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Dr. Allen's Educational Presentations
"Attitude, Gratitude, and other Persectives on Living Well with Parkinson's Disease." Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital-Cape Cod. July, 2011.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsxBuvT6BE8
Cape and Islands NPR (National Public Radio) Program, "The Point with Mindy Todd." Dr. Allen discusses the emotional and cognitive issues people with Parkinson’s disease often face and how his positive psychology programs may improve quality of life. May, 2010.
http://www.wgbh.org/programs/298/episodes/-18498
Online Resources
Parkinson’s Disease
American Parkinson Disease Association
http://www.apdaparkinson.org/
Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research
http://www.michaeljfox.org/
National Parkinson Foundation
http://www.parkinson.org/
Parkinson’s Action Network
http://www.parkinsonsaction.org/
Parkinson Alliance
http://www.parkinsonalliance.org/
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
http://www.pdf.org/
PD Clinical Trials
http://www.pdtrials.org/
The Parkinson’s Institute
http://www.thepi.org/
Positive Psychology
Authentic Happiness
http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx
Positive Psychology Center
http://www.ppc.sas.upenn.edu/
Cancer
American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/
Simonton Cancer Center
http://www.simontoncenter.com/
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
http://www.copd.com/
Healthy Aging
Andrew Weil, MD - Healthy Aging
http://www.drweilonhealthyaging.com/
Living to 100 Inventory
http://www.livingto100.com/
National Center for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
http://nccam.nih.gov/
New England Centenarian Study
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/centenarian/
Heart Disease
American Heart Association
http://www.heart.org/
Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease
http://www.heartattackproof.com/
Preventative Medicine Research Institute
http://www.pmri.org/dean_ornish.html
Mindbody Medicine
Benson-Henry Institute for MindBody Medicine
http://www.massgeneral.org/bhi/
Stroke
National Stroke Association
http://www.stroke.org/
Books and Articles
Parkinson’s Disease
Fox, M.J. (2002) Always Looking Up: Adventures of an Incurable Optimist. New York: Hyperion.
Fox, M.J. (2002) Lucky Man: A Memoir. New York:
Hyperion.
Friedman, J.H. (2008) Making the Connection Between Brain and Behavior: Coping with Parkinson’s Disease.
New York: Demos Health.
Graboys, T.B. (2008) Life in the Balance: A Physician’s
Memoir of Life, Love and Loss with Parkinson’s Disease
and Dementia. New York: Union Square Press.
Iverson, D. (2009) My, Father, My Brother and Me.
Alexandria, VA: PBS Home Video.
Sacks, O.W. (1990) Awakenings. New York: Harper
Perennial.
Weiner, W.J., Shulman, L. M., Lang A.E. (2001) Parkinson’s
Disease: A Complete Guide for Patients and Families.
Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
Positive Psychology
Emmons, R.A. (2007) Thanks! How the New Science of
Gratitude Can Make You Happier. New York: Houghton-
Mifflin.
Peterson, C. (2006) A Primer in Positive Psychology. New
York: Oxford University Press.
Seligman, M.E.P. (2002) Authentic Happiness: Using the
New Positive Psychology to realize your potential for lasting
fulfillment. New York: Free Press.
Seligman, M.E.P., Steen, T.A., Park, N. and Peterson, C. (July/August 2005) Positive Psychology Progress: Empirical
Validation of Interventions. Washington: American
Psychologist.
Wallis, C. (January, 2005) The New Science of Happiness.
New York: Time Magazine Inc.
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