When the body displaces the mind stress, trauma and somatic disease

Can the mind really generate a physical disease? Conversely, can the body cause mental illness? What do we know today about their interaction? The relations between body and mind are the source of many problems that are currently treated separately by psychoanalysts and doctors because of the compar...

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Main Author: Stora, Jean Benjamin, 1934- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Karnac 2007.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798073706719
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Summary:Can the mind really generate a physical disease? Conversely, can the body cause mental illness? What do we know today about their interaction? The relations between body and mind are the source of many problems that are currently treated separately by psychoanalysts and doctors because of the compartmentalisation between their disciplines. Despite differences in clinical practice, we all stand to benefit from a common understanding of the reciprocal influences of the mind and the body and the ways in which these are interrelated. It is time to stop treating the body in isolation from treatment
Item Description:Translated from the French.
Physical Description:1 online resource (280 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780429484926
9781283070256
9786613070258
9781849406000