The balance within : the science connecting health and emotions /
Sternberg, Esther M.,
The balance within : the science connecting health and emotions / Science connecting health and emotions Esther M. Sternberg. - xix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Emotions and Disease: Molecules and Ancient Myths -- Ch. 2. Where Do Emotions Come From? -- Ch. 3. The Dirty Soup Beyond Our Skin: How the Immune System Defends Against the Outside World -- Ch. 4. Putting the Mind and Body Back Together Again -- Ch. 5. It's a Two-Way Street: The Immune System Talks to the Brain and the Brain Talks Back -- Ch. 6. When the Brain-Immune Communication Breaks Down -- Ch. 7. Can Stress Make You Sick? -- Ch. 8. Connecting to Others: Relationships and the Course of Disease -- Ch. 9. Can Believing Make You Well? -- Ch. 10. How the Immune System Changes Our Moods -- Ch. 11. Prometheus Unbound: What Does the Future Hold?
0716744457 9780716744450
99086775
Emotions--Physiological aspects
Mind and body
Clinical health psychology
RC49 / .S655 2001
152.4
The balance within : the science connecting health and emotions / Science connecting health and emotions Esther M. Sternberg. - xix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1. Emotions and Disease: Molecules and Ancient Myths -- Ch. 2. Where Do Emotions Come From? -- Ch. 3. The Dirty Soup Beyond Our Skin: How the Immune System Defends Against the Outside World -- Ch. 4. Putting the Mind and Body Back Together Again -- Ch. 5. It's a Two-Way Street: The Immune System Talks to the Brain and the Brain Talks Back -- Ch. 6. When the Brain-Immune Communication Breaks Down -- Ch. 7. Can Stress Make You Sick? -- Ch. 8. Connecting to Others: Relationships and the Course of Disease -- Ch. 9. Can Believing Make You Well? -- Ch. 10. How the Immune System Changes Our Moods -- Ch. 11. Prometheus Unbound: What Does the Future Hold?
0716744457 9780716744450
99086775
Emotions--Physiological aspects
Mind and body
Clinical health psychology
RC49 / .S655 2001
152.4