<![CDATA[When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress]]>

false <![CDATA[When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174877757m/450534.jpg 450534 2 In this accessible and groundbreaking book -- filled with the moving stories of real people -- medical doctor and bestselling author of Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté, shows that emotion and psychological stress play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness. Western medicine achieves spectacular triumphs when dealing with acute conditions such as fractured bones or life-threatening infections. It is less successful against ailments not susceptible to the quick ministrations of scalpel, antibiotic or miracle drug. Trained to consider mind and body separately, physicians are often helpless in arresting the advance of most of the chronic diseases, such as breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, and even Alzheimer’s disease. Gabor Maté has found that in all of these chronic conditions, there is a common thread: people afflicted by these diseases have led lives of excessive stress, often invisible to the individuals themselves. From an early age, many of us develop a psychological coping style that keeps us out of touch with the signs of stress. So-called negative emotions, particularly anger, are suppressed. Dr. Maté writes with great conviction that knowledge of how stress and disease are connected is essential to prevent illness in the first place, or to facilitate healing. When the Body Says No is an impressive contribution to current research on the physiological connection between life’s stresses and emotions and the body systems governing nerves, immune apparatus and hormones. With great compassion and erudition, Gabor Maté demystifies medical science and, as he did in Scattered Minds, invites us all to be our own health advocates. Excerpt from When the Body Says No “Only an intellectual luddite would deny the enormous benefits that have accrued to humankind from the scrupulous application of scientific methods. But not all aspects of illness can be reduced to facts verified by double-blind studies and by the strictest scientific techniques. We confine ourselves to a narrow realm indeed if we exclude from accepted knowledge the contributions of human experience and insight. . . . “In 1892 William Osler, one of the greatest physicians of all time, suspected rheumatoid arthritis to be a stress-related disorder. Today rheumatology all but ignores that wisdom, despite the supporting scientific evidence that has accumulated in the 110 years since Osler first published his text. That is where the narrow scientific approach has brought the practice of medicine. Elevating modern science to be the final arbiter of our sufferings, we have been too eager to discard the insights of previous ages.” From the Hardcover edition. 439174 2003 When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress total:22|5:11|4:2|3:5|2:3|1:1| 22 85 42 7 3 0 false false Mon Oct 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 09:43:25 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 16:51:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jun 06 10:43:34 -0700 2009 Sat Jun 06 10:45:29 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Nov 06 08:33:00 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 08:33:39 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon May 26 04:12:14 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 04:13:54 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Sat Jul 19 10:47:34 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 25 16:44:36 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 19 10:47:34 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jul 28 20:11:27 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 20:12:02 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Fri May 16 06:03:59 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 06:07:12 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 20 09:22:06 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 09:22:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 13 21:48:49 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 21:49:00 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Tue Sep 29 05:27:46 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 05:27:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Sep 23 09:33:44 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 09:33:44 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Sep 22 21:31:28 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 21:31:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 03 19:06:04 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 19:06:04 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Aug 19 08:38:43 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 08:38:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 19 07:40:27 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 19 07:40:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Aug 13 19:42:04 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 19:42:04 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jul 27 06:57:32 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:57:32 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jun 10 10:06:04 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 10:06:04 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jun 05 15:35:42 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 05 15:35:42 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Aug 13 10:33:23 -0700 2009 Thu May 28 21:05:10 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 10:33:23 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=450534