Detailing the latest scientific findings regarding the relationship between the mind and body, this text discusses how attitudes and emotions directly affect physical health and well-being.
Written by an interdisciplinary team of authors, including a professional health educator who is deeply involved in Mind/Body research and an MD/Internist who specializes in Mind/Body practices, this text details current global findings on the relationship between the mind, body, and health. The authors show that negative emotions such as anger, depression, and anxiety can adversely affect physical health while positive emotions such as humor and optimism can serve to improve health and increase longevity. Relationships between physical health and spirituality, attitude, medicine, and various social factors are explored. The authors stress the importance of health choices and lifestyle factors on overall health and well-being, while laying groundwork for continued research in Mind/Body medicine in the 21st century. New to this edition is a chapter on the role nutrition plays in emotional, mental, and physical health.
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Preface Chapter 1: Psychoneuroimmunology - The Mind/Body Connection
Chapter 2: The Impact of Stress on Health
PART 1 - PERSONALITY STYLES AND HEALTH
Chapter 3: The Disease - Prone Personality
Chapter 4: Anger, Hostility, and Health
Chapter 5: Worry, Fear, and Health
Chapter 6: Depression, Despair, Anxiety, and Health
Chapter 7: Insomnia and Sleep Deprivation: Health Effects and Treatment
Chapter 8: The Disease - Resistant Personality
PART 2 - SOCIAL SUPPORT AND HEALTH
Chapter 9: Social support, Relationships, and Health
Chapter 10: Loneliness and Health
Chapter 11: Marriage and Health
Chapter 12: Families and Health
Chapter 13: Grief, Bereavement, and Health
PART 3- SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
Chapter 14: The Healing Power of Spirituality
Chapter 15: Altruism and Health
Chapter 16: The Healing Power of Faith
Chapter 17: The Healing Power of Hope and Optimism
PART 4 - PERCEPTION AND HEALTH
Chapter 18: Explanatory Style and Health
Chapter 19: Locus of Control and Health
Chapter 20: Self-Esteem and Health
Chapter 21: The Healing Power of Humor and Laughter
PART 5 - TREATMENT INTERVENTIONS AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
Chapter 22: Nutrition and Mind/Body Health
Chapter 23: Behavior Medicine Treatment: Effects on Medical Outcomes and Costs
Chapter 24: Methods of Intervention and the Principles of Stress Resilience
Epilogue
Appendix A: The Elements of Human Fulfillment
Appendix B: The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Name Index
Subject Index
