
Why Do People Get Ill?
Exploring the Mind-body Connection
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 28. February 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-14-102121-8 (ISBN)
Description
'Well-argued, thought-provoking . . . will make you think twice before reaching for the painkillers' Daily Mail
Have you ever wondered why we get ill? Can our thoughts and feelings worsen or even cause conditions like heart disease, cancer or asthma? And what - if anything - can we do about it?
Why Do People Get Ill? explores the relationship between what's going on in our heads and what happens in our bodies, combining the latest research with neglected findings from medical history.
With remarkable case studies and startling new insights into why we fall ill, this intriguing book should be read by anyone who cares about their own health and that of other people.
'Fascinating . . . compelling' Observer
'An absorbing examination of the mind-body connection' Harper's Bazaar
'Illuminating, fascinating' Financial Times
Have you ever wondered why we get ill? Can our thoughts and feelings worsen or even cause conditions like heart disease, cancer or asthma? And what - if anything - can we do about it?
Why Do People Get Ill? explores the relationship between what's going on in our heads and what happens in our bodies, combining the latest research with neglected findings from medical history.
With remarkable case studies and startling new insights into why we fall ill, this intriguing book should be read by anyone who cares about their own health and that of other people.
'Fascinating . . . compelling' Observer
'An absorbing examination of the mind-body connection' Harper's Bazaar
'Illuminating, fascinating' Financial Times
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
459 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-102121-8 (9780141021218)
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02/2008
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Persons
Darian Leader is a psychoanalyst and the author of many books, including The New Black, What Is Madness? and Is It Ever Just Sex?. He practises psychoanalysis in London, and he is a founding member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research and a member of the College of Psychoanalysts UK.