An Integrated View of Health and Well-being / Cross-Cultural Advancements in Positive Psychology Bd.5 (PDF)

Dr. Antonio Morandi, MD, Specialist in Neurology and Ayurveda Vaidya (Ayurveda Academy, Pune, India and Joytinat International College of Ayurveda), from 2002 is the Director of the School of Ayurvedic Medicine "Ayurvedic Point" (ISO 9001 certified) in Milan, Italy and President of the Italian Scientific Society for Ayurvedic Medicine (S.S.I.M.A.). His professional experience spans from experimental and clinical research conducted in Universities and Hospitals in USA and in Italy, to Manager of Research and Development Project Management of an international Pharmaceutical Company. His main research interest has been the mechanisms underlying the aging process and the role of psyche in the genesis of diseases. In  2003 has been awarded with the honorary doctorate Ayurveda Acharya from the Institute of Ayurveda Ashtavaidyan Thaikat Mooss, Kerala, India. He is Head of Medical Education of the European Institute of Vedic Studies, Sauve, France, and Director and Professor of the Ayurvedasection at the PostDoctoral specialization course in "Health Sociology and Non Conventional Medicine", University of Bologna, Italy. Dr. Morandi has been Scientific Director of the 1st International Congress on Ayurveda "Ayurveda: the meaning of life - awareness, environment and health" held in Milan, Italy on March 2009. He is Co-Chairman for Europe of the Research and Clinical Care Working Group created by the Dept of AYUSH, Ministry of Health, Government of India. Lecturer on Ayurveda in several Italian and foreign Universities, member of Editorial Boards and Boards of Reviewers and author of numerous publications, Dr.Morandi directs the Ayurvedic Medical Center  "Ayurvedic Point " in Milan, Italy.

“This book offers the reader an interesting journeythrough both worlds, Indian and Western, describing their features,differences, and similarities. It is an excellent opportunity for any scholarinterested in Indian traditional medicine to learn about Āyurveda and how thisold philosophical knowledge of health and well-being could merge with theWestern tradition. … This book offers a comprehensive source of theoreticalinformation about the Western and Indian traditions.” (Marta Cimas, AppliedResearch in Quality of Life, Vol. 10, 2015)

“The volume takes an analytic approach to the issue of the differences between Indian and Western knowledge. … An Integrated View of Health and Well-Being is written for an audience that includes social scientists and health practitioners. These writings will interest and likely educate those who are skeptical about the state of the art of medicine today, and who start with a constructionist framework and appreciate that concepts of health and illness are socioculturally determined.” (Sunita Mahtani Stewart, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 59 (13), March, 2014)