The Divided Mind : The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders Paperback - 2007 - 1st Edition
by John E. Sarno
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Description
Details
- Title The Divided Mind : The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders
- Author John E. Sarno
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers, New York
- Date 2007
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0061174300I4N00
- ISBN 9780061174308 / 0061174300
- Weight 1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
- Dimensions 8.96 x 6.32 x 1.05 in (22.76 x 16.05 x 2.67 cm)
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Themes
- Topical: Health & Fitness
- Library of Congress subjects Medicine, Psychosomatic - United States, Mind and body - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code 616.08
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Summary
From the rear cover
The book that will change the way we think about health and illness, The Divided Mind is the crowning achievement of Dr. John E. Sarno's distinguished career as a groundbreaking medical pioneer, going beyond pain to address the entire spectrum of psychosomatic (mindbody) disorders.
The interaction between the generally reasonable, rational, ethical, moral conscious mind and the repressed feelings of emotional pain, hurt, sadness, and anger characteristic of the unconscious mind appears to be the basis for mindbody disorders. The Divided Mind traces the history of psychosomatic medicine, including Freud's crucial role, and describes the psychology responsible for the broad range of psychosomatic illness. The failure of medicine's practitioners to recognize and appropriately treat mindbody disorders has produced public health and economic problems of major proportions in the United States.
One of the most important aspects of psychosomatic phenomena is that knowledge and awareness of the process clearly have healing powers. Thousands of people have become pain-free simply by reading Dr. Sarno's previous books. How and why this happens is a fascinating story, and is revealed in The Divided Mind.
