Examines the effects stess has on human health, summarizing the latest scientific findings about the role stress and emotional makeup play in diseases such as diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, cancer, and arthritis.
Record details
ISBN:9781630262563
ISBN:0471219827
ISBN:9780471219828
ISBN:0470923350
ISBN:9780470923351
Physical Description:xii, 306 pages ; 22 cm print
Publisher:Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, [2011]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
The Bermuda triangle -- The little girl too good to be true -- Stress and emotional competence -- Buried alive -- Never good enough -- You are part of this too, Mom -- Stress, hormones, repression, and cancer -- Something good comes out of this -- Is there a "cancer personality"? -- The 55 per cent solution -- It's all in her head -- I shall die first from the top -- Self or non-self : the immune system confused -- A fine balance : the biology of relationships -- The biology of loss -- The dance of generations -- The biology of belief -- The power of negative thinking -- The seven A's of healing.
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