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When the body says no : the cost of hidden stress / Gabor Maté.

Summary:

"In this accessible and groundbreaking book-filled with the moving stories of real people-medical doctor and bestselling author Gabor Maté shows that emotion and psychological stress play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness, including breast cancer, prostate cancer, multiple sclerosis and many others, even Alzheimer's disease. When the Body Says No is an impressive contribution to research on the physiological connection between life's stresses and emotions and the body systems governing nerves, immune apparatus and hormones. With great compassion and erudition, Gabor Maté demystifies medical science and, as he did in Scattered Minds, invites us all to be our own health advocates." -- Amazon.ca.

Record details

ISBN: 9780676973129 (trade pbk.)
ISBN: 9780676973112 :
ISBN: 0676973116 :
Physical Description: 306 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Toronto : Knopf Canada : 2003.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and an index (pages 297-306).

Formatted Contents Note:

A note to the reader -- 1. The Bermuda Triangle -- 2. The little girl too good to be true -- 3. Stress and emotional competence -- 4. Buried alive -- 5. Never good enough -- 6. You are part of this too, mom -- 7. Stress, hormones, repression and cancer -- 8. Something good comes out of this -- 9. Is there a "cancer personality"? -- 10. The 55 per cent solution -- 11. It's all in her head -- 12. I shall die first from the top -- 13. Self or non-self : the immune system confused -- 14. A fine balance : the biology of relationships -- 15. The biology of loss -- 16. The dance of generations -- 17. The biology of belief -- 18. The power of negative thinking -- 19. The seven A's of healing -- Acknowledgments.