The Cure Within: A History of Mind-Body Medicine
Author | : Anne Harrington |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2009-02-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393071085 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393071081 |
Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: "A splendid history of mind-body medicine...a book that desperately needed to be written." —Jerome Groopman, New York Times Is stress a deadly disease on the rise in modern society? Can mind-body practices from the East help us become well? When it comes to healing, we believe we must look beyond doctors and drugs; we must look within ourselves. Faith, relationships, and attitude matter. But why do we believe such things? From psychoanalysis to the placebo effect to meditation, this vibrant cultural history describes mind-body healing as rooted in a patchwork of stories, allowing us to make new sense of our suffering and to rationalize new treatments and lifestyles.