©TélécHArGEr. The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders Livre. audio par Harper Perennial

While his earlier books dealt almost exclusively with the common, virtually universal musculoskeletal pain disorders affecting the back, neck, and shoulders as well as various locations in the arms and legs, in The Divided Mind, Dr. Sarno goes beyond pain and addresses the entire spectrum of psychosomatic (mindbody) disorders. These include common stomach and bowel conditions (, gastric reflux, irritable bowel syndrome), allergies, skin disorders, genitourinary conditions, headaches, and

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

The divided mind is a non-fiction book, but not in the traditional sense in that it is a list of raw facts and statistics. Its main purpose is to inform, but also to break apart previous (and false) speculations. Before we get into what the book is mainly about let's first talk about what the author's (Dr. John E. Sarno) qualifications are. First of all the book he wrote, The Divided Mind, was a New York Times best seller, along with his other works which include "Healing Back Pain

The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders : Sarno, John E., Hecht, Paul, Boles, James: Livres