities, 13 , 13-15.

 

Nicolas, G. & Eugene, D. (2002). Haitian Americans: The invisible minority. The Clinical Psychology of Ethnic Minorities, 10, 5-7.

 

Akbar, N. (1990). Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery. New Jersey: New Mind Productions.

 

Butterfield, F. (1995). All God’s Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence. NY: Avon Books.

 

Byrd, A. D., Tharps, L. L. (2001). Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America. NY: St: Martin’s Press.

 

Cole, D. (1999). No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System. NY: The New Press.

 

Gatto, J. T. (1992). Dumbing Us Down. Philadelphia, PA: New Society.

 

Ginzburg, R. (1988). 100 Years of lynching. Baltimore, MD: Black Classic Press.

 

Guthrie, R. V. (1998). Even the Rat was White: A Historical View of Psychology. MA: Allyn & Bacon.

 

Leary, J.D. (2005). Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing. :Uptone Press.

 

Locke, D. C. (1992). Increasing Multicultural Understanding. CA: Sage Publications.

 

‘Osaka Gathering of Minority and Indigenous Women’ Executive Committee (1995). Minority and Indigenous Women in Japan and Fourth World Conference on Women. Japan.

 

Watts, A. (1975). Psychotherapy East & West. NY: First Vintage Books Edition.

 

Comer, J. P. and Poussaint, A. F. (1992). Raising Black Children. NY: Plume.

 

Trauma

 

Kalayjian, A., and Eugene, D. (2009). Mass Trauma and Emotional Healing Around the World Mass Trauma and Emotional Healing Around the World: Rituals and Practices for Resilience Volume 2:  Natural and Human-Made Disasters. MA: Praeger

 

Bell, C. C., & Jenkins, J. E. (1991). Traumatic Stress and Children. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2 (1)175-188.

 

Danieli, Y. (1998). International Handbook of Multigenerational Legacies of Trauma. New York: Plenum Press.

 

Rothschild, B. (2000). The Body Remembers: The Psychophysiology of Trauma and Trauma Treatment. NY: W. W. Norton & Company.

 

Prenatal to 5 years old

 

Bickart, T. S., Dodge, D. T. and Jablon, J. R. (1997). What every parent needs to know about 1, 2, 3 grades: An Essential Guide to Your Child’s Education: IL: Sourcebooks Inc.

 

Dobbing, J. Vulnerable periods of brain development, in Lipids, Malnutrition and the Developing Brain. Ciba Found Symposium 1971: 9-29

 

Galler, J. R., Wabber, D. Harrison, R. and Ramsey, F. Behavioral effects of childhood malnutrition. Am J. Psychiatry. 2005 Sep; 162(9):1760-1; author reply 1761.

 

Greenspan, S., Glovinsky, C. and Glovinsky, I. (2007). Children and Babies with Mood Swings: New Insights for Parents and Professionals. MD: Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental & Learning Disorders.

 

Greenspan, S. (1995). The Challenging Child: Understanding, Raising, and Enjoying the Five “Difficult” Types of Children. MA: Da Capo Press.

 

Jacobson, J. L. and Jacobson, S. W. Association of prenatal exposure to an environmental contaminant with intellectual function in childhood. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 2002; 40(4):467-75.

 

Jacobson, J. L. and Jacobson, S. W. Breast-feeding and gender as moderators of teratogenic effects on cognitive development. Neurotoxicol Teraratol. 2002 May-Jun; 24(3):349-58.

 

Kim-Cohen, J. Moffitt, T. E., Taylor, A. Pawlby, S. J. and Caspi, A. Maternal depression and children’s antisocial behavior: nature and nurture effects. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005 Feb;62(2):173-81.

 

Liu, J., Raine, A., Venables, P. H. and Mednick, S. A. Malnutrition at age 3 years and externalizing behavior problems at ages 8, 11, and 17 years. Am J Psychiatry. 2004 Nov;161(11):2005-13.

 

Pfeiffer, C. C. and Braverman, E. R. Zinc, the brain and behavior. Biol Psychiatry. 1982 Apr;17(4):513-32.

 

Pynnönen, P.A., Isometsä, E. T., Verkasalo, M. A., Savilahti, E., Aalberg, V. A. Untreated celiac disease and development of mental disorders in children and adolescents. Psychosomatics. 2002 Jul-Aug; 43(4):331-4.

 

Schaefer, C. E. and DiGeronimo, T. F. (2000). A Parent’s Guide to Normal Childhood Development Ages & Stages: Tips and techniques for building your child’s social, emotional, interperson, and cognitive skills. NY: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

Siegel, D. (1999). The Developing Mind. NY: Guilford Press.

 

Pre-teens/Tweens

 

AmericanGirl Library (1998). The Care & Keeping of YOU: The Body Book for Girls. WI: Pleasant Company Publications.

 

McCune, B. and Traunstein D. (1998). Girls to Women, Women to Girls. CA: Celestial Arts.

 

Teens

 

Kaysen, S. (1993). Girl, Interrupted. NY: Vintage Books.

 

Shandler, S. (1999). Ophelia Speaks: Adolescent Girls Write About Their Search for Self. NY: HarperCollins.

 

Adult, Relationships, Self Help

 

Abramson, J. (2004). Overdo$ed America. NY. HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

 

Bradshaw, J. (1988). Bradshaw on: Healing The Shame That Binds You. FL: Health Communications, Inc.

 

Burns, D. D. (1980). Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy. NY: Avon Books.

 

Covey, S. R. (1989). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lesson in Personal Change. NY: Fireside.

 

Earley, Pete (2006). Crazy: A Father’s Search Through America’s Mental Health Madness. NY: The Berkley Publishing Group.

 

Frankl, V. E. (1973). Man’s Search For Meaning: an introduction to logotherapy. NY: Pocket Books.

 

Gilbert E. (2006). eat, pray, love. NY: Penguin Books.

 

Glasser, W. (2003). WARNING: Psychiatry Can Be Hazardous To Your Mental Health. NY: HaperCollins Publishers, Inc.

 

Glasser, W. (1998). Choice Therory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom. NY: HarperPerinnial.

 

Greenberger, D. and Padesky, C. A. (1995). Mind Over Mood: Change How You Feel by Changing the Way you Think. NY: Guilford Press.

 

Hanna, T. (1988). Somatics: reawakening the mind’s control of movement, flexibility, and health. MA: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

 

Kappas, J. G. (2002). Relationship Strategies: The E & P of Attraction. CA: Panorama Publishing Company.

 

Kussin, J. (2007). Catch Them Being Good: A guide to positive parenting. CA: Phillips Graduate Institute.

 

Lerner, H. (1990). The Dance of Intimacy. NY: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.

 

Lightman, A. (1993). Einstein’s Dreams. NY: Warner Books.

 

Matteson, W. (2008). Stop Memory Loss! How to fight forgetfulness over 40. CA: Matteson Media.

 

Matteson, W. (2007). Caregiver’s Bible: Helping older adults with behavioral and emotional quandaries. CA: Matteson Media.

 

Norwood, R. (1997). Women Who Love Too Much: When You Keep Wishing and Hoping He’ll Change. NY: Pocket Books.

 

Sichel, D. and Driscoll, J. W. (1999). Women’s Moods: What Every Woman Must Know About Hormones, The Brain, and Emotional Health. NY:Quill.

 

Simon, S. B. and Simon, S. (1990). Forgiveness: How To Make Peace With Your Past And Get On With Your Life. NY: Warner Books.

 

Souza, B. (2005). Become Who You Were Born To Be. CA: Paragon Holdings, LLC.

 

Tannen, D. (1986). That’s Not What I Meant: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationships. NY: Ballantine Books.

 

Wilens, T. E. (1999). Straight Talk about Psychiatric Medications for Kids. NY: The Guilford Press.

 

Art & Play

 

Arrington, D. B. (2007). Art, Angst, and Trauma: Right Brain Interventions with Developmental Issues. IL: Charles C. Thomas Publisher, Ltd.

 

Miller, D. L. (1973). Gods & Games. NY: Harper: Colophon Books.

 

Morena, G. D. (2001). The Wisdom of Oz. CA:Frog, Ltd.

 

Nemiroff, M. A. and Annunziata, J. (1999). A Child’s First Book About Play Therapy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

 

Oaklander, V. (1988). Windows to Our Children. NY: The Gestalt Journal Press.

 

 

“It is play that is universal, and that belongs to health.” D. W. Winnicott

 

 

 

Recommended Web Sites

 

Alternative medicine review

 

American college for the Advancement of Medicine

 

Association for Play Therapy

 

Brain Biocenter: Food for the brain

 

Dana Foundation

 

Depression, PCBs and Serotonin in the Brain

 

Evidenced-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCam)

 

Food and Behavioral Research

 

Healing with Nutrition

 

Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging

 

Interleukin Genetics Incorporated, Gensona Genetic Tests

 

Iron Overload Diseases Association

 

LGC licenses first DNA test for response to schizophrenia treatment from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London

 

Medical Breakthroughs

 

Molecular Psychiatry

 

National Alliance on Mental Illness

 

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

 

Nutritional Support for Emotional and Mental Health

 

Paxil’s Birth Defects Warning Strengthened

 

Pfeiffer Treatment Center

 

Report of the Surgeon General on Mental Health

 

Safe Minds

 

Schizophrenia

 

School study: Supplementation decreases delinquent behaviors, raises IQ

 

Stealth Virus

 

Total Quality Care: Sound Minds

 

Truehope

 

 

 

“The doctor of the future will give no medication, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease” Thomas Edison