Balance Within The Science Connecting Health and Emotions

Name: Balance Within The Science Connecting Health and Emotions
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ISBN: 9780716744450

ISBN-10: 0716744457

ISBN-13: 9780716744450

Edition: 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Esther M. Sternberg

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The Balance Within tells how researchers uncovered the elusive mind-body connection and what it means for our health. It provides accounts of the experiments that revealed the physical mechanisms used by the brain and immune system to communicate.

Book details

List price: $18.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Publication date: 5/7/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface



Emotions and Disease: Molecules and Ancient Myths



Where Do Emotions Come From?



The Dirty Soup Beyond Our Skin: How the Immune System Defends Against the Outside World



Putting the Mind and Body Back Together Again



It's a Two-Way Street: The Immune System Talks to the Brain and the Brain Talks Back



When the Brain-Immune Communication Breaks Down



Can Stress Make You Sick?



Connecting to Others: Relationships and the Course of Disease



Can Believing Make You Well?



How the Immune System Changes Our Moods



Prometheus Unbound: What Does the Future Hold?


Bibliography


Index