The balance within : the science connecting health and emotions
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
xix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780716744450, 0716744457
1010743642
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?