- 276 pages
- English
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About this book
"A dazzling tour of a most promising area of neuroscienceāthe interface between the immune system and the nervous system." āElliot S. Gershon, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago
Since ancient times humans have felt intuitively that emotions and health are linked, and recently there has been much popular speculation about this notion. But until now, without compelling evidence, it has been impossible to say for sure that such a connection really exists and especially how it works.
Now, that evidence has been discovered.
In this beautifully written book, Dr. Esther Sternberg, whose discoveries were pivotal in helping to solve this mystery, provides firsthand accounts of the breakthrough experiments that revealed the physical mechanismsāthe nerves, cells, and hormonesāused by the brain and immune system to communicate with each other. She describes just how stress can make us more susceptible to all types of illnesses, and how the immune system can alter our moods. Finally, she explains how our understanding of these connections in scientific terms is helping to answer such crucial questions as "Does stress make you sick?" "Is a positive outlook the key to better health?" and "How do our personal relationships, work, and other aspects of our lives affect our health?"
A fascinating, elegantly written portrait of this rapidly emerging field with enormous potential for finding new ways to treat disease and cope with stress, The Balance Within is essential reading for anyone interested in making their body and mind whole again.
"Dr. Sternberg weaves historical perspective, recent lab results, academic rigor and popular appeal into an engrossing book." ā The Dallas Morning News
Since ancient times humans have felt intuitively that emotions and health are linked, and recently there has been much popular speculation about this notion. But until now, without compelling evidence, it has been impossible to say for sure that such a connection really exists and especially how it works.
Now, that evidence has been discovered.
In this beautifully written book, Dr. Esther Sternberg, whose discoveries were pivotal in helping to solve this mystery, provides firsthand accounts of the breakthrough experiments that revealed the physical mechanismsāthe nerves, cells, and hormonesāused by the brain and immune system to communicate with each other. She describes just how stress can make us more susceptible to all types of illnesses, and how the immune system can alter our moods. Finally, she explains how our understanding of these connections in scientific terms is helping to answer such crucial questions as "Does stress make you sick?" "Is a positive outlook the key to better health?" and "How do our personal relationships, work, and other aspects of our lives affect our health?"
A fascinating, elegantly written portrait of this rapidly emerging field with enormous potential for finding new ways to treat disease and cope with stress, The Balance Within is essential reading for anyone interested in making their body and mind whole again.
"Dr. Sternberg weaves historical perspective, recent lab results, academic rigor and popular appeal into an engrossing book." ā The Dallas Morning News
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- CHAPTER Ā· 1 Ā· - Emotions and Disease
- CHAPTER Ā· 2 Ā· - Where Do Emotions Come From?
- CHAPTER Ā· 3 Ā· - The Dirty Soup Beyond Our Skin
- CHAPTER Ā· 4 Ā· - Putting the Mind and the Body Back Together Again
- CHAPTER Ā· 5 Ā· - Itās a Two-Way Street
- CHAPTER Ā· 6 Ā· - When the Brain-Immune Communication Breaks Down
- CHAPTER Ā· 7 Ā· - Can Stress Make You Sick?
- CHAPTER Ā· 8 Ā· - Connecting to Others
- CHAPTER Ā· 9 Ā· - Can Believing Make You Well?
- CHAPTER Ā· 10 Ā· - How the Immune System Changes Our Moods
- CHAPTER Ā· 11 Ā· - Prometheus Unbound
- Praise for The Balance Within
- Bibliography
- Sources of Illustrations
- Credits
- Index
- Copyright Page