The oxytocin factor : tapping the hormone of calm, love, and healing /
Moberg, Kerstin Uvnäs,
The oxytocin factor : tapping the hormone of calm, love, and healing / Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg ; translated from the Swedish by Roberta W. Francis ; drawings by Airi Iliste. - xvi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"A Merloyd Lawrence book.".
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
Oxytocin -- The environmental context -- An essential balance -- The body's control centers -- How oxytocin works -- Effects of oxytocin injections -- The oxytocin tree -- Nursing: oxytocin's starring role -- Oxytocin and touch -- Oxytocin and other senses -- Oxytocin and sexuality -- Oxytocin and relationships -- Massage -- Eating: an internal massage -- Cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs -- Medication-induced calm and connection -- Motion and stillness -- Our inner ecology -- -- Introduction: A Neglected Side of Life -- The Calm and Connection System -- Oxytocin -- The Environmental Context -- An Essential Balance -- Oxytocin's Role in the Brain and Nervous System -- The Body's Control Centers -- How Oxytocin Works -- Oxytocin's Effects -- Effects of Oxytocin Injections -- The Oxytocin Tree -- Nursing: Oxytocin's Starring Role -- Connections -- Oxytocin and Touch -- Oxytocin and Other Senses -- Oxytocin and Sexuality -- Oxytocin and Relationships -- The Ways We Seek Calm and Connection -- Massage -- Eating: An Internal Massage -- Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Other Drugs -- Medication-Induced Calm and Connection -- Motion and Stillness -- Our Inner Ecology. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 2. 4. 5. Pt. 3. 6. 7. 8. Pt. 4. 9. 10. 11. 12. Pt. 5. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
"The Oxytocin Factor by Dr. Kerstin Uvnas Moberg is the first book to reveal the importance of the whole oxytocin system for a general audience. Both the new research findings and the potentially beneficial applications of this hormone - which biotech firms are now trying to synthesize - in reducing anxiety states, stress, addictions, and problems of childbirth are fascinating and of great significance in all our lives."--BOOK JACKET.
0738207489 9780738207483
2003013991
Oxytocin--Physiological effect
Oxytocin--Physiology.
Oxytocin--Therapeutic use.
Stress, Psychological--drug therapy
QP572.O9 / M6313 2003
612.492
The oxytocin factor : tapping the hormone of calm, love, and healing / Kerstin Uvnäs Moberg ; translated from the Swedish by Roberta W. Francis ; drawings by Airi Iliste. - xvi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"A Merloyd Lawrence book.".
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
Oxytocin -- The environmental context -- An essential balance -- The body's control centers -- How oxytocin works -- Effects of oxytocin injections -- The oxytocin tree -- Nursing: oxytocin's starring role -- Oxytocin and touch -- Oxytocin and other senses -- Oxytocin and sexuality -- Oxytocin and relationships -- Massage -- Eating: an internal massage -- Cigarettes, alcohol, and other drugs -- Medication-induced calm and connection -- Motion and stillness -- Our inner ecology -- -- Introduction: A Neglected Side of Life -- The Calm and Connection System -- Oxytocin -- The Environmental Context -- An Essential Balance -- Oxytocin's Role in the Brain and Nervous System -- The Body's Control Centers -- How Oxytocin Works -- Oxytocin's Effects -- Effects of Oxytocin Injections -- The Oxytocin Tree -- Nursing: Oxytocin's Starring Role -- Connections -- Oxytocin and Touch -- Oxytocin and Other Senses -- Oxytocin and Sexuality -- Oxytocin and Relationships -- The Ways We Seek Calm and Connection -- Massage -- Eating: An Internal Massage -- Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Other Drugs -- Medication-Induced Calm and Connection -- Motion and Stillness -- Our Inner Ecology. Pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. Pt. 2. 4. 5. Pt. 3. 6. 7. 8. Pt. 4. 9. 10. 11. 12. Pt. 5. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.
"The Oxytocin Factor by Dr. Kerstin Uvnas Moberg is the first book to reveal the importance of the whole oxytocin system for a general audience. Both the new research findings and the potentially beneficial applications of this hormone - which biotech firms are now trying to synthesize - in reducing anxiety states, stress, addictions, and problems of childbirth are fascinating and of great significance in all our lives."--BOOK JACKET.
0738207489 9780738207483
2003013991
Oxytocin--Physiological effect
Oxytocin--Physiology.
Oxytocin--Therapeutic use.
Stress, Psychological--drug therapy
QP572.O9 / M6313 2003
612.492