The Balance within: The Science Connecting Health and Emotions

by: Esther M. Steberg (Author)

Publisher: W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd
Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2000

Language: English

Print Length: 224 pages

ISBN-10: 0716734796

ISBN-13: 9780716734796

Book Description

This text explores the mind-body connection and what it means for health. Esther Steberg provides accounts of the experiments that reveal the physical mechanisms, the nerves, cells and hormones – used 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 illness, and how the immune system can alter moods.