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Product Description:
People with MCS often face life with very little medical, governmental, social, or financial support. Consequently, they often struggle alone to solve the puzzles and problems of an "emerging" health condition. This book is designed to help them do just that and contains resources for understanding the current research, cleaning up the home, eating a clean diet, choosing and managing medical interventions, seeking social and organizational support and seeking disability accommodations. This second edition contains revised and updated information to help you not only survive, but thrive in spite of having sensitivities.
Pages:
416
Cover:
Soft
Publisher:
Earthrive Books
Date Published:
2006
Edition:
Second
Table of Contents:
Introduction: 1 Part I: What We Know About MCS Chapter One: It's More Common Than You Think - What is MCS and Who Gets It?: 5 Chapter Two: What Causes MCS? - Physiological and Psychological Hypotheses: 17 Chapter Three: How Lives Are Affected by MCS: 35 Part II: Physical Issues Chapter Four: Making Your Environment Safe: 51 Chapter Five: Facing Food - Nutrition and Diet: 87 Chapter Six: The Dilemma of Medical Help - If the Treatment Doesn't Kill You: 109 Chapter Seven: Alternative Therapies: 137 Part III: Psychological and Personal Growth Chapter Eight: Coming to Terms with Chronic Illness and Disability: 157 Chapter Nine: Share This Chapter with Your Therapist: If You Weren't Crazy Before You Got MCS, "You Are Now": 167 Chapter Ten: Against the Odds - Identity, Loss, and Possibilities for Growth: 197 Chapter Eleven: Mobilizing Social Support: 213 Chapter Twelve: Miscellaneous Pathways - You Are Never Really Stuck: 237 Part IV: Disability and Politics Chapter Thirteen: Disability Issues - Workplace Accommodations and Applying for Disability Benefits: 253 Chapter Fourteen: Final Comments - Understanding the Cultural Response - What We Are Up Against: 283 Appendix A: Research Methodology: 291 Appendix B: Product Sources: 313 Appendix C: Further Reading and Chapter Resources: 331 Appendix D: Organizational Support: 359 Appendix E: Perceived Treatment Efficacy for Conventional and Alternative Therapies Reported by Persons with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (reprinted from Environmental Health Perspectives): 371 References: 391 Index: 407
About the Author:
Pamela Reed Gibson, Ph. D., is Professor of Psychology at James Madison University, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She has researched the life impacts of environmental sensitivities since 1992 and has authored numerous journal articles and conference papers on MCS and environmental health. She lives in the Shenandoah Valley with her husband and a number of rescued dogs and cows.
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