'[The author] has taken systematic care to introduce relevant electrical, physiologic, and psychological concepts in operational language for the widest possible professional audience...Any clinician not thoroughly experienced in respiratory psychophysiology will leave these pages with profound new insight and direction.' From the foreword by Charles F. Stroebel, Institute for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Medicine, Connecticut

• 1: Introduction.- 2: Elements of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System.- 3: The Circulatory System and the Heart.- 4: Blood and the Red Blood Cells.- 5: Capnometry and the Computerized Psychophysiological Profile.- 6: Some Functional Relationships between Hyperventilation and the Endocrine, Cardiovascular, and Nervous Systems.- 7: Respiration, Hyperventilation, and Mental Disorders.- 8: Behavioral Treatment and Control of Breathing in Physiotherapeutic, Yogic, and Relaxation Methods.- 9: Behavioral Assessment and Breathing Training in the Treatment of Hytorventilation, Asthma, and Other Conditions: Integrating Guided Visual Imagery, Music, and Physiological Feedback.- 10: In Conclusion.- Appendix: Initial Intake Information.- References.

'[The author] has taken systematic care to introduce relevant electrical, physiologic, and psychological concepts in operational language for the widest possible professional audience...Any clinician not thoroughly experienced in respiratory psychophysiology will leave these pages with profound new insight and direction.' From the foreword by Charles F. Stroebel, Institute for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Medicine, Connecticut

• 1: Introduction.- 2: Elements of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System.- 3: The Circulatory System and the Heart.- 4: Blood and the Red Blood Cells.- 5: Capnometry and the Computerized Psychophysiological Profile.- 6: Some Functional Relationships between Hyperventilation and the Endocrine, Cardiovascular, and Nervous Systems.- 7: Respiration, Hyperventilation, and Mental Disorders.- 8: Behavioral Treatment and Control of Breathing in Physiotherapeutic, Yogic, and Relaxation Methods.- 9: Behavioral Assessment and Breathing Training in the Treatment of Hytorventilation, Asthma, and Other Conditions: Integrating Guided Visual Imagery, Music, and Physiological Feedback.- 10: In Conclusion.- Appendix: Initial Intake Information.- References.

'[The author] has taken systematic care to introduce relevant electrical, physiologic, and psychological concepts in operational language for the widest possible professional audience...Any clinician not thoroughly experienced in respiratory psychophysiology will leave these pages with profound new insight and direction.' From the foreword by Charles F. Stroebel, Institute for Advanced Studies in Behavioral Medicine, Connecticut

• 1: Introduction.- 2: Elements of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Respiratory System.- 3: The Circulatory System and the Heart.- 4: Blood and the Red Blood Cells.- 5: Capnometry and the Computerized Psychophysiological Profile.- 6: Some Functional Relationships between Hyperventilation and the Endocrine, Cardiovascular, and Nervous Systems.- 7: Respiration, Hyperventilation, and Mental Disorders.- 8: Behavioral Treatment and Control of Breathing in Physiotherapeutic, Yogic, and Relaxation Methods.- 9: Behavioral Assessment and Breathing Training in the Treatment of Hytorventilation, Asthma, and Other Conditions: Integrating Guided Visual Imagery, Music, and Physiological Feedback.- 10: In Conclusion.- Appendix: Initial Intake Information.- References.