When the Body Says No : Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection

by Mate, Gabor

• ISBN13: 9780470923351
• ISBN10: 0470923350
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-01-04
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

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 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 Notes Resources Acknowledgments Index

Author Biography

Gabor Maté, M.D., is a physician, public speaker, and award-winning author. His most recent book, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, expresses his groundbreaking perspective on addictions, while his unique take on ADD is found in his first book, Scattered. When the Body Says No has been published in over twelve languages on five continents.
www.drgabormate.com

Table of Contents

Preface.

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.

Notes.

Resources.

Acknowledgments.

Index.